# People’s Postcode Lottery reaches £1 million total for the British Red Cross - Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2017/03/29/peoples-postcode-lottery-reaches-1m-total-british-red-cross/ - Published: 2017-03-29T10:25:04+01:00 - Author: Melanie May **Players of People’s Postcode Lottery have now contributed £1 million over the past five years to a range of British Red Cross projects around the world.**   Projects supported by [People’s Postcode Lottery](http://www.postcodelottery.co.uk) players include a HIV project, food security and livelihoods project, community resilience project and the Lake Chad crisis. ## Advertisement   This year, the players are continuing to support a [British Red Cross](http://www.redcross.org.uk/) community resilience project in Zimbabwe with an additional £250,000 in funding. The aim of the programme is to help communities anticipate, respond to and recover from disasters and crises, and incorporates food security, livelihoods, nutrition and water and sanitation activities.   This support includes drilling boreholes and rehabilitation of water points throughout the selected communities. Funding has also helped train a team of health and hygiene volunteers who visit communities and schools.   Mark Astarita, British Red Cross executive director of fundraising said:   > “We are hugely grateful for the fantastic support received from the players of > People’s Postcode Lottery over the past five years. These vital funds will help > us work together to secure long term change, supporting vulnerable communities > unable to sustain themselves and increase their resilience in the future.” * **[Co-op raises £5.5 million in 18 months for British Red Cross’ loneliness campaign](https://fundraising.co.uk/2017/03/30/co-op-raises-5-5m-18-months-british-red-cross-loneliness-campaign/)**( 30 March 2017) * **[Saturday Night for London to boost £700k raised for British Red Cross](https://fundraising.co.uk/2017/06/12/saturday-night-london-supports-british-red-cross/)**( 12 June 2017) * **[Aviva to help recruit 10,000 volunteers for British Red Cross](https://fundraising.co.uk/2018/04/30/aviva-help-recruit-10000-volunteers-british-red-cross/)**( 30 April 2018) ![Loading](https://fundraising.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/page-views-count/ajax-loader- 2x.gif)