Twenty-four grants were awarded across the area, providing a vital cash boost to local arts, sport and heritage projects and community groups helping the area's most vulnerable people.
In the last year grants have included:
- £301,086 to Home-Start North East Lincolnshire to support families with young children in Grimsby and the surrounding area
- £4,450 to Littlecoates Community Centre, for a programme of community-focused activities from coffee mornings to exercise classes, dance nights to day trips
- £2,100 to the Springfield Allotment Association to purchase new equipment
Now the National Lottery Awards 2013 open for entries.
John Barrowman, presenter of last year's National Lottery Awards show, said: "The National Lottery raises £30 million a week for Good Causes and the Awards are a great way of celebrating the life changing difference these projects make to communities.
"National Lottery players in Grimsby should be proud of the difference they are making to people in the area. The National Lottery Awards recognise the unsung heroes, dedicated workers and selfless volunteers making great use of Lottery funding. If you know of a Lottery-funded organisation that deserves to be nominated, we want to hear from you."
The National Lottery Awards have seven categories - each reflecting an area of Lottery funding: Sport; Heritage; Arts; Environment; Health; Education; and Voluntary/Charity.
The winners of The National Lottery Awards will receive a £2,000 cash prize and national recognition at a star-studded event broadcast on BBC One later this year.
If you want to see a project from Grimsby celebrated in this year's National Lottery Awards, visit www.nationallotteryawards.org.uk to find out more or call 0207 293 3599.
The awards are now open for entries and any projects wishing to enter can do so by visiting the website. Entries must be received by 9am on March 19.