Since 2001 St Helena has been running Your Hospice Lottery, a weekly lottery draw that 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 187 guaranteed cash prizes - a top prize of £1,000, a second prize of £250 and 185 prizes of £10, 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 £17 million.
Arthur Rank Hospice Charity, Cambridgeshire
Bedford Daycare Hospice, North and Mid-Bedfordshire
Cransley Hospice, North Northamptonshire
Cynthia Spencer Hospice, Northampton and South Northamptonshire
East Coast Hospice, Great Yarmouth and Waveney
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 weekly prizes are a top prize of £1,000, a second prize of £250 and 100 other lucky winners receive a prize of £10. Plus a rollover of £500 that, if not won, each week rolls over to a maximum of £25,000.
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
You must be 18 or over to play Your Hospice Lottery/Make a Smile Lottery. Please play responsibly. Responsible gambling support: www.begambleaware.org. Your Hospice Lottery/Make a Smile Lottery are wholly owned by St Helena Hospice, a hospice working with other charities to raise much needed funds. Promoter: St Helena Hospice trading as Your Hospice Lottery/Make a Smile Lottery. St Helena Hospice Limited is licensed and regulated in Great Britain by the Gambling Commission under account number 4685 www.gamblingcommission.gov.uk. St Helena Hospice is a company limited by guarantee. Registered in England and Wales Number 01511841. Registered Charity Number 280919. Registered Office: Myland Hall, Barncroft Close, Highwoods, Colchester, CO4 9JU. Your Hospice Lottery/Make a Smile Lottery office: 6 The Atrium, Phoenix Square, Wyncolls Road, Colchester, CO4 9AS. Your Hospice Lottery/Make a Smile Lottery Privacy Policy and Terms & Conditions can be viewed on their websites.