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UK Lottery Draw: Lottery Funding Helps The Olympic Environment

Posted by admin on Dec-8-2011

The British National Lottery has been helping the preparations for the 2012 London Olympic Games through extensive funding initiatives. This has not been restricted to the sports and sports facilities we can all see but also includes responsibilities to other areas that are not so obvious.

Projects supported by the British National Lottery funding include ‘In The Parks,’ an initiative in the London boroughs of Newham, Tower Hamlets, Waltham Forest, Greenwich and Hackney most at the centre of preparation for the Games. The programme is intended to encourage sport among residents of the boroughs through a series of annual Sports festivals.


The first of these events was held in September 2010 in Newnham, timed to coincide with the Tour of Britain cycle race. Appropriately the emphasis was on cycling but other sports, such as table tennis, taekwondo and basketball were also trialed. Olympic athletes were there to encourage the participants.

Three further events took place in the boroughs during 2011.

There are also two other projects, ‘Represent London,’ which involves local people in voluntary roles to help the Games run smoothly, and ‘Transformers,’ a programme encouraging local communities to come up with innovative ways to celebrate the Olympic and Paralympic Games.

All three of these local projects are collectively known as the East London Business Alliance and are financed to the tune of £2.85 million by the UK lottery draw.

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British National Lottery: Free Salsa Lessons

Posted by admin on Nov-24-2011

 

 

 

The British National Lottery provides finances for a wide variety of good causes the length and breadth of the United Kingdom and one of the smallest and yet valuable projects has been awarded money from the lottery in Powys, Wales.

 

A few years ago the residents from Ystradgynlais in the county were awarded £610 from the British National Lottery funds to provide free salsa classes to all the residents.

 

The classes are held in the Octopus Project, a centre in the community dedicated to promoting healthy living to all residents. It was recognised that there was a general lack of exercise among the residents and it was decided to find something that would inject a sense of fun into healthy exercise. There was a widespread interest in the idea of salsa classes.


 

In addition to the need for exercise, there was also a need for childcare to allow mums to join in. It was for this the British National Lottery money was most used.

 

Following the award, 15-20 local people regularly turned up for their dance sessions, which they were able to enjoy for free.

 

Project leader Elaine James said, “I tried it myself and it was really good fun, but there was only one man there so he had the pick of the ladies!”

 

The healthy living centre has received a total of £500,000 from the British National Lottery since it opened in 1999, in the centre of the deprived Penrhos estate in Ystradgynlais. It provides art classes, a children’s centre and Woman’s Aid.

 

The name Octopus indicates the aims of the project: Opportunities Created To Overcome Poverty, Unemployment and Sickness.

 

Playing lotteries online really can help communities.

 
 

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Best Lotteries To Play: Irish Children’s Hospital Needs Funding

Posted by admin on Nov-11-2011

 

When you play lotteries online it is often difficult to decide on the best lotteries to play.

 

Sometimes it is good to know what happens to the money you give to the lottery. All the lotteries around the world give to good causes: as we already know, the London 2012 Olympic Games are part funded by the British National Lottery.

 

In Ireland, the state lottery is changing hands. The franchise will move to another operator over the next few weeks and already a deserving cause is hoping the new operator will be able to finance their project.

 

Ireland, in common with much of Europe, is struggling with it’s finances at present and an important project, the National Children’s Hospital, is hoping the Lottery will be able to help provide much of the €650 million needed to start the construction of the hospital in 2013.

 

The new facility is proposed on Eccles Street, part of the new Mater campus in Dublin. It will include 445 beds including 62 critical care beds and 53 day care beds. Each bed will be in it’s own room with en-suite facilities.

 

Thirteen operating theatres are proposed and a full emergency department is planned. There will even be a hospital school, play areas, gardens and courtyards to ensure the children have as comfortable stay as possible.

 

Even the parents are not forgotten either with accommodation for them included close to the critical care areas.

 

Clearly the hospital will be a major asset to the Irish community. Let’s hope the Irish Lotto will add their funds and help make the hospital a reality.

 

The Irish lottery is obviously one of the best lotteries to play.

 

To find out more about the National Children’s Hospital go to the project’s website.

 
 

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UK Lottery Draw: Hanger Farm Arts Centre

Posted by admin on Oct-20-2011

 

 

The UK lottery draw is well known for coming to the aid of large projects such as the 2012 Olympic Games and restoring large buildings but the impact the UK lottery draw has on local communities is less obvious.

 

Hanger Farm near Totton, Southampton was first recorded in Saxon times although it seems likely the site may have been in use for a long time before that. The farm was in continuous existence from that time right up until around 60 years ago. In the 1950s the 18th century buildings fell into disuse and it was feared the site would be absorbed into the housing estates expanding to the south of the site.

 

Many interested parties examined the farm for potential uses and in 2003 the visionary members of the Totton and Eling Town Council first started to discuss the possibility of an arts centre at Hanger Farm. Totton College joined the project and agreed to jointly run the site. Gradually contributions for the £757,000 needed came in from the local New Forest District Council and Hampshire County Council. The fund was still £230,000 short however.

