National Lottery Community Fund

The Big Issue has been investigating crisis pregnancy centres in the UK, which have been known to misinform women around abortion. Taxpayer money has gone towards funding some of them

Isabella McRae
15 Oct 2025

Crisis pregnancy centres in the UK, some of which are known to have an anti-abortion agenda, have received funding from the government and National Lottery to continue their work.

Many crisis pregnancy centres are registered charities and some have received financial support from the National Lottery Community Fund and the Department of Culture, Media and Sport, as recently revealed by Amnesty International UK.

Continued: https://www.bigissue.com/news/social-justice/crisis-pregnancy-centres-anti-abortion-funding/

Many faith-based crisis pregnancy centres are believed to offer an 'ethical' service, but there are some which have been found to be 'misleading' women. It is becoming increasingly difficult to tell which as centres may 'hide their ideological aims'

Isabella McRae
14 Oct 2025

Crisis pregnancy centres, which have been known to “misinform” women around abortion, have become increasingly “professionalised” in the UK and are often unregulated, experts have warned.

These centres are commonly run by Christian groups and promise to offer “impartial” and “ethical” advice for free, but some have been found to be promoting “medically inaccurate” information with an anti-abortion agenda which risks leaving women “traumatised”.

Continued: https://www.bigissue.com/news/social-justice/abortion-uk-crisis-pregnancy-centres/

Anti-abortion groups have received funds from the UK government and National Lottery

UK – What is the truth about crisis pregnancy centres? The anti-abortion facilities creeping across Britain