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Postcode prizes at Parliament
Wednesday 10 February 2010
CHILDREN 1ST joined charities from across Scotland on 3 February at a charity gala hosted by People’s Postcode Lottery held in the Scottish Parliament.
The event gathered together charity representatives and MSP’s as the People’s Postcode Lottery awarded their charity partners with a cheque for £2,906,296 – the total amount raised for charities in Scotland in 2009 by the players of the People’s Postcode Lottery.
Patricia Ferguson MSP welcomed the guests to the garden lobby of the Scottish Parliament, where charity partners were presented with individual cheques representing the total amounts received by individual charities in 2009.
Anne Houston, CHILDREN 1ST Chief Executive, accepted a cheque for £496,769. Anne joined the heads of other beneficiary charities – Maggie’s Cancer Caring Centres, Missing People (In Scotland), Scottish Wildlife Trust, and the newly created People’s Postcode Trust – in accepting a cheque for £2,906,296, the total amount raised for charities in Scotland in 2009 by the players of the People’s Postcode Lottery.
Country Director Annemiek Hoogenboom said “It is truly fantastic that the People’s Postcode Lottery has been able to give these fantastic charities such high levels of funding. And it is all because of the players of the People’s Postcode Lottery. 40p from each ticket goes directly to charity, and because more and more people are getting involved with the People’s Postcode Lottery, we are able to keep increasing the amount of funding we can give to the charity partners”.
Since its launch in January 2008, the People’s Postcode Lottery has awarded over £4million to charities and community initiatives in Scotland.
CHILDREN 1ST has received an astonishing £883,930 from the People's Postcode Lottery in unrestricted funds, meaning that we are able to use that money where it is most needed. A big thanks to the players of the People’s Postcode Lottery for helping us to put Scotland’s vulnerable children first.
Please click here to visit the People's Postcode Lottery website.
Last updated: Thursday 11 February 2010
