# HLF asks grant recipients to thank National Lottery players for support - Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2017/10/16/hlf-asks-grant-recipients-thank-national-lottery-players-support/ - Published: 2017-10-16T10:08:28+01:00 - Author: Melanie May **The Heritage Lottery Fund is encouraging visitor attractions that have benefitted from HLF funding to thank National Lottery players this December for their support with free entry or a treat.** The [Heritage Lottery Fund](https://www.hlf.org.uk/) is reminding its beneficiaries that without National Lottery players, the £7.7 billion of funding awarded to more than 42,000 heritage projects since 1994, would not have been possible. As part of a month-long National Lottery celebration, HLF is asking attractions to take part in a co-ordinated week of free offer activity from 11-17 December, suggesting that if they already offer free entry, they offer an alternative treat such as a free coffee, a guided tour, or free tickets to a paid-for exhibition. As an example, HLF is providing information on Gressenhall Farm and Workhouse, Gainsborough’s House and the [Watts Gallery](https://www.wattsgallery.org.uk/), which have all piloted ‘free-entry-with-a-National-Lottery-ticket’ promotions, and, says HLF, reported increased footfall and a wider demographic of visitors than they would normally expect, as well as a positive response overall. ## Advertisement [⌊Posthub advert. You create the campaign. We'll handle the postal journey. Get started at post-hub.co.uk.⌉](https://fundraising.co.uk/ads/posthub-20261007-300x250/) HLF and The National Lottery will support attractions’ involvement with website, social media, and press promotion, and details of the campaign will be featured on 37,000 National Lottery point-of-sale media screens. Venues can [register their participation](https://www.hlf.org.uk/about-us/news-features/say-thank-you-national-lottery-players/register-and-download-toolkit) online and download a toolkit to help them with running their promotion. * **[Big Lottery Fund & Heritage Lottery Fund take on new names to incorporate the National Lottery](https://fundraising.co.uk/2019/01/29/big-lottery-fund-heritage-lottery-fund-take-on-new-names-incorporate-national-lottery/)**( 29 January 2019) * **[National Lottery Heritage Fund to offer loans & partnerships](https://fundraising.co.uk/2019/02/01/national-lottery-heritage-fund-offer-loans-partnerships/)**( 1 February 2019) * **[Cause4 launches business support programme for heritage organisations](https://fundraising.co.uk/2020/08/12/cause4-launches-business-support-programme-for-heritage-organisations/)**( 12 August 2020) ![Loading](https://fundraising.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/page-views-count/ajax-loader- 2x.gif)