THE Horniman Museum was one of several organisations to mark the National Lottery's 10th anniversary with a feast of activities.

Live music, face painting and storytelling were just some of the highlights of a jamboree held at the museum, in London Road, Forest Hill, on Saturday.

The museum's £13m centenary development, linking the museum to 16 acres of gardens, opened in 2002 with the majority of the funding coming from the Lottery.

Other high-profile buildings to receive lottery money include the glow-in-the-dark Laban Centre which received a massive £14.7m.

The dance centre had been based in schools and churches throughout New Cross until the move to its 2003 Stirling Prize Building of the Year home in Creekside, Deptford, last year.

Laban spokesman Laraine Fisher said: "This money has changed our lives. We reached capacity in our old building. For a long time, contemporary dance was marginalised in town halls. Now we have a space of our own."

As part of the Lottery celebrations, the Transitions Dance Company from the centre performed at a 10th anniversary extravaganza outside the Tate Modern on Saturday.

Another project to have received lottery cash is the Greenwich Dance Agency. This group, based at the Borough Hall, Royal Hill, Greenwich, has received almost £200,000 of Lottery funding for specialist lighting and sound equipment and an education worker.

Arts Council England held a reception at the venue on November 2 to celebrate the £750m from the National Lottery which has gone to artists and arts groups throughout the capital. This breaks down to £4,277,271 for Greenwich and £21,094,098 for Lewisham.

And the Lottery's Urban Cultural Programme recently awarded £1.4m for the development of festivals and cultural initiatives across Lewisham and Greenwich.