Colchester and Ipswich Hospitals Charity

About Colchester and Ipswich Hospitals Charity

Colchester and Ipswich Hospitals Charity want to transform healthcare in the community. They will push the boundaries of possibility to make every patient experience the best it can possibly be. With the money they raise they can deliver more than is possible with NHS funding alone. From large scale building projects and refurbishing wards to make them dementia friendly, through to the latest neonatal incubators and comfortable reclining chairs for expectant parents, there are no boundaries to what they can achieve.

Thanks to you they make a difference to over 8,000 people a day at East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust.

Colchester and Ipswich Hospitals Charity is at the heart of enhancing care, services and facilities for patients across East Suffolk and North Essex. By working together they can:

• Improve facilities.
• Fund new equipment.
• Provide additional services.
• Support staff development and wellbeing.
• Initiate local medical research and innovative projects.

From your very first game, you will be helping Colchester and Ipswich Hospitals Charity raise vital funds that will go back into the community. Some examples of what your contribution could pay for are:

• £5 could buy non-slip slippers for elderly patients.
• £50 could help run a support group for patients with a serious illness.
• £100 could buy a special cushion to help stroke patients.
• £500 would pay for a music system in their Cancer Wellbeing Centre.

Registered Charity Number: 1048827
www.colchesteripswichcharity.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 cause 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 good causes 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 = £573,922.20 (38.9%)
• Lottery income that went on expenses = £741,499.80 (50.3%)
• Lottery income that went on prizes = £132,500.00 (10.8%)

What are my chances of winning?

Any prize = 1 in 204 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.

In total, there were an average 27,819 weekly plays across our charity partners, with 6,734 prizes being given away over the year.

Please call us if you would rather set your lottery membership up over the phone 0300 303 4500.

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 make a smile 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).