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PRESS RELEASES
| 9/25/2002 |
LOTTERY FUNDING AND GOOD CAUSES THE LATEST FIGURES |
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In the past financial year, 1 April 2001 to 31 March 2002, 1 240 beneficiaries of lottery funding were identified and R222,539,409.00 was allocated to them as follows:
| Arts,Culture and National Heritage: |
R48,096,596.00 |
| Charities: |
R102,781,275.00 |
| Sport and Recreation: |
R 71,661,538.00 |
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| Total: |
R222,539,409.00 |
In the first five months of the current financial year i.e. 1 April 2002 to 31 August 2002, allocations to good causes are as follows:
| Arts,Culture and National Heritage: |
R 92,907,513.00 |
| Charities: |
R 155,116,378.00 |
| Sport and Recreation: |
R 29,272,157.00 |
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| Total: |
R277,296,048.00 |
The allocations for each of the three sectors can be broken down as follows:
Charities
| Area of Funding |
Amount (R) |
| Aged |
16,191,100.00 |
| People with Disabilities |
31,960,927.00 |
| Children’s Homes |
16,471,834.00 |
| Early Childhood Development |
12,497,021.00 |
| Community Services |
35,988,820.00 |
| Chronic Illnesses |
19,849,967.00 |
| Drug Abuse and Crime |
10,316,748.00 |
| Poverty Alleviation |
12,079,961.00 |
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| Total |
155,116,378.00 |
Arts,Culture and Natural Heritage
| Area of Funding |
Amount (R) |
| Creative Development |
41,273,729.00 |
| Environment |
25,947,767.00 |
| Festivals |
5,667,305.00 |
| Film Distribution & Production |
150,000.00 |
| Heritage |
4,854,850.00 |
| Major Projects |
12,580,862.00 |
| Rural Grants |
2,433,000.00 |
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| Total |
92,907,513.00 |
Sport and Recreation
| Area of Funding |
Amount (R) |
| Upgrading of existing facilities |
18,389,559.00 |
| Equipment and Kit |
1,926,411.00 |
| Capacity Building |
9,206,187.00 |
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| Total |
92,907,513.00 |
The Distributing Agencies have scheduled regular meetings to adjudicate all applications, received by the deadline, before the year is out.
More details will be made available as the process unfolds.
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