Win a luxury getaway, community lottery

People supporting local good causes could win a luxury getaway, or up to £25,000, by buying tickets for Swale Borough Council’s community lottery.

The Swale Community Lottery gives people the chance to support their favourite local charities and non-profit organisations financially, while having the chance to win cash prizes each week.

For this month’s Super Draw everyone who buys a ticket before Saturday 30 August will be in with the chance of winning £2,000 to spend on your dream getaway.

Whisk your family away or treat yourself to a 5-star European city break, the world is at your feet!

Escape to the forest with a relaxing break at Center Parcs, take the family to Disneyland Paris – or plan, and book a trip to see the beautiful Northern Lights.

If you don’t fancy a trip away, you could take the £2,000 cash alternative and spend it your way or, alternatively, plant 2,000 trees.

The 49 charities, voluntary organisations and other not-for-profit groups of all shapes and sizes who have signed up to the lottery receive 50% of the proceeds from tickets they sell.

A further 10% from every ticket sale goes into a central fund which will be shared among other good causes through grants. The remainder goes towards prize funds and operating costs.

Thanks to the amazing support from residents, the charities that signed up to benefit from the lottery receive a monthly cash boost throughout the year.

And if this support continues, the lottery is set to raise a staggering £10,000 for local good causes in its first year.

The regular draws take place every week, and as well as the £25,000 jackpot, people could win prizes of £2,000, £250, £25 or more tickets.

Super draws take place on the last Saturday of each month, and you can buy extra tickets to “top-up” for super draw week – or if you don’t want weekly tickets, you can buy tickets just for the super draw.

Tickets for the lottery are available on the Swale Community Lottery website and cost just £1.

Cllr Hannah Perkin, chair of the Housing, Health and Communities Committee, said:

“We set up our community lottery to give our wonderful charities another tool to fundraise, and we have been blown away by their and our resident’s support!

“It gives you the opportunity to support your favourite good cause in Swale for as little as £1 a week while standing a chance to win money or other monthly prizes like this getaway.

“We hope you will be able to support this unique fundraising method, and if not please share it with friends and family who may be able to.”

The local good causes people can choose to support are:

• Age UK Kent Rivers
• Age UK Sheppey
• Apex Boxing Academy
• Avenue Community Theatre
• BRFM Bridge Radio Ltd
• Bounce DMT & Trampoline Club
• Castle Connections Community Centre
• Children and Families
• Citizens Advice Swale
• Communication hub. Song signing
• Eastchurch Aviation Museum
• EKC Sheppey Secondary School
• Ellie's Angels
• Faversham Assembly Rooms
• Faversham Assistance Centre (FACE)
• Friendly Faces of Kent
• Halfway Badminton Club
• Heather House Community Café
• Historical Research Group of Sittingbourne / Heritage Hub
• Imago Community
• Infinity Age UK Sheppey
• Isle of Sheppey Sailing Club
• Iwade@TheBarn Trust
• Kemsley Community Centre
• Launch It (Kent)
• Milton Creek Country Park Trust
• Minster (Sheppey) Cricket Club
• MS Swale
• New Leaf Support - Domestic Abuse Service
• NexYouth CIC
• Nurture For All CIC
• SATEDA
• Sheerness Town Team
• Sheppey FM92.2
• Sheppey Matters
• Sheppey Miniature Engineering And Model Society
• Sheppey unit 301 of the sea cadet corps
• Sittingbourne Community Radio (106.9 SFM)
• Sittingbourne Orpheus Choral Society
• Swale Community & Voluntary Services (Swale CVS)
• Swale Community Lottery Central Fund
• Swale Pride
• Teynham Village Hall
• The Autism Apprentice CIC
• The Fenner Frost Foundation
• The Freedom Centre
• The Hope Street Centre
• The Sheppey Hall Trust
• Vibe Community

Players must be 18 or over.

Always play responsibly, if you need to talk to someone about your gambling, please contact Gamble Aware.

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