Great Fundraising Organizations, by Alan Clayton. Book cover.

Branson almost wins Lottery licence

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Howard Lake | 22 August 2000 | News

Although Sir Richard Branson’s People’s Lottery consortium’s bid was, like Camelot’s, rejected, it is in exclusive negotiations with the National Lottery Commission. Read the full text of the Commission’s surprise statement at BBC Online. Also read BBC Online’s summary of the funding given to good causes so far in When is a cause a good cause?

Find out what NCVO had to say too.

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Howard Lake is consultant editor of UK Fundraising. He founded the site in 1994 and successfully sold it in 2022. As director of Giving X Ltd he is exploring growing giving on a massive scale. He is the founder of Fundraising Camp and co-founder of GoodJobs.

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