The Friends of the Wisdom Hospice

The Friends of the Wisdom Hospice

The Friends of the Wisdom Hospice is a charity dedicated to supporting the work of the Wisdom Hospice, providing specialised end of life care and support to local people, their families, friends, and carers, whether at home, in the hospice or in hospital. It’s all about the patients and helping the hospice team to care for them and their families.

With your help, The Friends will be able to continue supporting the Wisdom Hospice and ensure that those facing life-limiting illnesses get the help they so desperately need. They need to raise more than £2,500 a day, £17,500 a week, towards the Wisdom Hospice’s running costs. Whilst they are funded partly by the NHS, with every new day they are facing increasing pressure to achieve these targets.

From your very first game, you will help The Friends of the Wisdom Hospice raise vital funds that will support people in need in the local community. Some examples of what your contribution could pay for are:

• £25 could help fund an hour of care from a hospice nurse.
• £50 could help fund a counselling session for a patient or their loved one, supporting them through a challenging time.
• £75 could help fund a home visit by one of the hospice’s community nurses.

Registered Charity Number: 284894
www.fowh.org.uk

How To Play The Lottery

Each entry to the draw costs £1. Our draws are run every week of the year, usually on a Friday. You can either set up a membership to provide your chosen hospice with a regular and reliable income, every week of the year, or you can play as and when you want to, whatever suits you best!

Lottery fundraising is a really easy and fun way to provide hospices with an income that they can plan for the future with. You need to be 18 or over and living in Great Britain to take part.

Last year (April 2022-March 2023):

*Lottery Income that went towards charitable causes : £2,614,911.00 - 65.5%
*Lottery income that went on expenses : £1,177,430.00 - 29.5%
*Lottery income that went on prizes : £172,525.00 - 5.0%

What are my chances of winning?

Any prize = 1 in 344 tickets entered into the draw will win a prize.

These figures are estimated using current plays and figures and can vary slightly from each week. These are an approximate and can be updated at any time.

How Do I Win?

When you join, we will allocate you with a lottery play number. Our draws are randomly drawn each Friday (with exception when this is a Bank Holiday, when it will take place the working day prior). You don’t need to check the results every week, although you can if you want to. If you win, we will contact you to let you know. If we have your email, your prize winnings will automatically go into your Your Hospice Lottery account; where you can then request a withdrawal, after which monies are then transferred into your bank account, or if you don’t have an email with us, a letter and cheque will be sent via post (please make sure that we have your up to date address).