Several members of the Women’s Royal Voluntary Service met with television personality Sally Lindsey at the London Transport Museum to launch the UK National Lottery Awards. This initiative encourages the British population to vote for what they believe to be the most deserving project financed by the British National Lottery fund. The choice of the WRVS and the London Transport Museum were deliberate, as both have already received money from the lottery.
The lottery was launched in 1994 and every ticket bought has raised 28 pence for charity. This means that every week £25 million is raised for the fund and, since the lottery’s launch, £24 billion has been contributed.
This means that ironically while every week winners celebrate scooping the jackpot and losers bemoan their bad luck, good causes around the country win every time.
The ITV television network runs a series called ‘The People’s Millions’ which also involves it’s viewers in the distribution of lottery money. One winner in this scheme was Rowan Gate Primary School in Northamptonshire, which collected £50 000 to modernise their physiotherapy pool and make it accessible for disabled youngsters.
Money from the UK lottery draw was also allocated to a collection of projects designed to recognise and understand the debt owed to servicemen in World War Two. Home Front Recall gives grants of between £500 and £20 000 to schemes commemorating the people and events of the war. The Their Past Your Future initiative enables students from schools the chance to examine the Second World War and meet the veterans who were involved.
A further contribution of £17 million went to the Heroes Return scheme, which enables veterans to revisit the sites of their exploits in the war. This allowed fifty eight former Royal Navy personnel to visit Penang and Singapore.
The UK lottery draw has made a large impact on British society in the fifteen years of its life. For example, of the grants given, twenty eight percent have been given to the most deprived areas, often with spectacular results. The initial image of the lottery may be a simple one of winning and losing but it is clear its effects are deeper and more positive.
If you want to find out more about the lottery, visit UK Lottery Draw.
The lottery was launched in 1994 and every ticket bought has raised 28 pence for charity. This means that every week £25 million is raised for the fund and, since the lottery’s launch, £24 billion has been contributed.
This means that ironically while every week winners celebrate scooping the jackpot and losers bemoan their bad luck, good causes around the country win every time.
The ITV television network runs a series called ‘The People’s Millions’ which also involves it’s viewers in the distribution of lottery money. One winner in this scheme was Rowan Gate Primary School in Northamptonshire, which collected £50 000 to modernise their physiotherapy pool and make it accessible for disabled youngsters.
Money from the UK lottery draw was also allocated to a collection of projects designed to recognise and understand the debt owed to servicemen in World War Two. Home Front Recall gives grants of between £500 and £20 000 to schemes commemorating the people and events of the war. The Their Past Your Future initiative enables students from schools the chance to examine the Second World War and meet the veterans who were involved.
A further contribution of £17 million went to the Heroes Return scheme, which enables veterans to revisit the sites of their exploits in the war. This allowed fifty eight former Royal Navy personnel to visit Penang and Singapore.
The UK lottery draw has made a large impact on British society in the fifteen years of its life. For example, of the grants given, twenty eight percent have been given to the most deprived areas, often with spectacular results. The initial image of the lottery may be a simple one of winning and losing but it is clear its effects are deeper and more positive.
If you want to find out more about the lottery, visit UK Lottery Draw.
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