# Record year of fundraising for charity lotteries - Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2018/11/30/record-year-fundraising-charity-lotteries/ - Published: 2018-11-30T09:46:54+00:00 - Author: Melanie May **It has been a record year of fundraising by charity lotteries, according to the Gambling Commission’s annual statistics.** The figures show that the sector raised £296 million in the year to March 2018, up from £256 million last year. Fundraising by the National Lottery is also growing again. The statistics show an increase in the percentage to good causes from society lotteries – at 43.8% – up from 43.5% last year – and in the percentage to good causes from the National Lottery, at 21.7% – up from 21.5% last year. ## 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/) Welcoming the record year of fundraising, [Lotteries Council](https://www.lotteriescouncil.org.uk/) Chair, Tony Vick, praised players of charity lotteries for helping raise a record amount and said that the growth in good causes funding across both charity lotteries and the National Lottery was a “win-win” for the country. Vick said: > “This has been a great year of charity fundraising by charity lotteries, with > charities across the country benefitting as a result. Our thanks go to charity > lottery players across Britain who have helped the sector make a record amount > for good causes. “The charity lottery sector has a huge amount of fundraising > talent within it – both staff and volunteers – and charities such as hospices, > air ambulances, community groups and sports teams benefit as a result. Given the > tough charity fundraising climate this growth in income is very welcome. “We also > welcome that both charity lottery funding and National Lottery funding is on a > growth trajectory, which is a win-win for the country and makes clear that both > types of lottery can grow together.” Malcolm Fleming, Chair of The Lotteries Council Public Affairs Committee, added: > “It is clear from these statistics that the drop in National Lottery funding > in 2016-17 – caused by the changes to the Lotto draw – is being reversed. This > is something that The Lotteries Council warmly welcomes. “That National Lottery > good cause funding is back on a growth trajectory again, alongside a growth in > charity lottery good cause funding, backs up recent Gambling Commission modelling > which showed that charity lottery sales don’t impact on the National Lottery. “ > The Lotteries Council is calling on the UK Government to bring forward changes > in the law to help charity lotteries to grow their funding to good causes, and > these latest statistics further strengthen the case for those changes.” * **[Charity leaders unite in letter urging go ahead on lottery law changes](https://fundraising.co.uk/2019/04/30/charity-leaders-unite-in-letter-urging-go-ahead-on-lottery-law-changes/)**( 30 April 2019) * **[TheGivingMachine opens GivingLottery to UK charities](https://fundraising.co.uk/2019/05/22/thegivingmachine-opens-givinglottery-to-uk-charities/)**( 22 May 2019) * **[Mosaic adds CFP’s lottery services to create UK’s “largest full-service charity offering”](https://fundraising.co.uk/2019/07/18/mosaic-adds-cfps-lottery-services-to-create-uks-largest-full-service-charity-offering/)**( 18 July 2019) ![Loading](https://fundraising.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/page-views-count/ajax-loader- 2x.gif)