£800 million for COVID-19 relief

With funding at a local level never being more vital than it is now, The National Lottery is playing a critical role in helping the country respond to, and recover from, the unprecedented challenges and enormous scale of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Through its distribution bodies, The National Lottery has made the UK’s biggest non-governmental contribution to the national effort to combat the effects of COVID-19. Charities and organisations affected by the widespread impact of the coronavirus outbreak in the UK are being given access to a comprehensive package of support of repurposed money from The National Lottery.

Thanks to National Lottery players and the wider National Lottery family, particularly the National Lottery distributors, £800 million has now been distributed – a figure that is set to rise as further funding announcements are made. This aid has gone to help projects most impacted by coronavirus, and will continue to support people and communities at this critical time.

Read more about how people and projects have benefited.