National Lottery Community Fund

Derry-based Health for Life has received almost £5 million to deliver SEEDS.

£5m to expand Derry’s DEEDS across UK

The Herbal Hub is a free, community-based herbal clinic which can be found in Creggan Country Park. Naiomi Kelly from Mama Nomes, Environmental Officer of Creggan Country Park, Fiona McCann , Deputy Mayor Niree McMorris and Jane from Spiral Soul Apothecary.

'The Herbal Hub' - new free community-based herbal clinic is a healing haven

HEALTH FOR LIFE. . . . . .The new board pictured during sign off with Andre Talbot Collaboration Ireland, independent consultant who led the process alongside representatives from Edward’s and Co, Solicitors, legal team. Front from left, Andre Talbot, Collaboration Ireland, George McGowan, Project Director, Liam Hegarty, Maureen Collins, Damien Harkin, Karole McCauley and Mary Breslin, Deputy Director, Health For Life. Back from left, representatives from, Edwards & Co., Solicitors, Caoimhin Logue, BBHF, Seany Doherty, OLT, Ann McDuff, BBHF, John Mullan, BBHF, Ronan O'Donnell, OLT, representatives from, Edwards & Co., Solicitors. (Photo: Jim McCafferty Photography)

Old Library Trust and Bogside & Brandywell Health Forum merge as Health for Life

Noel O'Donnell pictured with family members at EYF Annual Community Fun Day

EYF say services under threat after lotto funding application unsuccessful

ARC Fitness Team

ARC Fitness secures nearly £500,000 in National Lottery funding to further work

The children and young people of Lincoln Court have been getting into the Hallowe’en spirit with a variety of fun-filled activities this October.

31 brilliant photographs from Hallowe’en 2025 at Lincoln Court

Repair & Share Foyle launches new Derry ‘Fixing Factory’

Young people enjoying the activities and trips as part of the ‘Linking BT47 Summer Scheme’.

IN PICS: Linking BT47 Summer Scheme

Eve McIvor, is being celebrated by The National Lottery as part of a new campaign spotlighting the inspirational young people driving real change across the UK.

Derry's Eve McIvor named among UK’s ‘Next Generation Game Changers’

Credit ©Lorcan Doherty : Lorraine Gallen, National Lottery Community Fund, Paul Sweeney, Northern Ireland Chair of the National Lottery Community Fund, Marie Brown, Chief Executive Officer of Foyle Women’s Aid and Colum Eastwood MP.

Derry's 'Camp Hope' for young people affected by domestic abuse officially opens

Caroline McGuinness-Brooks, front centre, with others celebrating the funding award. Photo: Martin McKeown.

Repair & Share Foyle awarded £188,094

Members of the Playtrail in Derry taking part in nature and conservation activities run by the Woodland Trust. The group has received a £19,792 grant from The National Lottery Community Fund to run an outdoor activity programme in Faughan Valley. (Photo: Robert Watson/ WTNI)

Derry groups receive an early Christmas present from The National Lottery

Connor Doherty from Creggan.

'The moment I set foot in HURT, I knew my life was about to change'

Some of the young people showing their support at last week's SKY Project Launch at the Derry Youth and Community Workshop premises in Society Street. Included are Eleanor Conaghan, SKY Project, Lisa Boggs and Tommy Carlin, National Lottery and Rosemary McKinney SKY project.

Derry Youth and Community awarded £497,969 National Lottery fund

Staff from CODA's Fire & Rescue Team with Aishling Cunningham from Children in Crossfire.

The Big 4: Outdoor charity events in Derry

Representatives from Derry Youth and Community Workshop launch the new SKY programme.

Derry Youth and Community Workshop launch new SKY project
Derry Youth and Community Workshop have announced the launch of The Socially Konnected Youth (SKY) project.
Brendan McDaid

Culmore Hub Gardening Group celebrating Lottery funding

Culmore Community Partnership celebrates after receiving £499,000 of National L...

Group pictured at the commencement of the refurbishment of Victoria Hall, Culmore Point, as a multi-service community centre and hub in 2019. Included in the picture is Edward Montgomery, from The Honourable The Irish Society, owners of the property, Cathal Crumley, Secretary, Culmore Community Partnership, Colr Michaela Boyle, Mayor of Derry and Strabane, Neil Doherty, Chairperson, Culmore Community Partnership, contractors, representatives of Derry and Strabane Rural Partnership and local councillors. DER2519GS-005

£499k lotto funding for Culmore Community Partnership enables exciting projects

Young people enjoying the Lincoln Court Youth & Community Association senior summer scheme

23 brilliant photographs from the Lincoln Court senior summer scheme

Great fun was had by all at the recent Lincoln Court Fun Day. The day of activities took place on Saturday, July 13. Organised by the Lincoln Courts Youth & Community Association it was supported by the National Lottery Community Fund, NIHE Cohesion Fund and the DC&SDC Festival Fund.

