Updates

The Health Lottery Foundation updates

children running and a lane giving a woman in high vis a high five

Four women stand in front of a presentation screen in a classroom. It says student minds on the screen.

Project update

A visit to Leeds to meet Student Minds

Delva and Paul met some of the Student Minds team to hear about empowering new student union officers and student society leaders to help address health inequalities.

A man in a blue sport in mind shirt plays table tennis

Preventative care

Sport in Mind – physical activity to improve wellbeing

Earlier this year The Health Lottery Foundation awarded a grant of £15,000 to Sport in Mind to help fund their Hampshire weekly sport and physical activity programme.

A group of peoples stand in a circle in a forest

Chronic disease

Meeting heart patients at a woodland wellbeing session in Bristol

Hosted by The Forest of Avon our CEO, Delva Patman took part in a woodland wellbeing sharing day with heart patients and their families, in Bristol.

A woman and a man at an exhibition stand

Chronic disease

The National Kidney Federation (NKF) gets £5K grant following a public vote

A £5,000 grant has been awarded to NKF and every other charity that took part received a £500 donation.

4 people in a wood. Two wear helmets and climbing gear. Two others are talking to them.

Disability inequity

Firsthand experience of a Phab adventure!

Phab works to break down barriers to inclusion for disabled and non-disabled young people and adults. It was a pleasure to see the charity in action at residential activity centre Avon Tyrell.

Chronic disease

Public voting round on chronic illness, open for one week

Thanks to players of The Health Lottery, we are giving away a grant of £5,000 to one charity working to support those impacted by chronic illness.

Two women and a dog sit in front of a Support Dogs Banner

Disability inequity

A trip to Sheffield to meet Support Dogs

We travelled to Support Dogs HQ to meet the team and find out more about what they do. We got to see firsthand how talented the dogs (and trainers are).

Chronic disease

A visit to The Brain Charity in Liverpool

On Monday 30 June our CEO Delva Patman visited The Brain Charity. One of the 12 charities we awarded funding to in our first closed round.

A woman with a baby on her lap hold a tamborine. A man sits on the edge with a baby on his lap

Funding information

Funding round to support young people is now closed

Our first open round for grant applications closed on Friday 27 June. We were impressed by both the quality and volume of applications we received.

A man with white hair and a checked shirt has his blood pressure checked by a nurse outside at an agricultural show.

Preventative care

Farmer health checks at agricultural events – The Royal Countryside Fund

Funding to improve health outcomes for farmers, by sending practitioners to the rural locations farmers already visit, to offer health checks and referrals.