Actually the Big Lottery Fund ran a programme called Heroes Return which paid for veterans to return to where they saw active service. They have also run the veterans reunited programme which reunited veterans from a number of conflicts so yes I would say that the lottery would pay for exactly that. Can’t see much political correctness there.

I used to manage a lottery funded health project working in a very deprived area and got quite annoyed at the usual rubbish spouted about where lottery money goes as it was usually based on a tabloid “fact” which didn’t bear scrutiny. If anyone is concerned about lottery funding check out the main funders web sites – there are an awful lot of good causes there.

The main aim of the lottery is to fund new projects and not to contribute to the running costs of existing charities – when would you stop?? Charities like Guide Dogs and the RNLI would qualify if they had discrete projects – part of that idea was when the lottery was set up it was not intended to take on existing charitable commitments.

interesting post and nice to have a different viewpoint on the matter. The Heroes Return program sounds like a great idea.