National Lottery Commission UK Ltd. Following an evaluation period, on 7 August 2007 the NLC announced that Camelot Group plc was the preferred bidder to become the operator of the next National Lottery Licence. Camelot’s bid was selected as the bid most likely to generate the best returns to good causes over the course of the licence. The licence came into force on 1 February 2009, to run until 2019, with the option of up to five years' extension. National Lottery Commission The National Lottery Commission was an organisation set up on 1 April 1999 under the National Lottery Act 1998 to regulate
YouthBank UK Youth Council", "Changemakers", the "Community Foundation Network", the "National Youth Agency" and "The Prince's Trust", who became"YB UK"'s consortium partners, set up seven pilot YouthBanks, in Bristol, Bradford, Highlands and Islands of Scotland, Northern Ireland, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear and Wales. In September 2001, "YB UK" was successful in securing a million pound, grant from the "Community Fund", to develop a Central Development Unit to expand the pilot "YB UK" projects. "YB UK" received major grants from "Comic Relief", the "Football Foundation", the "Department for Education and Skills" and "Skills National Voluntary Youth Organisation" and the "Big Lottery Fund"'s "Young