# Will lottery ticket buyers choose the charity recipient?

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2002/10/14/will-lottery-ticket-buyers-choose-charity-recipient/
- Published: 2002-10-14T23:00:00+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

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).

Read “Outcry at plan to let Lotto ticket buyers pick charities” by Marie Woolf at
The Independent.

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