The Forget Me Not Children’s Hospice Lottery is a draw which takes place on Friday every week. Each entry gives you the chance of winning one of our fantastic cash prizes. Each entry costs just £1.

A lottery is a fun and engaging way for us to raise funds. The lottery is promoted and run to help raise essential funds for Forget Me Not Children’s Hospice. 100% of the profits from the lottery go to Forget Me Not Children’s Hospice.

Yes, every £1 entry has an equal chance of winning, and the winning numbers are drawn at random.

You must be aged 18 or over to enter the lottery.

• £750 guaranteed first prize
• £150 rollover second prize – increasing by £150 for each week it isn’t won, up to a maximum value of £10,050, when it becomes guaranteed to be won
• £10 guaranteed third prizes for 5 winners

You can buy entries through our website by setting up a Direct Debit lottery subscription, which is the easiest way to ensure you’re entered into the draw each week.

To join online by Direct Debit please click here. Alternatively, you can telephone us on 0370 241 3237 and we’ll send you an entry form which allows Direct Debit or one-off cheque payments.

Single Entry Lottery Tickets can be purchased in our charity shops over the counter.

The monthly cost breakdown of £4.34 for playing the lottery is based on paying £1 per week over a 52-week year. Direct Debits are only collected once a month, and sometimes there will be five weeks in a month and the additional £0.34p is to build up credit to cover the fifth week on the five-week months.

Yes, the maximum number of subscription entries is 5 entries per weekly draw per Player (Direct Debit or cheque). The maximum number of Single Entry Lottery Tickets a supporter can purchase in our stores is 5 entries per weekly draw. Each £1 entry buys you one chance of winning in our lottery.

Unfortunately, we cannot claim gift aid on funds raised through the lottery. We can however claim gift aid on donations; to make a donation to Forget Me Not Children’s Hospice click the button below.

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When playing by subscription the numbers are chosen randomly and will be your numbers for the duration of your membership of our lottery. When you enter the lottery, you will be sent your unique numbers. When playing by Single Entry Ticket purchase the numbers are chosen randomly and valid for the draw stated on your purchase receipt/ticket. The odds of winning are fair and equal for every number.

If playing via subscription, within 21 days of registration you will receive a confirmation letter or email which contains details of your unique lottery number(s) and the date of the first draw your tickets are entered into. You will be entered into the draw when you have monies available and you will continue to be entered into the draw as long as you have monies available against your lottery number.

When you play by Single Entry Ticket via the shops your receipt/ticket will contain your draw date and the unique lottery number assigned to your entry. This will automatically be entered into the draw stated on the ticket.

Following registration for the subscription lottery, it is necessary to complete a number of administrative processes which include verifying your payment details with your bank, claiming the funds from your bank account and the funds being received.

When taking subscription payments Forget Me Not Children’s Hospice use a secure payments system provided by our External Lottery Manager. This ensures your details are taken in a safe and secure manner when you enter the lottery online.

We advise you to call our helpline on 0370 241 3237 and we will be able to assist you and confirm whether or not a payment was taken successfully.

You can play our subscription lottery for as long as you wish. Following successful payment, you will continue to be entered into the draw as long as you have monies available against your lottery number.

The winning numbers from our lottery draws are available on the hospice website here. If you have a subscription we will send you your cheque automatically. If you purchased a Single Entry Ticket in our shops, you can check your numbers on our website and also register your claim here using the form above.

If you are a winner and playing via subscription we will send your winning cheque straight to you at your address – there’s no need for you to claim. If you played a Single Entry Ticket via our shops you will need to register your claim through our online number checker here and we will arrange for a cheque to be sent to you at your address.

If you would like us to re-send your subscription lottery numbers to you, please contact us. If you lose your Single Entry Ticket from one of our shops unfortunately you will not be able to claim your winnings.

From April 24 to March 25 the proceeds of the Forget Me Not Children’s Hospice lottery were £303,728.00. 71% of this was spent on our good cause work. 16% was spent on prizes and 13% on expenses.*

*Figures based on average April 2024 to March 2025

In the Christmas 2024 Raffle Forget Me Not Children’s Hospice raised £13,129.00. 68% of this was spent on our good cause work. 14% was spent on prizes and 18% on expenses.

There is a 1 in 915 chance of winning a prize in the Forget Me Not Children’s Hospice Lottery every week.**

** Accurate as of March 2025

In 24/25 we ran two raffles. Average odds of winning based on 24/25 figures:

• Spring Raffle: 1 in 757
• Christmas Raffle: 1 in 1010

As members of the Hospice Lotteries Association (HLA) we are committed to using our lottery to raise important and vital funds for our hospice in a responsible way. As members of the HLA we support:

• Be Gamble Aware
• GamCare

Players in difficulty with gambling are encouraged to seek help from these organisations and to talk to us if self-exclusion is required. Self-exclusion can be requested by contacting the Forget Me Not Children’s Hospice Lottery Responsible Persons Mr Gareth Pierce, Nicola O’Dowd & Stephanie Parker on 01484 411040, via email lottery@forgetmenotchild.co.uk or in writing at Forget Me Not Children’s Hospice, Russell House, Fell Greave Road, Huddersfield, HD2 1NH. 

Alternatively, to complete a self-exclusion form online, click here.

To speak to someone about a gambling problem contact the Gamble Aware confidential helpline on 0808 8020 133 or visit their website www.gambleaware.co.uk for further information.

If you have any concerns, please get in touch with us on our lottery helpline on 0370 241 3237 or our hospice lottery office 01484 411 040 and we will endeavour to answer any queries you may have. All complaints and disputes will be dealt with in accordance with our lottery complaints policy, a copy of which is available at the Forget Me Not Children’s Hospice rules page. In the event a complaint or dispute cannot be resolved, it will be referred to arbitration using the Independent Betting Adjudication Service www.ibas-uk.com

Yes, we operate in compliance with all Gambling Commission (the UK regulatory body concerned with lotteries) requirements and the lottery is administered by a certified External Lottery Manager. For further information please see our rules page.

For questions about the lottery or your lottery membership, please call our Lottery Helpline: 0370 241 3237 (Mon – Fri 9am – 5pm).

If you would like to contact the hospice please call our office on 01484 411 040 or you can email us at lottery@forgetmenotchild.co.uk

Alternatively, please fill in our contact form.