From 2007 to 2015 we ran an independent lottery here at Wakefield Hospice. As the membership levels grew so did our overhead costs, including staff time to administer the weekly work. We recognised that it would be more cost effective to join Unity Lottery to increase the amount contributed each year to patient care. In addition to this it allowed us to offer much greater prizes (our jackpot jumped from £1,000 per week to £25,000!) to our players.

The decision proved successful as our profits increased from £30,000 to £50,000 in just two years!

Each week your personal 6-digit lottery number (issued by Unity Lottery when you sign-up) is entered into a draw and the winning numbers are chosen at random.

You can purchase as many numbers as you wish for £1 each, giving you even more chances to win a number of great prizes.

Any prizes you win are issued and posted directly to you; there’s no need for you to claim.You can cancel at any time if you don’t want to remain in the draw.

You must be aged 16 or over to enter the lottery.

These 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.

On average Wakefield Hospice receives 54p out of every £1 membership. However the more members we have, the greater this amount becomes – we also benefit financially from all three number match wins (as detailed below).

The remaining amount goes towards the prize fund (18.4%) and the costs towards administering the lottery (27.6%).

The monthly cost breakdown of £4.34 for playing the lottery is based on paying £1 per week over a 52 week year. As Direct debits are only collected once monthly, 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

Within 21 days of registration you will receive a confirmation letter 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.

Once the draw has taken place, winners are notified by post. There is no need to claim your prize as this is sent straight to your address!

No - in actual fact the opposite can be true…which is exactly why we want you to win!

The three match win:

Every time a Wakefield Hospice Unity Lottery member has a three digit match YOU receive five extra chances in the following weeks draw (seriously increasing your odds of winning a greater prize the next week!) WE receive a donation of £2.50 from Unity Lottery. This is at no extra cost to either our members or Wakefield Hospice!

The more players we have, the more three match win donations we’ll receive and is one of the many reasons why we’d be lucky to have you as a member!

If you win £25, £1,000 or even hit the jackpot £25,000 it won’t cost us a penny!

We love to hear from current or potential Wakefield Hospice Unity Lottery members and there are two ways to do this!

You can contact the Lottery Development Fundraiser, Fiona Day, at Wakefield Hospice on 01924 331404 or by emailing fiona.day@wakefieldhospice.co.uk.

Alternatively you can speak to a member of the Unity Lottery team by calling 0370 050 9240 or by emailing admin@unitylottery.co.uk