PRESS RELEASES
4/14/2005
NATIONAL LOTTERIES BOARD INFORMATION CENTRE
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PRESS RELEASE

 

ISSUED BY: National Lotteries Board

CONTACT:    Sershan Naidoo – Manager Player Services & Media Liaison

TEL:                012-394 3468
FAX:               012-394 4468

DATE:            Wednesday, April 14th 2005

 

 

NATIONAL LOTTERIES BOARD INFORMATION CENTRE

 

Information for those applying for Lottery funding is now easily accessible through the National Lotteries Board’s Information Centre, based at the dti Campus in Tshwane. 

 

The Information Centre can be reached via a Share-Call number at:

 

08600 NLDTF (08600 65383)

 

Staff at the Information Centre will provide information as follows:

 

  1. The Application Process.
  2. Responding to requests for Application Forms.
  3. Enquiries on the status of applications.
  4. General enquiries.

 

The Information Centre will also provide assistance to those that walk in for assistance on how to fill in Application Forms and make general application enquiries. The Physical Address for the Information Centre is:

 

Ground Floor, Block C

the dti Campus

77 Meintjes Street (off Esselen Street)

Sunnyside

TSHWANE

 

In the period 1 April 2004 to 31 March 2005 more than R1,1 billion has been allocated to 1 283 beneficiary groups.

 

This can be broken up as follows:

 

Arts, Culture & National Heritage: R349,8 million to 178 beneficiaries.

Charities: R462,5 million to 705 beneficiaries.

Sport & Recreation: R329,9 million to 401 beneficiaries.

 

This brings the total since inception to more than R3 billion to more than 6 100 beneficiaries.

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