Chair of National Lottery calls in to Newtown projects
The chair of the National Lottery Community Fund UK Board, Blondel Cluff CBE, has visited several National Lottery funded projects in the Newtown area.
Mrs Cluff was in Newtown to see first-hand how National Lottery funding is changing lives and creating new opportunities to build on the town’s assets.
In the last five years, The National Lottery Community Fund has awarded 327 grants worth £11.68 million in Powys, with 32 of these in Newtown and Llanllwchaiarn worth £2.48 million.
Open Newtown received £1.1 million National Lottery funding to help transform 130 acres of green space, including the development of a new play park, BMX pump track, mountain bike trail, improved river access and a new riverside venue.