25 photographs of children enjoying the Lincoln Court Fun Day

Swatragh in Bloom receives £18,000 National Lottery grant

Swatragh in Bloom celebrate £18,000 National Lottery Funding Boost

A Pets As Therapy volunteer bringing their dog to their local care home to spend time with residents

Communities across NI to benefit from £2m National Lottery funding

The Lincoln Courts Youth and Community Association organised a wide variety of activities to allow the children to get into the festive spirit.

28 photographs of Hallowe’en at Lincoln Court

Enagh Youth Forum's YouthLinks Project 'Positive Pursuits' Summer Program

28 Brilliant pictures of Enagh Youth Forum's summer scheme

Pictured launching The Artitude Climate Festival, coming to The Playtrail in Derry-Londonderry from Friday 23 to Sunday 25 June 2023 are (Front Row(L-R) Rachel Duffy, The Playtrail, Paula Larkin, Climate Action Officer at The Playhouse, Eimear Montague, Northern Ireland Resources Network, (Middle Row L-R) Clare McQuillan, Feasting on Weeds, Mary McGuiggan, The Gathering, Amanda Doherty, Senior Head of Communications and Engagement, The National Lottery Community Fund, (Back row) Dean Blackwood, The Gathering. Showcasing creative, community-led responses to the climate emergency, the festival is delivered in collaboration with The Playhouse, The Gathering, Zero Waste North West (ZWNW), Northern Ireland Resources Network (NIRN), Environmental Justice Network Ireland (EJNI) and Making Relatives - a visit of water and land protectors from Lakota Nation, US.

Artitude Climate Festival coming to The Playtrail in Derry

Launching ‘It starts with community,’ The National Lottery Community Fund’s new strategy to 2030 at the Thrift Charity Shop, run by Liberty Consortium in Derry.

Community Fund launches 2030 strategy to support Derry communities

Coronation Fun Day at Lincoln Courts.

17 pictures from Coronation Fun Day at Lincoln Courts
Coronation Fun Days have been held in various parts of the north west over the weekend to mark the coronation of King Charles III.
Lincoln Courts Y & C Association

ARC Fitness founder Gary Rutherford.

ARC Fitness' annual Health Fair returns to Derry

Resource Centre Derry

£2.2 million funding for Derry groups

Mayor Sandra Duffy with from left, Rhian Thomas and Ariana Ntziadima, The National Lottery Community fund, Climate action fund team and members of the Acorn Farm Partnership on a visit to the Guildhall. Also included right is Cllr. John McGowan. (Photo - Tom Heaney, nwpresspics)

Almost £1.7 million granted to Acorn Farm

Getting ready for dip during a visit to Portnablagh.

25 photographs from the Lincoln Court Senior Summer Scheme

Paul Sweeney, National Lottery Community Fund Chair with Sahuna Kelpie, Shauna Kelpie, Fund Officer from Acorn Farm Project and Aine Kivlehan and her son John pictured on the sight of the Acorn Farm Project at Browning Drive.

£1.7m Lottery grant to help expand grow your own at Acorn Farm food hub in Derry

(L-R) Edward Robinson, Brighter Ballymagorry Development Group, Noelle Hall, Artigarvan Community Response, Anne Bradley, Plum Club, Caroline Lynch, Learmount Community Development Group, Bronagh Kearney, Glenelly Development Trust, Lorraine Gallen, The National Lottery Community Fund, Catriona Doughty, Learmount Community Development Group, Teresa McGaughey, Dennett Interchange, Susan Doherty, DCSDC, and Philip O’Kane, RAPID, (MMaryy x)

Lottery funding boost to tackle rural exclusion in Derry region

Ciara McElhinney and Bronagh Cooper, Social Prescribers at Bogside and Brandywell Health Forum, pictured with Julie Witherow (centre) who has received support through SPRING Social Prescribing. This project has received an additional £1.5 million of funding from The National Lottery Community Fund to expand, support the wellbeing of more people and further embed Social Prescribing as the norm for health professionals and policy makers in Northern Ireland and Scotland.

