News Release, 21 April 2006
The Mental Health Foundation is one of 70 charities partnering with monday – the Charities Lottery. With five draws throughout the year, the Mental Health Foundation stands to raise up to £1 million of unrestricted funding, which can be used immediately.
For every pound spent with monday, 30p goes direct to charity, five times more than with The National Lottery. As well as the Mental Health Foundation, monday will contribute to a wide range of charities including Barnados, The British Red Cross, St John Ambulance, Trees for Cities, Shelter and WWF.
Andrew Moffatt, Director of Fundraising from the Mental Health Foundation, says:
“We are thrilled to be part of the monday lottery. This new fundraising initiative has the potential to help our charity enormously and will enable us to reach significantly more beneficiaries. The monies raised will help us carry out vital research, which has the potential to make a difference to the lives of people with mental health problems.”
monday aims to raise £150 million for UK registered charities each year - making it one of the largest charitable fundraisers in the UK. The cash will reach the charities within days of each draw and it’s unrestricted, leaving the charities themselves to decide how best to spend the funds raised. And for the first time players decide which charity gets their cash.
- There will be two jackpot draws instead of one. So if people don’t win in the first, they can still win in the second
- Because matching all six numbers is near impossible, the player/s with the nearest match to the six winning numbers will get the jackpot
- Because roll-overs don’t seem fair, there are none - so there are guaranteed jackpot winners every week
- Rather than giving crazy amounts of money to one person, monday’s lottery will give bigger cash prizes for matching 3, 4 and 5 numbers
monday is run by Chariot (UK) plc on behalf of its charity partners. Tim Holley, Chariot’s Chairman, says,
“People want a fairer lottery. This common frustration has led to the creation of monday. We’ve taken three years to develop this and know it will succeed because it rewards players and charities alike. We like to think that monday is the lottery for unlucky people – the vast majority who have played the lottery since it started but have never won anything. At a pound a week that’s potentially £592 spent with no return. With monday people will have a much better chance of winning.”
“Just as players will benefit from the new lottery so will monday’s charity partners. From the larger charities which will receive a much needed source of unrestricted funding, to the smaller ones who find it a struggle to apply for grants and additional funding because of red tape and the time it can take for the money to reach them.”
Update:
The moday lottery is no longer running.
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Notes to editors
How to play
- The draw will take place every week on a Monday at 8pm
- You can choose your numbers, choose your charities, how much you want to play and for how many weeks
- If you have an email address monday will automatically tell you if you win. If you’ve played by subscription, don’t have an email address and have won a jackpot, we’ll contact you by post or phone
- The winning numbers will be published on www.playmonday.com or you can call 0870 77 44 213 to find out which numbers were drawn
- Winners’ hotline: 0870 77 44 443
monday - the Charities Lottery, is run by an External Lottery Manager, Sisson Marketing International and is promoted by each of the 70 charity partners. Chariot (UK) plc retails and markets the tickets.
All money monday raises for its charity partners will be in the form of unrestricted funding enabling them to use the money according to their organisation’s individual and immediate needs. This differs from National Lottery funding which is given as restricted funding, something charities can find inflexible and limiting.
Each pound played will be divided as follows:
- 30p will go directly to the players’ chosen charity
- 55p will go into the prize pool to fund weekly prizes
- 15p goes into the development of new products, additional prizes and operational costs.
The ‘monday’ lottery is regulated by the Gambling Commission and adheres to its code of practice.
The lotteries are open to anyone who is resident in Great Britain, has a UK bank account and is 18 years old or over.
For further information and interview requests contact please contact the Press Office on 020 7803 1128 / 1130 or email the press office
The Mental Health Foundation uses research and practical projects to help people survive, recover from and prevent mental health problems. We work to influence policy, including government at the highest levels. And we use our knowledge to raise awareness and to help tackle the stigma attached to mental illness. We reach millions of people every year through our media work, information booklets and online services.
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