WE WOULD really love to hear from your readers about their favourite National Lottery projects and the great work they do for their community.

If you believe they deserve recognition then please nominate them for a National Lottery Award – the annual search to find the UK’s best Lottery-funded projects.

The awards provide a platform and profile for organisations – big and small – to showcase their invaluable contribution to society.

Each week, National Lottery players raise £33million a week for good causes and more than 450,000 grants have been awarded since the Lottery began 20 years ago.

The winners, decided by public vote, will receive £2,000 cash prizes and will be honoured at a star-studded ceremony broadcast on BBC One later in the year.

Visit lotterygoodcauses.org.uk to nominate a project. Entries must be in by Wednesday March 25.

John Barrowman, National Lottery Awards Ambassador (via email)