NHS worker raffles his house for NHS charity
Howard Lake | 24 June 2021 | News
Fundraising for charity by raffling your house has gained further momentum this year, with some stunning million pound or more properties amongst those available. UK Fundraising spoke to one of the people behind a home being sold in this way.
NIck Wyrill is a NHS manager from Wakefield. He is raffling his four-bed detached home on the outskirts of Wakefield on the Raffall platform. It is valued at £350,000.
Tickets cost £2 each, with 10% of ticket sales going to support the MY Hospitals NHS Charity.
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As with other similar house raffles, the house is a guaranteed prize, in this case when 220,000 tickets have sold. By 9 June over 133,000 tickets had been sold. If the 220,000 ticket target is not reached, then the winning ticket holder will receive “a guaranteed cash prize of at least £200,000 (based on number of tickets sold)”.
As of today 153,000 tickets have been sold.
MY Hospitals Charity will receive a £50,000 donation, subject to all tickets being sold.
The winner can rent the house, sell it, or move in, whichever they wish.
Why raffle your house?
Nick told UK Fundraising that he had two reasons for selling his house in this way and raising funds for a charity.
“First, working in the NHS, I wanted to give something back to the front-line NHS workers who have worked so incredibly hard over the last 18 months.
“Secondly, my mum sadly died from cancer in March 2020 and my dad was diagnosed with leukaemia in January 2021. This further sparked our desire to give something back to our local NHS, who have supported our family over recent years.”
Which platform?
Nick explained how he chose the raffle platform, how the tickets were priced and how the charity has helped.
“We are using the Raffall platform, after seeing another local couple successfully raffle their house this way and after researching that this platform supported the charitable donation aspect.
“For ticket pricing we used the most common ticket price that was being used on the Raffall platform at the time, in order to remain competitive.
“The charity was contacted prior to the raffle going live to ensure they would be supportive. Of course they were and have been a great help in building the momentum on social media platforms.”
Nick helped promote the raffle and his chosen charity with an Instagram account (@winahomeandsupportnhs) and a Facebook group.
The raffle closes on 1 July 2021.
More charity house raffles
- Houses being raffled to fundraise for charities (1 June 2021)
- Omaze draw raises £1 million for British Heart Foundation (9 April 2021)
About Howard Lake
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.