1994. The National Lottery began, the Channel Tunnel opened and Whigfield had a number one hit with Saturday Night.
Also making history was the Morecambe Brass Band, which became one of the first-ever projects to receive National Lottery funding. The band is still going strong today – and we set them one of their biggest challenges ever…watch this film to see what happened.
Since 1994 more than £8.6 million has been distributed to more than 500 brass bands and over 2,200 grants have been awarded to music groups for new instruments.
The National Lottery has been changing the lives of winners and supporting good causes across the UK since 1994. In that time, there have been more than 7,400 new millionaires created and by playing The National Lottery you raise over £4 million for Good Causes every dayΔ.
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