 

An application was made to the UK lottery draw for finances from the Heritage Lottery Fund and the required money was granted.

 

What resulted was a sympathetic restoration of the farm buildings with the barn becoming a vibrant theatre with room for 140 – 200 seats as well as a gallery capable of staging small art exhibitions and a rehearsal room.

 

The restoration following the UK lottery draw grant revealed the fine timbers of the building in all their glory and these offer a glorious backdrop to the activities taking places. The arts centre hosts a combination of professional and amateur community events with the building made available to the College during the day for lessons, exams and showcases. Since a government minister opened the centre in July 2006, it has seen a wide variety of art exhibitions, plays, musicians, comedians, dancers and pantomimes.

 

Further expansion of the site has seen Hanger Farm also embrace a tennis centre, cafe, children’s playground and large paddling pool. The main farmhouse was also preserved and has become a beautiful family home.

 

The UK lottery draw continues to benefit communities all around the country.

 
To find out more about the Hanger Farm Arts Centre, please visit the Totton College website.
 
 

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UK Lottery Draw: Helping Disadvantaged In Dennistoun

Posted by admin on Sep-21-2011

 

 

The residents of Dennistoun in the east of Glasgow have extra reason to celebrate the existence of the British National Lottery.

The Explorers Group based in the suburb works to improve the lives of disadvantaged young adults and were holding their normal fortnightly Saturday meeting last month, accompanied by BBC cameras the group thought were filming for a forthcoming documentary. Imagine their surprise therefore when television dancing star Brendan Cole appeared with a cheque of £9980 – a grant from the British National Lottery.

Paul McIlvenny, one of the groups Youth Development Workers, explained how the grant would be used: “This money will allow us to expand the work we do and will allow us to set up a Junior Explorers Group working with young people between 12 and 18 years old. We will also be able to offer a much wider range of activities and buy more equipment to run them. For instance we plan to run a series of ‘How to Cook’ lessons so the young people can learn skills when they begin to think about living more independently.”

Every week more and more good causes are being helped from funds raised by sales of tickets for the UK lottery draw.

Watch a video of the presentation on the National Lottery website.

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UK Lottery Draw: The Lottery And Olympic Athletes

Posted by admin on Sep-9-2011

 

 

 

Many British Olympic athletes are grateful for the support of the UK lottery draw in their preparations for the 2012 Games.

“The support of the National Lottery and its players has been very important and allowed me to compete and win against the best in the world.”

So said Rebecca Adlington, winner of two swimming gold medals in the 2008 Beijing Olympics and who looks forward to doing the same or better in London next year. Her preparations are going well as she became world champion for the 800m Freestyle event in July this year. This adds to her European and Commonwealth titles as well as the Olympic title already won.

But Rebecca is far from the only athlete to be grateful for the support given to sport in the country by the UK lottery draw. Sir Chris Hoy won three gold medals for cycling in Beijing to become the most successful Olympic cyclist ever. He has been supported by the UK lottery draw for eleven years. “If I could give a message to those who play the lottery it would be thank you. It has had such a massive impact for British Cycling and for me.”

If you want to find out more about these two great athletes, why not follow them at www.ChrisHoy.com and www.RebeccaAdlington.co.uk?

In the meantime, support all the athletes by buying your UK lottery draw tickets!

 

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Global Lotteries: Scholarships’s Derived From South Carolina’s Lottery

Posted by admin on Sep-2-2011

 

 

 

Scholarships’s Derived From South Carolina’s Lottery

By Michelle Conner, http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=Michelle_Conner

South Carolina has been hit hard by the current recession. At the same time, it realizes its hope is in educating its citizens. So it applies the revenues from its state lottery to create a series of grants and scholarships to help its students meet the costs of a higher education. In turn, this money is administered by the SC Commission of Higher Education as well as its Department of Education.

The primary grant generated from the lottery is the SC Lottery Tuition Assistance Program. It is a true need-based grant, open to students who do not qualify for the lottery financed HOPE, LIFE or Palmetto scholarships. To qualify, a student must not only graduate from a South Carolina school, but also go to an SC institute of higher learning. It can be a two-year community school or a full academic university. Application must come with the completion of a FASFA form. If qualified, the maximum grant is about $900 for a full time student. It also includes financial aid for part time students, and that can range from at least $75 a credit hour.

There are also some special grants for hardship cases. The Byrnes and Kid’s Chance Scholarship are both geared towards children who have lost their parents in a job-related death. While the Byrnes varies with coverage, the Kid’s Chance will cover all expenses related to an advanced education.

The state also provides for those studying the animal sciences. The Wildlife Federation Grant is for students of veterinary or wildlife-related sciences. It must be to an accredited four-year university but can be renewable.

While the state has its share of grants, South Carolina also has loan forgiveness programs that can end up being tantamount to a grant. This is particularly useful if you intend to become a teacher. The Palmetto State has created the Teaching Fellows Program to meet its acute shortage of education professionals.

To qualify, a student must graduate from a South Caroline high school and fill out a FASFA form. He or she must not only make a commitment towards getting an education degree, but also to go to one of the state’s colleges or universities. While students are at it, they should apply for any federal grants, state scholarships or other forms of financial aid they can muster.

