People’s Postcode Lottery raises £30m for charity in five years
Howard Lake | 3 September 2013 | News
Players of the People's Postcode Lottery have raised £30.3 million for charities and good causes since it was launched in 2008. National charities and small community associations have received funding from the money raised.
Maggie's Cancer Caring Centres is one of the recipients. The charity's Senior Corporate Fundraising Manager, Gemma Branney, said: "Maggie's is incredibly grateful to have received £2.5 million from players in the last five years, funds which have been vital in ensuring we keep the doors of all 16 Maggie's Centres open and can continue to offer our unique programme of support to people with cancer as well as their friends and families."
The People's Postcode Trust, the grant-giving trust funded by players, has also awarded its 1000th grant. Forty five pence from every £2 ticket is donated to charity.
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People's Postcode Lottery is part of Novameda, "the third largest charitable private donor in the world" according to business newspaper City AM.
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.