Wales’ gold medal Olympic boxing champion, Lauren Price, has today added yet another accolade to her name after being crowned Olympian of the Year in the 2021 National Lottery Awards. Following Tokyo, Lauren Price, returned to Pontypool Amateur Boxing Club where her amazing trajectory towards Olympic stardom began. She was presented with the inaugural Olympian of the Year National Lottery Award by her grandmother, Linda Price – who Lauren hails (along with her late grandfather Derek Price) as one of…

National Lottery funding of more than £11.3 million has been given to good causes in Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan in 2019/20 according to new figures released today to mark the launch of The National Lottery Awards. A total of 530 National Lottery grants were allocated in this period providing crucial support to arts, sports, heritage and community organisations. The National Lottery Awards are the annual search for the UK’s favourite National Lottery funded people and projects and, this year, the…