If the state approves, they will receive the grant in the form of a low-interest college loan. The amount can not be greater that $2,500 a year for freshmen and sophomores, and $5,000 for juniors and seniors. Upon getting their Bachelor’s in Education, students must then accept employment at a rural or otherwise under-served school district for a predetermined number of years. South Carolina will deduct from the total sum of the loan until it is all paid off. If a teacher leaves the job or is dismissed, he or she will be held responsible for the remaining debt.

This is just a sample of what South Carolina is doing with the revenues it is generating from its lottery. It has developed a number of scholarships as well, so a student should look into them, too. Looking for online college grants is another great initiative to take. Many times, financial assistance can be applied to online school in much the same manner as to an education at physical university.

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UK Lottery Draw: Supporting The Restoration Of An Important Organ

Posted by admin on Aug-26-2011

 

 

 

Nearly every church in Britain has an organ and the sound produced by each one is very much part of the church atmosphere. Now the British National Lottery has stepped in to help an organ that is part of the country’s heritage.

The organ in Holy Trinity church, Gosport, Hampshire was originally built in 1720 for the Duke of Chandos in his house called ‘Cannons’ in Little Stanmore, Middlesex. The house was remarkable as it was built between 1713 and 1724 at great expense, only to be demolished by the second Duke of Chandos in 1747. In the meantime it became a centre for the arts. The composer in residence during 1717 and 1718 was one George Frederic Handel who would have played the organ installed in the house.

The first Duke died in 1744, leaving his son with debts largely as a result of the building of Cannons and investments in the notorious South Sea Bubble collapse. To cover the debts, the second duke sold the house piecemeal and its contents too.

The famous organ somehow made its way from the house to Gosport, where it resides today, and it still contains some of the original instrument played by Handel.

The UK lottery draw stepped in when it was realized that extensive renovation was required. £42 000 has been raised locally but much more was needed and the British National Lottery‘s Heritage Lottery Fund was able to award £167 000 to ensure the work goes ahead.

BBC television presenter Pam Rhodes, who comes from Gosport, is delighted the restoration can take place saying, “How wonderful that beautiful Holy Trinity Church might once again be filled with its magnificent sound, brining atmosphere to worship and pleasure to all music lovers.”

The UK lottery draw has an impact on many projects, large and small.

Watch a video here about the organ in Gosport to be saved with British National Lottery money.

 

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Global Lotteries: JOMBA! 2011

Posted by admin on Aug-16-2011

 

The British National Lottery is well known for it’s assistance with good causes, including it’s enormous contribution to the 2012 London Olympics, but of course other global lotteries help their communities too.

In South Africa, for example, the National Lottery Distribution Fund is supporting the JOMBA! Contemporary Dance Experience, an eleven-day arts festival starting on the 31 August.

The festival has been running for thirteen years and includes dancers from both South Africa and further afield. Helene Cathala will travel to the event from France to display her dancing skills and break dancers BBoyz-Junior and Stylistik, also from France, will also thrill the audiences. Equally, local artist Desire Davids from Durban will be showing a short dance film that is the second part of a work first shown at the event in 2010.

There will be acts from not only South Africa but the parts of the continent too. Faustin Linyekula from the Democratic Republic of the Congo for example will be presenting a work analyzing Africa after countries achieved independence.

The JOMBA! festival takes place in University of KwaZulu-Natal and around the city of Durban and includes a Fringe night to showcase new talent.

To find out more about the ZOMBA! dance festival, why not visit the Artlink website?

It is clear that, no matter which of the global lotteries you support, the local arts and community will benefit.

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UK Lottery Draw: Caribbean Islands Look For Lottery Funding

Posted by admin on Aug-10-2011

 

 

It is very easy to forget that Britain has territories outside the British Isles but a recent report has shown that even the British National Lottery has influence around the world.

The UK lottery draw supports many heritage projects around Britain and the Heritage Lottery Fund has so far provided around £4.5 billion to deserving causes. Now the London office of the British Virgin Islands has asked the fund for help in maintaining their heritage sites.

The British Virgin Islands consider themselves as part of the United Kingdom and are indeed have been a British sovereign territory since 1672. The islands are sited towards the south of the Caribbean in the chain that includes St Kitts and Nevis, Guadeloupe, Antigua and Barbuda and Puerta Rico. The main islands in the BVI are Tortola, Virgin Gorda, Anegada, Jost Van Dyke and Anegada with the capital, Road Town, sited on Tortola. There are in fact around sixty islands in the group and in total they have a population of around 22,000. Curiously the currency is the US dollar.

Unsurprisingly one of the main industries of this tropical paradise is tourism. In 2006 around 825,603 people visited the territory, many of these arrived on cruise ships. Stories of pirates and slavery abound and there is a good collection of historic sites for visitors to see including a copper mine, museums, old plantation estates, forts, burial sites, churches and national parks.

It is these tourist destinations the BVI authorities would like to update with money from the UK lottery draw. The Director of the London office, Kedrick Malone, is hopeful the application will be successful and the BVI will be the first overseas territory to access lottery money.

 

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