90 community groups compete this week for The Jubilee People's Millions
Howard Lake | 27 June 2011 | News
Ninety community groups across the UK will this week compete for the public’s support to help them win up to £60,000 in a TV competition.
The groups are competing in The Jubilee People’s Millions, a televised competition marking the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee, which this year replaces The People’s Millions competition which has run since 2005. It is run by the Big Lottery Fund in partnership with ITV and with the approval of Buckingham Palace.
The Jubilee People’s Millions will be broadcast from today until 30 June during each of the 15 ITV evening regional news programmes. Each night two groups will appeal for viewers’ support with the public voting by phone to decide who wins the prize for their community project. There will also be a bonus award for the runner up who receives the most phone votes across the week.
Calls cost no more than 11p per call from BT landlines, and ITV and the Big Lottery Fund say that they “do not make a profit from the voting telephone numbers”.
There is £3.6 million available as 60 awards of £60,000.
Voting numbers will be available on the day the projects are due to appear on ITV with telephone voting lines opening at 9am on each day and winners announced the following day.
Peter Wanless, Big Lottery Fund’s Chief Executive, said: “We’re delighted to be able to help mark 60 years of the Queen’s reign and we look forward to seeing a hotly contested competition where the public will be able to choose which projects take home these special grants”.
www.peoplesmillions.org.uk
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