# National Lottery marks 25th anniversary with new £7.5 million fund - Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2019/09/19/national-lottery-marks-25th-anniversary-with-new-7-5m-fund/ - Published: 2019-09-19T12:04:58+01:00 - Author: Howard Lake **The National Lottery Community Fund has created a one-off £7.5 million fund to mark the 25th anniversary of The National Lottery.** The fund, **#CelebrateNationalLottery25**, will help communities “celebrate the extraordinary impact the National Lottery has had since its launch in November 1994”. Since then £40 billion has been raised for good causes, funding 565,000 projects across the UK. ## Bringing people together The #CelebrateNationalLottery25 funding is designed to support activity that will bring people and communities together across the UK. ## 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/) Up to **£2 million** will be made available this year in small grants of **up to £1,000**. The remainder will be released to the sector through the Fund’s National Lottery Awards for All programme. ## Applications open in November Applications for the 25th anniversary fund will open in November, when full details will be announced. Dawn Austwick, CEO of [The National Lottery Community Fund](http://www.TNLCommunityFund.org.uk), said:  > “For 25 years The National Lottery has been helping communities to thrive. We > are launching our fund, #CelebrateNationalLottery25, to say happy birthday and > a huge thank you to everyone who has helped make it such a great success. People > have always been passionate about their communities and this special birthday > fund means they can bring even more great ideas and projects to life.” * **[National Lottery Awards are looking for lockdown legends](https://fundraising.co.uk/2020/07/11/national-lottery-awards-are-looking-for-lockdown-legends/)**( 11 July 2020) * **[2021 National Lottery Awards open for nominations](https://fundraising.co.uk/2021/04/28/2021-national-lottery-awards-open-for-nominations/)**( 28 April 2021) * **[How to take part in June’s National Lottery Open Week](https://fundraising.co.uk/2021/05/04/how-to-take-part-in-junes-national-lottery-open-week/)**( 4 May 2021) ![Loading](https://fundraising.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/page-views-count/ajax-loader- 2x.gif)