To celebrate its 30th birthday, National Lottery Good Causes has teamed up with Stepping Through Film to recreate 30 Game Changing Moments that have been made possible thanks to National Lottery funding.

This includes the reinterment of Richard III at Leicester Cathedral, following the discovery of his lost remains beneath a car park in Leicester in 2012.

The event marked the culmination of extensive archaeological and scientific efforts to identify the last Plantagenet king, who died in the Battle of Bosworth in 1485. The National Lottery Heritage Fund grants contributed to the beautiful funeral pall that draped the king's coffin during the ceremonies, and subsequently to supporting the development of our new Heritage & Learning Centre and funding further restoration of the building.

The National Lottery will be posting content from the campaign on https://itsagamechanger.org.uk and their social media.

The 30 Game Changing Moments exhibition by photographer Thomas Duke was unveiled at The National Portrait Gallery in London and online today - see more here!

The 30 Game Changing Moments, made possible by National Lottery funding, featured in
the exhibition are:

• 1994: Sir John Major launches The National Lottery and buys a ticket at a London newsagent
• 1997: Shakespeare's Globe Theatre opens in London
• 1998: Sir Antony Gormley's 'Angel of The North' is unveiled near Gateshead
• 2001: The Eden Project opens in Cornwall
• 2002: The Isle of Gigha is bought by its community
• 2002: Bend It Like Beckham is released
• 2005: Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson wins two gold medals at the 2005 Paralympic World Cup in Manchester
• 2006: This is England is released
• 2007: Dame Darcey Bussell's has her final curtain call at the Royal Opera House
• 2010: The King's Speech is released
• 2011: Michael Sheen performs The Passion in Port Talbot
• 2012: The world's first parkrun on a beach takes place in Portrush
• 2012: Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee Street Parties take place around the nation (including Walton Road, Bristol, pictured) and around the world
• 2012: The Giant's Causeway Visitor Centre is opened by First Minister Peter Robinson and Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness
• 2012: Dame Jessica Ennis-Hill wins gold in the Heptathlon at the London Olympics on 'Super Saturday'
• 2013: Derry-Londonderry becomes the UK's first City of Culture
• 2013: The Mary Rose Museum opens in Portsmouth
• 2014: The Kelpies by Sculptor Andy Scott are unveiled in Falkirk
• 2014: Neil Fachie wins gold in the 1000m Time Trial B2 Tandem with his pilot Craig MacLean at the Glasgow Commonwealth Games
• 2014: Bletchley Park reopens after a major restoration
• 2015: Richard III is reinterned in Leicester Cathedral
• 2016: Paapa Essiedu plays Hamlet in the Royal Shakespeare Company's production at The Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon
• 2018: Golden Eagles are reintroduced in Dumfries, Galloway and the Scottish Borders
• 2018: Geraint Thomas wins the Tour De France and is cheered by fans at a Homecoming Victory Parade in Cardiff
• 2018: The Remembrance art installation 'Poppies: Wave and Weeping Window' is displayed at the Imperial War Museum, London
• 2022: Chloe Kelly celebrates scoring the winning goal at the 2022 Euros Final at Wembley
• 2023: Flying Scotsman's centenary celebrations are launched in Edinburgh
• 2023: Liverpool hosts the Eurovision Song Contest
• 2024: Fern the Diplodocus is unveiled at The Natural History Museum
• 2024: Keely Hodgkinson wins gold in the women's 800 meters at the Paris Olympics and celebrates her victory at The French Flair Bar