Bradford Cyrenians got A 250,000 from the Government last December to revamp its 40-year-old hostel in Manningham, now it is celebrating receiving a Big Lottery grant A NEW project in Bradford giving shelter to ex-offenders on release from custody has been awarded A 367,381 Big Lottery funding. The money going to the Bradford Cyrenians’ Support to Offenders Project comes from the Lottery’s Reaching Communities pot.