Local Hospice Lottery originally started in 1996 as Farleigh Hospice’s own lottery and way of generating regular and reliable income to help fund the care they provide across mid Essex. After eleven years of growing and running the weekly draw, the decision was made to develop the Lottery for the benefit of hospice care in other areas across Great Britain. Through hospices working together, significant costs can be saved and partnering hospices can receive MORE from every £1 play than they would from running their own, individual lottery!
Today, Local Hospice Lottery remains hospice owned, hospice led and with hospice care at the heart of everything we do. ALL profits are donated to hospice care.
Today, Local Hospice Lottery now has the pleasure of working with more than 40 hospices across the Country – from the Highlands of Scotland, Wales, to the south coast of England! Although it’s one shared weekly draw, our amazing players are able to select the partnering hospice they would like to support upon joining, and then take great pleasure in knowing that THEIR local hospice, and families in need of end of life care and support in THEIR local community, will directly benefit from every £1 entry they buy. You can see exactly which hospices currently work with Local Hospice Lottery here.
Some people ask why a charity would run a lottery and pay out prizes, as opposed to just obtaining donations where the hospice would receive 100% of the money raised. Well the simple answer is that many people like and choose to support in this way because it’s a simple, affordable, easy and fun way to help! And not only do they get to do their bit to help their local hospice and community – they also have a chance of winning some great weekly prizes too! Local Hospice Lottery currently has the largest prize fund of any hospice lottery and you can view our prizes here. But, most importantly, thanks to our wonderful and committed players taking part in our draw every week, their chosen hospice has the security of receiving a regular and reliable form of income that helps them to both plan and deliver their vital services.
