Unusual National Lottery cash requests

November 20, 2009 by  
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In the 15 years that the National Lottery has operated in the UK it has generated over £23 billion worth of funding for various good causes across the UK. These lottery grants have been given to a wide range of good causes from local community projects to huge ambitious schemes like the restoration of the Mary Rose. However not all of the requests for lottery cash have been as well thought out. Take a look it this collection of, what we can only describe as unusual National Lottery cash requests.

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Lottery cash helps to re-home the Mary Rose

September 21, 2009 by  
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The Heritage Lottery Fund has agreed to use lottery cash to re-home the Mary Rose in a purpose built museum which will give visitors the chance to walk alongside the famous warship on glass walkways and get closer to the historic vessel than ever before.

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