Postcards from the Park 2009

The Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) and Big Lottery Fund (BIG) have again joined forces with GreenSpace to re-launch the Postcards from the Park photo competition for the third year.

The photographs will be judged by the celebrated photographer Mike McCartney, and £1,000 in Jessops vouchers is up for grabs for the lucky overall winner.

All finalists and category winners will have their photos professionally exhibited in London’s Southwark Park Cafe Gallery and then turned into postcards to be distributed at Lottery-funded venues across the UK.

It’s a chance to celebrate and capture what you love about your park. This year special categories include people at play, wildlife and heritage.

The competition is now open and runs until the 3 August 2009.

Celebrating 15 years of making a difference to people and communities across the UK

This year marks the National Lottery’s 15th Anniversary and the £22bn raised by Lottery players for Good Causes including the arts, sport, heritage, environment, charity and voluntary sectors. That’s £25m each week.

Lottery investment in parks

HLF has already awarded more than £500m to over 500 public parks and BIG has invested upwards of £700m in environmental projects. Both Good Cause distributors continue to spend Lottery players’ money on regenerating and improving people’s enjoyment of parks, putting them firmly back at the heart of community life.

Mark the date in your dairy

The winners will be invited to a special event in London on 4 September. The exhibition will also be open to the public during the first week of September.