Bogside and Brandywell Health Forum’s SPRING receives £1.5 million funding

Local charity, VOYPIC, is calling for volunteer mentors to help young people leaving care in the local community.

Derry volunteers needed to mentor young people leaving care

Oliver Brown taking part in DJ training as part of the Millennium Forum’s Energy of Light disco project. They have just been awarded a £9,582 grant from The National Lottery Community Fund to relaunch their Energy of Light disco and run DJ training for young people aged 18-34 with additional needs. The young people will be able to meet safely, build friendships, learn new skills and showcase them at the discos.

£1.5 million awarded to projects in Derry by National Lottery Community Fund

Amanda Doherty, Head of Communications and Engagement, The National Lottery Community Fund and Kevin Murphy, Chief Executive of The Playhouse, celebrate a £150,000 National Lottery grant being awarded to Artitude: Climate, Culture, Circularity, an ambitious arts based community project to change behaviours and attitudes to climate and waste in the North West.

Ground-breaking project and festival on climate action in Derry

Staff and young people from Foyle Down Syndrome Trust

Massive funding boost for Derry projects including Foyle Down Syndrome Trust and...

Patrice Doherty and Susan Gibson at Derry Well Women’s premises where the group is supporting people living with cancer. Derry Well Women has been awarded almost £500,000 as part of an announcement of £2.6 million of funding from The National Lottery Community Fund to groups across Northern Ireland.

Local charities to receive lottery funding for cancer support

EuroMillions lottery ticket buyer loses out on £1million

Local mum Hayley Doman with her family have been growing their own vegetables during lockdown and are signed up to the ‘I Can Grow’ project. (Photo by Kirsty McMullen)

‘I Can Grow’ project to support 258 families in Derry and Strabane

A pre-pandemic Disability Equality Group presentation of Disability Champions Certificates to students who participated in the Youth 19 Programme. This programme had been funded by Derry City and Strabane District Council and LibrariesNI.

Disability Equality Group funding to research pandemic impact

ARC Fitness to go full time after receiving £138,000 Lottery funding

GOOD MORNING NORTH WEST... DECEMBER 2018: Group pictured at the relaunch of ‘Good Morning North West’ - one of the recipients of the new funding - at its Brookdale Park premises in Galliagh. The pioneering service was set up to provide reassurance to older and vulnerable people of all ages in the community through the use of daily phone calls and support. DER4918GS033

Four Derry groups share in over £500,000 in Lottery funding

Freya Coyle and James Douglas are part of an exciting new project that will empower children and young people with sight loss across to shape their own future.

Young people with sight loss to be supported by new RNIB project

Here's how charities are helping communities throughout the pandemic

Jeanette, Amelia and Darcie McLaughlin.

Funding to help families impacted by COVID-19

The National Lottery's Community fund.

Derry groups take share of £1.8m National Lottery community fund

Shantallow Residents Association and a host of other organisations in the area have come together to form the Ballyarnett Community Response team recently. Pictured are Ciara Ferguson, Martin Connollly and Lorraine McWilliams who work in the Ballyarnett Community food distribution team. Picture Martin McKeowm 0720

Derry and Strabane groups receive over £28,000 National Lottery funding

Maureen Collins and Jacquie Loughrey from The Pink Ladies Cancer Support group in Derry, just one of over 140 community projects that have received a share of £2.2 million of funding from The National Lottery Community Fund.

Numerous Derry, Strabane & Limavady community projects receive major boost throu...

Ardmore Cricket Club.

Ardmore Cricket Club receive Lottery cash boost

Families supported by Circle of Support at an event in Ebrington Square

‘Getting a lottery grant has just lifted everyone’

Peter McDonald from Leafair Community Association speaking at the launch

Leafair a ‘lifeline for local people when they are most in need of it’

Anne Marie Donnelly, Liberty Consortium, Nuala Devenny, Rainbow Project and Kerry Boyd, Autism NI, join Scarlett Moffatt at the National Lotterys 25th birthday celebrations.

Derry charities join Scarlett Moffatt to set Lottery record

Group pictured at the Enagh Youth Forum Certificate Presentation and Celebration event held recently in the White Horse Hotel, Campsie. Included in the picture are funding representatives Colr. Sandra Duffy, Derry and Strabane PCSP, and Amanda Doherty, National Lottery Community Fund. DER4119GS - 023

Enagh youth celebrate achievements

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