Millennium Commission

It used funding raised through the UK National Lottery to assist communities in marking the close of the second millennium and celebrating the start of the third.

[citation needed] Commissioners were appointed by the Queen on the advice of the prime minister; the chair of the commission was, for most of its life, the secretary of state for culture, media and sport, and for most of its life a second government minister was also a commissioner.

[citation needed] The Commission was wound up in December 2006 and its role was transferred to the Big Lottery Fund.

[1] The Commission invested over £2 billion in buildings, environmental projects, celebrations and community schemes.

Funded projects include: There were initially nine commissioners – two ministers, one appointed by the opposition, and six independents.