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The Commission |
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Creating the Commission
The Millennium Commission was set up in 1993 by the National Lottery Act. It met for the first time in February 1994 and was one of the bodies that distribute proceeds from the National Lottery. Unlike the other distributing bodies, the Commission was created as a short-life organisation, with a specific aim: to fund projects to celebrate the end of the second millennium and the start of the third. It met for the 128th and last time on 23rd November 2006 and was wound up on 30th November 2006.
How the Commission worked
The Commission was created and regulated by the Government, but was an independent body. Decisions were made by a group of individuals, the Millennium Commissioners, who were given advice by Commission staff. Staff worked with the projects throughout the grant-giving process to monitor progress and offer guidance. Commissioners were kept up to date with the achievements of projects.
The future
The Millennium Commission stopped receiving an income from the National Lottery in August 2001. The Commission's work was not yet over, however, and there were still some projects to complete. The Commission was wound up by Parliament and all its rights and responsibilities, including completing the remaining projects and the necessary checks of Commission-funded projects became the responsibility of the Big Lottery Fund.
Complaints
The Commission had a policy for dealing with complaints, which is available in the Publications section on this website.
Any complaint about an issue relating to the Commission should be passed to the Big Lottery Fund.
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