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National Lottery Awards

The National Lottery Awards are an annual search to find the UK's favourite Lottery-funded projects. Last year’s awards were a spectacular night watched by 2.7 million people and featured appearances from Sir Chris Hoy, McFly, Leona Lewis, Mel C and even The Prime Minister, as well as all of our fantastic winners.

Entries for the National Lottery Awards 2013 are now being judged, and finalists will be announced in June. In the mean time why not click on the links below to find out who won your votes last year...

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About the awards

The National Lottery Awards are an annual search to find the UK's favourite Lottery-funded projects. Lottery players raise £35 million each week for projects all across the UK and the Awards are a great way to highlight how that funding has changed the UK for the better.

Now in their tenth year, the Awards recognise the incredible difference that Lottery-funded projects have made to people, places and communities all across the UK with the 400,000 grants that have been made since 1994. They also celebrate the talent, hard work and amazing dedication of the
people involved in running them.

Awards are given across seven categories, reflecting the different types of projects that benefit from Lottery funding. These are: Art, Education, Environment, Health, Heritage, Sport and Charity/Voluntary.

The National Lottery Awards 2013 are brought to you in association with the Telegraph.

How do the Awards work?

All of the entries are carefully read and assessed in June. An independent judging panel then shortlists projects in each category to go through to a final round of public voting.

The project with the most votes in each category will be declared the winner. Voting is independently monitored and adjudicated by Electoral Reform Services.

The winners in each of the seven categories will be invited to a star-studded Awards event to be broadcast on BBC One , where the results will be revealed. In addition to the Lottery funding they have already been awarded, the winners will each receive a £2,000 cash prize to spend on their project.

Previous Lottery Award winners

BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art

Arts

See how Lottery funding transformed a derelict mill on Gateshead quays into an iconic art space for the whole community.

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New Forest Nightstop

Charity

This inspirational project helps homeless people to get back on their feet by providing vital emergency accommodation through host families.

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Lifelong Learning at Saltholme

Education

A dedicated RSPB team have helped to preserve some of Teesside’s precious nature whilst connecting people with the wildlife on their doorstep.

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Community Space Challenge

Environmental

Community Space Challenge offers young people at risk of offending the opportunity to improve their local community spaces through clean-up and make-over events.

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Bogside & Brandywell Health Forum

Health

The Bogside & Brandywell Health Forum is a healthy living centre based in Northern Ireland which has pioneered community-led health improvement since 2001.

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