Perhaps the end of the Olympic drain on National Lottery funding will return to public projects elsewhere.
Mr Ross was on the board of the organising committee for London 2012 (LOCOG) as well as bodies overseeing the legacy of the Games and the distribution of National Lottery funding for the event.
Its aim is to provide a third stream of private sector income, to run alongside National Lottery and government funding, for leading athletes.
That era was greatly helped by National Lottery and Millennium funding.
The British Stammering Association (BSA) is launching its helpline with funding from the National Lottery.
And following the show's premiere at Exeter Northcott, The Ministry of Fear will embark on a national tour for three months, with the help of funding from Arts Council England through the National Lottery.
He dubbed it an "ill-founded and elitist Tory-conceived venture" and said the government should order National Lottery organisers Camelot to ballot players to see whether its funding should go to another cause.
Also involved in the project are Gateshead Council, Northumbrian Water, the National Trust and The Forestry Commission with additional funding from The Heritage Lottery Fund and SITA Environmental Trust.
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London's National Theatre is one of four historic sites to receive funding from the Heritage Lottery Fund for "wash and brush up" restoration work.
He said negotiations, which started in 2006, to allow the National Lottery to be played in the island and allow local causes to bid for funding were ongoing, but there were issues with duties and access to the pot available to good causes that needed to be solved.
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