Since 2001 St Helena has been running Your Hospice Lottery, a weekly lottery draw which raises money for St Helena and other hospices across the country.
For £1 a week, players of the lottery are entered into a draw to win one of 176 guaranteed cash prizes - a top prize of £1,000, plus a rollover of up to £25,000.
Each player selects a hospice to support and after running costs and prize funds are taken out, every penny of the rest of the £1 goes directly to support their chosen hospice. St Helena receives a small income from each membership for administering the lottery for other hospices. On average, 65% of Your Hospice Lottery income goes towards hospice care and so far we have raised over £12 million.
Arthur Rank Hospice Charity, Cambridgeshire
Bedford Daycare Hospice, North and Mid-Bedfordshire
Cransley Hospice, North Northamptonshire
Cynthia Spencer Hospice, Northampton and South Northamptonshire
Halton Haven Hospice, Widnes, Runcorn and surrounding area
John Taylor Hospice, Birmingham
Noah's Ark Children's Hospice, supporting children and families in North London
Nottinghamshire Hospice, Nottinghamshire
Salisbury Hospice Charity, Salisbury and surrounding area
The Friends of the Wisdom Hospice, Medway and Swale areas of Kent
In July 2018 we were recognised on a national level for our lottery services by winning a National Fundraising Award for Most Innovative Fundraising Campaign.
To play our lottery and support local people facing incurable illness and bereavement click here
For more information about becoming a hospice partner click here
Following the success of Your Hospice Lottery, in July 2017 we opened up our lottery services to include charities other than hospices under our Make a Smile Lottery.
Make a Smile Lottery is operated by our Your Hospice Lottery team in Colchester. The draw takes place every Friday and winners are chosen at random for guaranteed cash prizes. The top weekly prize is £1,000 and 5 other lucky winners will receive a prize of £10. Plus a rollover of £250 that, if not won, each week rolls over to a maximum of £10,000.
Like Your Hospice Lottery, Make a Smile players choose a charity to support with their membership and after running costs and prize funds the rest of the £1 playing fee goes to the chosen charity. The percentage each charity receives does vary but a minimum of 20p in every £1 played goes to the chosen charity. St Helena receives a small income from each membership for administering the lottery but all proceeds stay within the charity sector.
Age Concern Colchester & north east Essex
Blesma - The Limbless Veterans
Colchester & Ipswich Hospitals Charity
HARP – Southend’s Homeless Charity
RSPCA Mid Norfolk & North Suffolk
To play Make a Smile Lottery click here
For more information about becoming a charity partner click here