"Imagine helping your local school build a playground…and for just £1 a week, you could also win £25,000."
"Unlike a traditional lottery, every £1 ticket helps local causes - this lottery is about community."
Win Big While Giving Back:
Support Our Friends of TheGivingMachine Lottery
At TheGivingMachine, we believe in the power of community. Every day, we see how small acts of kindness add up to make a huge difference. That’s why we set up our Friends of TheGivingMachine Lottery and we’re excited to invite you to take part. It's a fun way to support our work for just £1 per week and have the chance to win up to £25,000 in the weekly draw!
When you buy a lottery ticket to support us, you’re not just entering a chance to win fantastic cash prizes, you’re directly supporting our Community Grants programme. This programme provides vital funding to schools, charities, and community groups across the UK. These grants help local heroes carry out projects that improve lives, strengthen communities, and bring people together. As they are unrestricted, causes can use the funds where they are needed the most.
How it works:
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Visit our page on the GivingLottery to play.
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Tickets cost just £1 per week.
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Each ticket has a 1 in 50 chance to win a prize.
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60% of every ticket you buy supports good causes.
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Funds from our Friends of TheGivingMachine’s lottery will direct impact our Community Grants programme.
That means every ticket really does make a difference – for you and for the communities we serve.
Why support us through the lottery?
By playing our Friends of TheGivingMachine lottery, you’ll:
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Be helping small charities and community organisations thrive.
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Be giving local groups the boost they need to run life-changing projects.
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Become a Friend of TheGivingMachine and join a community that believes doing good should feel good too.
- Be making a difference!
We have a target for 2026 to raise £6,000 through our lottery. These funds will go towards our Community Grants programme and will fund 24 of the 32 grants we plan to give away this year. For this we need your help. Please consider playing our Friends of TheGivingMachine lottery and helping us reach our target or even go beyond!
Ready to play?
It’s easy to join! Simply visit our Friends of TheGivingMachine Lottery page to buy your tickets today.
Every ticket you purchase helps us award more grants, support more communities, and spread more kindness across the UK.
Stories from causes who received a Community Grant
Testimonial from a GivingLottery jackpot winner
"I selected My Shining Star as it is a local charity very close to my heart. I think this was only the 2nd or 3rd week of me doing the lottery as the charity has only recently signed up to it. I play because during the pandemic they lost a lot of their normal sponsorship methods so this was a way I could support them.
I would 100% recommend others sign up, it’s £1 a week with the chance of winning £25,000, easy to sign up and you are helping a local charity at the same time. I was in total shock at winning and never thought it could happen to me but it has for just £1 a week."
Ms M - Jackpot Winner
Play the lottery. Support communities. Win together.
Join us in making a difference: Play the lottery today, support local charities, and you might just win big.
Buy your ticket now and become a Friend of TheGivingMachine.
About the author
Luisa Gatward
Our Chief Executive, Luisa is responsible for leading the charity and plays a key part in strategy and business development to help the charity strive. Since joining TheGivingMachine in 2010, Luisa has been part of the charity’s growth and continued development, holding a number of roles before becoming Chief Executive.