Win £25,000 and support local good causes in new lottery scheme
Tickets are now available for the Telford and Wrekin Community Lottery, otherwise known as Twincl for short.
Buying a ticket gives you a chance to scoop a £25,000 jackpot and helps local good causes.
The first draw takes place on Saturday 28 July, with 60p from every £1 ticket going to local charities and good causes.
People can buy lottery tickets and support local good causes at www.twincl.co.uk or by phoning 01952 327788.
It's free for good causes to register and more are being encouraged to sign up. Many of the good causes came to the launch event in Southwater Square on 26 June.
Lyndy Boden is the Chair or The Antice Community trust, a local charity aiming to restore The Anstice in Madeley to its former glory. She said: “We were keen to support the lottery not only for the benefits it can bring to us as a charity and our work but also for the benefit it will bring to the borough of Telford and Wrekin."
Jo Barrow is the Secretary at Christmas Smile, a local charity that provides Christmas Gifts to local children and families living in difficult circumstances. She said: "For small charities, getting this money is going to make a lot of difference, and will go a long way. We'd encourage other local good causes to sign up and for people to buy a ticket."
Players have a 50 to one chance of winning one of the prizes, which range from the £25,000 jackpot to three extra tickets.
Cllr Lee Carter, Cabinet Member for Finance, Commercial Services and Economic Development, said: "Telford and Wrekin Community Lottery is an innovative way to support charity and voluntary organisations, while the council manages reduced budgets.
"We will be encouraging local causes to register as a beneficiary of the lottery.
"The council wants to make sure good causes and local charities can continue to receive financial support into the future.
"Around 30 good causes have registered so far, with more joining us everyday. Setting up a lottery will help to raise money to continue to fund these projects.
The society lottery concept is an idea other local authorities are exploring and has been successfully launched by several councils already."
A lottery management company, Gatherwell, has been appointed to run the scheme, having already launched similar lotteries with Portsmouth, Corby, Peterborough and many others.
Players will be able to set up a monthly payment in advance with the option to do a three, six or twelve month repeating subscription by direct debit or payment card.
Winners will be informed via email and will have the money transferred automatically to their chosen bank account.
Buy tickets and find out more by visiting the Twincl website.
