# People’s Postcode Lottery increases amount donated to charities - Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2014/06/30/peoples-postcode-lottery-increases-amount-donated-charities/ - Published: 2014-06-30T23:14:49+01:00 - Author: Howard Lake The People’s Postcode Lottery is to donate an extra £2 million this year to the 40 charities that the lottery supports. Each charity will receive an extra £50,000 during that period. Launched in January 2008, the People’s Postcode Lottery has now raised over £43.3 million for charities since then. 50p from the sale of every £2 ticket goes to charity.   ## Advertisement [⌊Posthub advert. You create the campaign. We'll handle the postal journey. Get started at post-hub.co.uk.⌉](https://fundraising.co.uk/ads/posthub-20261007-300x250/) [⌊Clara Govier, Head of Charities at People’s Postcode Lottery⌉⌊Clara Govier, Head of Charities at People’s Postcode Lottery⌉[ Clara Govier, Head of Charities at People’s Postcode Lottery Clara Govier, Head of Charities at People’s Postcode Lottery, said: > “As the number of players continues to increase the amounts awarded to charities > will only continue to rise. On behalf of all the charities that are receiving > this funding I would like to say a massive thank you to all players for the unwavering > support”. Beneficiaries of the additional donations include Maggie’s, Canal & River Trust, and PDSA. The latter was announced only last month as a new charity to be supported by the People’s Postcode Lottery. In January 2014 [People’s Postcode Lottery](http://www.postcodelottery.co.uk) and their sister lotteries in the Netherlands and Sweden were collectively announced as the second largest charitable private donor in the world, according to business newspaper City AM, with over £441 million being awarded to charities in 2013. * **[War Child receives extra £133,934 from players of People’s Postcode Lottery](https://fundraising.co.uk/2014/09/05/war-child-receives-extra-133934-players-peoples-postcode-lottery/)**( 5 September 2014) * **[People’s Postcode Lottery awards £5 million to charities](https://fundraising.co.uk/2016/01/29/peoples-postcode-lottery-awards-5m-to-charities/)**( 29 January 2016) * **[People’s Postcode Lottery £2.5 million Dream Fund opens for applications](https://fundraising.co.uk/2016/08/16/peoples-postcode-lottery-2-5m-dream-fund-opens-applications/)**( 16 August 2016)