Play our lottery
Entering our lottery is a fantastic way to support children with life-shortening conditions who desperately need our help – possibly even a child in your neighbourhood.
We’re incredibly grateful to everyone who enters, because our lottery alone covers all our hospice day care - meaning our children get all the care and therapy they need, every day.
Amazing, isn’t it? And there’s always a chance you could hit the jackpot!
What would YOU do with the money?
There are cash prizes to be won every Friday:
- £750 first prize
- £150 second prize (ROLLOVER prize of up to £10,000)*
- £10 for 5 winners
* If the second prize isn’t won, it keeps rolling over to a maximum of £10,000, when someone is guaranteed to win.
It’s really easy to play!
All you need to do is click here to sign up. You’ll be assigned a unique lottery number, which will be entered automatically into our weekly draw. You can enter as many times as you want, for just £1 per entry. If your number comes up, a cheque will go straight in the post to you. Simple as that!
How is the money used?
Of course, a small part of what our lottery generates pays for the prizes, but the rest helps to fund our essential care and support, like this:
- Playing for 3 months costs £13 – which pays for a child’s food for a day
- Playing for 6 months costs £26 – which covers a bereavement session
- Playing for 12 months costs £52 – which funds an art therapy or a rainbow babies session
If you win a prize
You don’t have to check your numbers weekly as all winners are notified directly.
Past results
The winning numbers from previous lottery draws are available in our shops, at our head office or available to view on this page.
We hope to be sending you a prize soon – good luck!
A bit of small print
How are the lottery proceeds used and what are the odds of winning a prize?
Forget Me Not Children’s Hospice receives a minimum of 64% of all proceeds from the lottery, which is spent on our good cause work. 21% of lottery proceeds is spent on prizes and 16% on expenses.*
There is a 1 in 823 chance of winning a prize in the Forget Me Not Children’s Hospice Lottery every week.**
*Figures based on average for 2022
** Accurate as of March 2023
Meet the team
We’re out and about regularly looking for new players to sign up to our weekly lottery. We do this at a wide range of places, including our own events, local community events, collections in supermarkets and even on your doorstep.
Wherever you see us, you'll be able to spot us by our Forget Me Not purple branded clothing. The team will always be carrying some form of official ID with them too, which will contain their name, a photo and their team member number.
You can check the details of the current team by using our guide below, for your added peace of mind. If you still have questions about any member of the team, don't hesitate to get in touch on 01484 411 040.
Our team of lottery fundraisers are paid professional fundraisers working on behalf of Forget Me Not Children’s Hospice but who is employed by The Fundraising Partnership. This is a specialist face-to-face charity fundraising company, and they are paid only for the long-term supporters that they recruit on our behalf. All the fundraisers used are experienced and fully trained in all the compliance requirements of the Fundraising Regulator including professional standards, sensitivity and dealing with potentially vulnerable people. If you have any questions at all, please don't hesitate to get in touch on 01484 411 040.