10 years of National Lottery Good Causes
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None of this would’ve been possible without National Lottery players! You’ve helped raise money for some incredible creative projects that we’re so proud to have supported. Here are some highlights...
When Seagulls Saved the World - Brave Biscuit Studios
Suffocated by plastic pollution, the world as we know it is on the brink of destruction and the seagulls, realising life would be pretty dull without pasties, chips and ice cream, decide to hatch a plan to save the world.
Thanks to National Lottery players, Brave Biscuit Studios received funding to develop and tour this outdoor family puppetry show in summer 2022 to audiences aged five and up.
Insecta Collective
National Lottery funding has enabled communities to immerse in the wonders of flora and fauna through the medium of visual art, free family arts workshops and an online arts hub.
Insecta Collective aims to foster emotional connections with nature to promote social and environmental change at a local level. Schools, children and young people and families were encouraged to submit their biodiversity themed artwork to be showcased at a virtual exhibition coming up in April 2023.
The Living Coast Undersea Experience - KP Projects
The Living Coast Undersea Experience is an interactive, virtual reality & 360 experience, enabling users to explore the underwater environment of the Beachy Head West Marine Conservation Zone, which runs between Brighton Marina & Beachy Head, without getting wet!
The programme aims to raise awareness of the world’s only chalk reefs, and has offered educational experiences for young people, helping them understand the environment and the things we can all do to help conserve it.
BookTrust’s early years access to literature
Books stimulate young children’s curiosity, their imagination, and can help develop their communication skills from a young age. Thanks to National Lottery players, every baby born in England and Wales gets sent a free book pack!
Over half a million pounds of National Lottery funding each year has enabled families and carers of babies and toddlers to access BookTrust’s early years programmes.
In April, we look forward to welcoming BookTrust as one of the nearly 1,000 organisations helping us achieve our strategy #LetsCreate as a National Portfolio Organisation for 2023-26.
Youth Music
Through our National Lottery funding, we support music activities for children and young people, the largest investment being £9.6 million a year towards Youth Music to fund 300 projects nationwide, helping children and young people who normally wouldn’t have the opportunity, to make music and develop their skills.
Youth Music’s mission is to create a world where every young person can make, learn and earn in music, whatever their background or goal.
TIDAL: Digital arts & Barrow’s coastal environment
Signal Film and Media
National Lottery funding was awarded to Signal Film and Media to create TIDAL, a new digital arts programme which explores Barrow’s coastal environment & the climate emergency.
Launched back in October 2022, there have been a host of free opportunities led by leading artists and creatives for children and young people including family friendly workshops, stop frame animation workshops and school engagement programmes.
National Saturday Club
Young people across the country are spending Saturday mornings at their local university, college or museum discovering subjects they love. Saturday Clubs are open to 13–16-year-olds of all abilities and are free to attend.
The National Lottery invests £350,000 a year to ensure young people in priority places can access this free art and design tuition, with a focus on skills development, progression pathways and priority places.
Wye Valley River Festival
Wye Valley River Festival is an innovative arts organisation, led by artists and communities creating work with the environment at its heart and one of their highlights in the biennial cross‑border family‑friendly arts and environment festival.
National Lottery funding has seen the organisation grow to become a more sustainable and wide‑reaching artist and community led organisation, delivering meaningful cultural and environmental activities for people from the Wye Valley, Forest of Dean, Midlands, South Wales & beyond.
The Silent Forest Circus
Mirabelle Arts and Silent Forest
The Silent Forest and Mirabelle Arts received National Lottery funding for the research and development of creating a new touring circus theatre show called ‘The Silent Forest’ inspired by the Asian Songbird Crisis.
‘The Silent Forest’ is a contemporary family show about the conservation and protection of the endangered Asian songbirds explored through music, circus and theatre for new audiences. The project has engaged children and young people through live and recorded shows, workshops and Q&A sessions, and they hope to deliver circus workshops in the near future.
