This year our Christmas raffle will have its biggest ever prizes, and you could win up to £10,000! 

The money raised will be even more vital this year, with our income already £1.25 million down due to the Coronavirus pandemic and more losses expected with further lockdowns closing our shops.  

Thankfully, we have joined forces with North Wales-based jewellers Clogau to offer the first prize winner £6,000, which can either be taken in a lump sum, or £500 a month throughout 2021. The second prize is £2,500 and the third prize will be £1,500.

Simi Epstein, Director of Fundraising, said: “We were expecting to end the year with a massive shortfall in income, but further lockdowns in Wales, and now in England, are going to hit us even more with our charity shops closing once again.

“Every year we get fantastic support for our raffle, which plays a huge part in helping us provide care for the children and families who need us.  

“This year it has taken on a new level of importance and we hope our supporters, who we have posted raffle tickets too, will be as generous as they’ve been in the past.

"We are also hoping that even more people who believe in what we do and who want to help in these challenging times will get behind us, go online and buy some tickets, and perhaps even win a spectacular prize!" 

Just £1 a ticket!

By buying raffle tickets, which cost just £1 each, you will be directly helping to support more than 750 local families who are either caring for a terminally ill child, or whose child has died.

It costs £6.5 million a year to run our hospices, and during these ever-changing times our costs are increasing, with a significant cost to funding PPE. 

The Managing Director of Clogau Ben Roberts said getting involved in helping provide the prizes for the raffle was something the company felt it had to do to help in the face of the pandemic.  

“We have been supporting the hospices for a number of years and I have, up until Covid-19, been a regular visitor, meeting the children and the families that use the services there,” said Ben. 

“The hospices are very positive places. When you spend time getting to know the children and the staff you can really see the fantastic work that is being done and how much the impact the charity makes on people’s lives.” 

Ben gets his charitable side from his parents, who have both contributed to Hope House and Tŷ Gobaith over the years through various fundraising activities.  

“As soon as I was approached by the fundraising team to see if I wanted to get involved in supporting the raffle I didn’t have to think about it, I said yes straight away,” he said.  

“We hope that sponsoring the prize money for the raffle will encourage more people to play and in turn support the hospices carrying on with their vital work in our local communities.” 

Anyone who would like raffle tickets books to either buy or sell to family and friends can call our fundraising office on 01691 671 671, or click here to buy online.