People’s Postcode Lottery grants £525k to The Prince of Wales’s Charitable Foundation
Howard Lake | 12 March 2015 | News
People’s Postcode Lottery is making an award of £525,000 from its players to The Prince of Wales’s Charitable Foundation.
Founded in 1979, the Foundation uses profits from the sale of Duchy Originals, Highgrove garden tours and Highgrove products to give grants to a wide range of causes which help to transform the lives of vulnerable people and communities across the UK.
The People’s Postcode Lottery, grant will be used specifically to create more opportunities for young people affected by homelessness, unemployment and deprivation to gain the practical skills and self-confidence to achieve their goals.
People’s Postcode Lottery, along with sister lotteries in the Netherlands and Sweden, was described by UK business newspaper City AM as “the third largest charitable private donor in the world“. It has donated over £4.9 billion to good causes around the globe.
How can other charities benefit?
UK Fundraising asked Kathryn McAuley at the People’s Postcode Lottery how other charities can receive grants from the service. She said:
“Our players have supported over 1,400 charities and good causes across Great Britain and internationally. For those interested in applying for funding I would advise them to visit the People’s Postcode Trust website where they can apply for funding from £500 to £20,000″.
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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.