The Health Lottery assets of the NHS Lottery were purchased in 2007 by Altala Group Ltd, a company run by Ian Milligan, a former employee of Camelot Group, the operators of the UK National Lottery. Altala went into administration in 2009, shortly before it was due to be granted its gambling licence, and was purchased by Health Lottery Ltd. After winning the licence, the Health Lottery was sold in February 2011 to Richard Desmond's Northern & Shell group. The Health Lottery launched in September 2011. Until the summer of 2018, The Health Lottery had operated 51 society lotteries across Great Britain. This structure
National Family Week (UK) Media Group and is run by Family Week Limited. It mirrors the established Canadian National Family Week which has been established since 1985. Unlike the Canadian week which is funded by taxpayers, the UK week is supported wholly by commercial sponsorship and the support of a large network of local, regional and national organisations with Family Week Ltd co-ordinating the activity . "National Family Week" 2009 consisted of over 4,000 events nationwide including a favourite family recipe competition, Family of the Year competition and search to find the next Big Family Idea where the Big Lottery Fund donated £150,000 to