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How every Age UK Weekly Lottery and Raffle entry helps

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By playing the Age UK Weekly Lottery and Age UK Raffle, you're helping us be there for older people when they need us most. 

The money you've helped raise by playing has enabled us to fund a variety of services for older people. With your support, we've helped to raise £73.8* million since 2005. From free transport to lunch clubs, information and advice to research, you're helping us support older people across the UK.

Thank you.


Where the money goes

Our lottery and raffle raises money to fund vital services such as information and advice, local Age UKs and our education and research programmes. Find out more below. 

Local activities

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By playing our lottery or raffle, you'll help our network of over 120 local Age UKs deliver services and social activities to their communities - from quizzes and coffee mornings to exercise classes and computer skills.


Information and advice

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Playing our lottery or raffle helps older people get expert information and advice, whenever they need it. Your support helps to fund the Age UK Advice Line, open 365 days a year, as well as our suite of free information guides and factsheets, and local advice drop-in sessions.


Education and research

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By playing our lottery or raffle, you help us better understand and tackle the big issues affecting older people. Through our research and analysis we campaign, educate and influence public policy and stand up for older people across a range of issues, from unequal legislation to health and social care. 


*Source: Age UK January 2005 – October 2023

Play our lottery

Your entry can make a big difference to older people when they need us the most. Thank you so much for your support.

Enter our raffle

Our charity raffle takes place in spring, Christmas and winter - a great opportunity to win an array of fantastic prizes.

We're here to help

If you have any questions about the Age UK Weekly Lottery or Raffle, we'd be very happy to help. Call us on 0800 849 6070 (Mon-Fri, 9am-5pm, excluding bank holidays) or email us on lottery@ageuk.org.uk.

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Last updated: May 23 2024

Age UK, 7th Floor, One America Square, 17 Crosswall, London EC3N 2LB, registered charity in England and Wales (1128267), is licensed and regulated in Great Britain by the Gambling Commission (www.gamblingcommission.gov.uk) under account number 24446; a society lottery which raises funds to support Age UK’s work for older people.

The responsible person is: Paul Farmer, who can be contacted at the above address. £1 per entry. You must be 18 or over to enter. The % of proceeds raised and declared as profit in 2023 and the likelihood of winning a prize, can be found on the Society Lotteries web page.

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