FINALLY, BRITAIN’S FAIRER LOTTERY IS HERE

Phyllis Tuckwell Hospice set to raise funds with monday – the Charities Lottery

Farnham-based Phyllis Tuckwell Hospice is working with national charity Help the Hospices to raise funds with monday – the Charities Lottery.  With five draws throughout the year, the Phyllis Tuckwell hopes to raise thousands of pounds to help cover the cost of caring for the terminally ill in our community.   It will run alongside the Hospice’s own lottery – the Tuckwell CHASE Lottery, which donates all of its profits to the two local hospices.

For every pound spent with monday, 30p goes direct to charity. That’s five times more than with The National Lottery. As well as the Phyllis Tuckwell, monday will contribute to a wide range of charities including Barnados, The British Red Cross, St John Ambulance, Trees for Cities, Shelter and WWF.

Chief Executive of the Hospice Sarah Brocklebank says: “We are thrilled to be part of the monday lottery, a revolutionary new fundraising initiative.  We know that the internet plays a big part in the lives of our supporters.  We have seen a threefold increase in the number of visitors to our main hospice website and we have set up a special on-line donation facility for our Living Appeal on www.livingappeal.com.  We are working hard to embrace new technology into our fundraising – the Hospice already has a webshop, on-line sponsorship, an account with e-bay and a deal with everyclick, an internet search engine.”

monday aims to raise £150 million for UK registered charities each year - making it one of the largest charitable fundraisers in the UK. Furthermore, the cash will reach the charities within days of each draw and for the first time it’s the players who decide which charity gets their cash.

There’s also no chance of losing your ticket and no last minute rushes to the newsagent – as monday is played online at www.playmonday.com. The first draw to raise money for the Phyllis Tuckwell through Help the Hospices will take place on Monday 10th July and the Hospice is urging people to start playing straight away.

monday is run by Chariot (UK) plc on behalf of its charity partners. Tim Holley, who ran Camelot until 2001, is Chariot’s Chairman. As he explained:  “People want a fairer lottery.  This common frustration has led to the creation of monday.  We’ve taken three years to develop this and know it will succeed because it rewards players and charities alike. We like to think that monday is the lottery for unlucky people – the vast majority who have played the lottery since it started but have never won anything. At a pound a week that’s potentially £592 spent with no return. With monday people will have a much better chance of winning.”

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