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National Lottery Awards shortlist announced
Nominations have been drawn from the past quarter of a century to celebrate The National Lottery’s 25th Birthday.
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Why should we count butterflies?
It’s time for the Big Butterfly Count! Alan Stapleton, a volunteer helping some of our most endangered butterfly species, explains why it's so important to get involved.
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Lifeline for UK’s rarest reptile, the smooth snake
It’s World Snake Day and the smooth snake, the UK’s rarest reptile, has been awarded a National Lottery lifeline.
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Communities to help revitalise Ryedale’s rivers, thanks to National Lottery funding
The National Lottery Heritage Fund has awarded nearly £2million to a “fantastic” four-year project set to look after the landscapes of the River Rye.
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Saving spectacular Brompton Cemetery for community and wildlife
Built in 1840, Brompton is one of London's Magnificent Seven cemeteries. But more recently, it had suffered from neglect and lack of investment, and many of its structures were labelled as 'at risk'. Late last year it re-opened, having been "revived and revitalised", brought back to life and back
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National Lottery funding for three volunteer-led projects in Scotland
Three new projects in Scotland, with volunteering at their heart, have secured significant support from The National Lottery Heritage Fund.
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How Durlston Country Park is helping people overcome isolation
A coastal park is helping people overcome physical and social isolation as part of a project funded by the National Lottery.
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Volunteers wanted for one of North East's largest-ever archaeology projects
A new project, Belief in the North East, will attempt to explore the heritage of religion, from pre-history to the present day.
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How has National Lottery funding helped the gardens of Fulham Palace?
“I absolutely believe that having public access to natural areas, gardens and open spaces is so good for wellbeing.” Standing in Fulham Palace’s beautiful walled garden, Head Gardener Lucy Hart’s words couldn’t ring truer. A group of volunteers is hard at work in the vineries and flowerbeds
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Changing lives: volunteering helps Ben turn away from trouble
The youth club at the Galley Centre offered the young people of Kidsgrove, Staffordshire, a reason to keep off the streets and out of trouble. But when bored teenagers, including some of 17-year-old Ben's friends, vandalised the centre, the youth club was closed down. It left them with nothing to do
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Iconic viaduct to be restored thanks to National Lottery money
The National Lottery Heritage Fund has awarded the Severn Valley Railway Charitable Trust nearly £854,000 to repair Falling Sands Viaduct, in the West Midlands, and to explore the railway’s early history.
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Windermere Jetty opens its doors with help from volunteer John
The £20million project received over £13m of funding from the National Lottery Heritage Fund, to revamp the site where the original Windermere Steamboat Museum stood and ensure that the historically significant collection of over 40 steamboats were not lost to history. Windermere Jetty is one of the