A Time Traveller’s Guide to Bristol, a Lottery-funded heritage project for the city, needs your vote as it goes head to head with other National Lottery-funded projects from across the UK in the semi-finals of The National Lottery Awards 2011. The Awards recognise the difference that Lottery-funded projects – both big and small – make to local communities.

These semi-finalists have been shortlisted for the big difference they have made with Lottery money, and people across the region are being urged to cast a vote, anytime before midday on Monday 20 June, to help this project make it through to the final. 

A Time Traveller’s Guide to Bristol is competing for Best Heritage Project.  A Time Traveller’s Guide to Bristol is a community digital archive project that explores six key Bristol locations over the past 100 years, and the ways they have changed.  It uses newly digitised archive footage, stills, audio, 3D reconstructions and future visualisations, and is available as a free iPhone app or via the website.

To register your vote for A Time Traveller’s Guide to Bristol call 0844 836 9710 or log on to www.lotterygoodcauses.org.uk/awards. 

There are seven categories in the Awards each reflecting the main areas of Lottery funding: arts, sport, heritage, health, environment, education (in association with Best magazine) and voluntary/charity. The winning project in each of the categories will receive national recognition at a star-studded event later this year, broadcast on BBC One, as well as a £2,000 cash prize[1] to spend on their project.

This year’s National Lottery Awards are supported by Lottery Draw Show presenter Jenni Falconer. She says:
“I love The National Lottery Awards because they really pay tribute to all the unsung heroes, selfless volunteers and dedicated workers across the UK who are using Lottery funding to make a real difference to local people, places and communities.
“National Lottery players raise a massive £28 million a week for charities and groups - big and small - across the UK. Everyone who plays the Lottery should feel proud that they have helped such a wide variety of projects – including arts, sport, heritage and community groups – there’s quite literally something for everyone.
“Now it's your chance to have your say and vote for your favourite. Please get behind your local projects and vote to get them through to the final - every vote counts!"

Voting for the semi-finals ends at midday on Monday 20 June. Please do not call before lines open as your vote will not be counted but you will be charged for the call.

For more information or to cast a vote for any of the semi-finalists log on to www.lotterygoodcauses.org.uk/awards.