How every Age UK Weekly Lottery and Raffle entry helps

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

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

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

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