370,000* NATIONAL LOTTERY GOOD CAUSES HELPED ACROSS UK

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*Since 1994 there have been more than 370,000 grants made – figure sourced from the Department for Culture, Media & Sport. © National Lottery Commission 2012.

 
 
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Descriptor: First we see First we see a blue map of the UK on a red graphic background, which zooms to London on the map, where a white caption reads, "Millennium Bridge Lottery Funding - £8m" . We then see various shots of people walking on the Millennium Bridge, together with a shot of the Tate Modern from the bridge.

Narrator: London's Millennium Bridge is an iconic landmark, linking the financial and cultural communities of the capital.

Descriptor: We now see high speed footage of people on the Millennium Bridge, together with a white caption in the top right-hand corner which reads, "2008". We then see a still from the Get The Balls Rolling campaign.

Narrator: This award-winning bridge is one of the many Good Causes funded by The National Lottery, which features in the Get The Balls Rolling campaign.

Descriptor: We now meet Katy Hemmings, of National Lottery Good Causes. As she speaks, we see various shots of people crossing Millennium Bridge.

Katy: Lottery players raise £25 million each week for Good Causes. We're really looking to highlight where all the money has gone, across arts, and sport, heritage, the environment, education, lots of different projects.

Descriptor: We now see various stills from the Get The Balls Rolling campaign - Millennium Bridge, Falkirk Wheel, the Clyde Arc, the Eden Project.

Katy: The campaign's going really well so far. We've had a ball here on London's Millennium bridge, which looked quite spectacular, we've got balls rolling out all over London and all over the UK, highlighting lottery-funded projects.

Descriptor: Once again we see various shots of Millennium Bridge, including a tourist boat seen from the bridge and a shot of the bridge at sunset.

Narrator: Since The National Lottery began, more than £21 billion has been raised for Good Causes, and this is all down to people playing National Lottery games. While you may know about some of the more high profile projects that have received lottery funding, you may not know about the other Good Causes in your community. In fact there's likely to be one just around the corner from where you live.

Descriptor: Finally we see a white background with The National Lottery logo, and a blue caption which reads, "The National Lottery. Funding a better future".

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