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19 Jul 2009Unfortunately many charities fail to benefit from donations from the National lottery, with the small charities possibly missing out the most. However, today all need not be lost, as a different method of setting up a lottery funding project is now available.
Since 2005 some of the Premier League football clubs have been utilising this method to raise funds for parts of their business. Usually the money raised is used to fund the youth development side of the business where recruitment and coaching of new, up and coming players can be financed.
It is only now though that we see a few charities beginning to jump on the bandwagon and raise funds in a similar way, by offering their supporters a value product in return for their donations, which may have previously been given freely and without anything in return.
And, as the lottery is a fun pastime already enjoyed by 20 million people in the UK every week, by clubbing together and donating to the charity of their choice, they can now enjoy their pastime with a much greater advantage than if they played the lottery on their own.
Make a head count of the number of people in your club or organisation and multiply this number by four. The number that you come up with is the potential monthly donation that your charity might benefit by, not just once, but on a regular basis. Here is how the program works.
Your supporters have the option of joining either a Euro Millions lottery syndicate or a UK National Lotto syndicate from a unique website (with your charity name at the top) given to you when you apply. They can then play in a syndicate as and when they like, with at least one guaranteed number in each draw, for five pounds a week, of which one pound (GBP) is donated to your charity in commission.
All winnings are divided equally between the syndicate members and distributed to members after each draw. No commission whatsoever is taken from winnings and the whole process is completed automatically online so that all the charity has to do, is to promote their website.
The company operating this unique International lottery system have been in business since 2002 and make no charge for registering your charity, club or organisation. They are also members of the UK Lotteries Council, which oversees lottery organisations within the United Kingdom.
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