# St Giles Hospice celebrates 25 years of its lottery & £20 million raised

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2022/03/11/st-giles-hospice-celebrates-25-years-of-its-lottery-20-million-raised/
- Published: 2022-03-11T10:54:25+00:00
- Author: Melanie May

**This year is the 25th anniversary of the St Giles Hospice weekly lottery, which
since the first winner was announced on 28 February 1997, has raised £20 million
to support the hospice’s care for patients, and their families, who are living with
a terminal illness.**

With around a third of its funding coming from Government, St Giles Hospice relies
upon donations and fundraising to raise the £850,000 it needs each month to fund
its care services.

> Our wonderful lottery players help us to raise over £25,000 every week, to help
> fund our vital care for local people, and their families, living with a terminal
> illness 🧡
> Join them and be in with a chance of winning the rollover and other
> prizes 👉 [https://t.co/VJxcCBuGDM](https://t.co/VJxcCBuGDM) 18+ [pic.twitter.com/EEYcQ170Eq](https://t.co/EEYcQ170Eq)
> 
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> — St Giles Hospice (@StGilesHospice) [March 7, 2022](https://twitter.com/StGilesHospice/status/1500866376629727232?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

Alison Jerram, Individual Giving Manager at St Giles Hospice, said:

> “The whole team at St Giles would like to say a huge thank you to everyone who
> takes part in our lottery. Our loyal lottery players have made a huge contribution
> towards funding the care we offer to local families when they need us the most,
> and it’s always one of the most delightful parts of our job to be able to ring
> up a lucky winner and make their day.”

For £1, players have a chance to win a weekly jackpot of £1,000 and up to £20,000
in the rollover draw.

Over the past 25 years the [St Giles Hospice Lottery](https://www.stgileshospice.com/)
has held more than 1,300 draws and sold more than 35 million lottery tickets.

There have been more than 250,000 individual prize winners, including 20 players
who have won a larger jackpot since the rollover was introduced in 2017. The most
recent lottery rollover winner collected a total of £18,000 in February this year.

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