Will lottery ticket buyers choose the charity recipient?
Howard Lake | 14 October 2002 | News
The Department of Culture is considering allowing lottery ticket buyers to specify which charity they wish to benefit from their ticket purchase.
Government ministers are also looking at the idea of allowing voters to influence the distribution of lottery grant money in their local area through referenda.
Such ideas clearly undermine the independence and professionalism of the Community Fund. Not surprisingly, the suggestions have met with opposition from charities and charity umbrella groups. “People on the ground don’t have a very good knowledge of where the funding gaps are,” commented the National Council for Voluntary Organisations (NCVO).
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Read “Outcry at plan to let Lotto ticket buyers pick charities” by Marie Woolf at The Independent.
About Howard Lake
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.