The community lottery
- Ticket price
- £1 per entry
- Draw
- Every Wednesday, 12 noon
- To the cause
- At least 55p in every £1
- Promoter
- Her-Place Charitable Trust
Her-Place Community Lottery
A steady, local way to fund counselling, community hubs, period dignity and safe spaces for women and girls in Cheshire — most of every pound goes straight to the work.
Top prize £1,000 (example figure) — odds of winning it: 1 in 324,632 per entry.
You must be 18 or over to buy a ticket or claim a prize. Great Britain residents only. By entering you confirm you meet these requirements. Age and identity are verified before any prize is paid.
Four quiet steps
Choose your numbers
Pick 5 numbers from 1–35, or take a lucky dip and we choose for you.
The draw takes place
Every Wednesday at 12 noon, using an independently tested random number generator.
Winners are notified directly
By email, privately, within a few days. We never publish full identities.
Your ticket funds the work
At least 55p of every £1 goes straight to our work with women and girls.
What you could win — and the honest chances
Example prizes for the 5-from-35 format, shown with their exact odds. There are 324,632 possible combinations; the chance of winning any prize is roughly 1 in 72 per entry.
| Tier | Match | Prize | Odds per entry |
|---|---|---|---|
| First prize | Match all 5 numbers | £1,000 | 1 in 324,632 |
| Second prize | Match 4 numbers | £100 | 1 in 2,164 |
| Third prize | Match 3 numbers | £10 | 1 in 75 |
18+18+ only. Please play responsibly — see the panel further down this page.
Set up your entry
Five short steps. Payment is taken securely by Stripe once you have confirmed your entry.
Subscriptions renew automatically and can be cancelled at any time before the Wednesday cut-off — see the lottery terms. Gift Aid does not apply to lottery entries.
Schedule, notification and claims
- When the draw happens
- Every Wednesday at 12 noon. Results are published on the winners page the same day.
- Entry cut-off
- Entries must be received by 11.59pm on Tuesday to be included in that week's draw; later entries roll into the next one.
- How winners are notified
- By email to the address on the entry, normally within three working days. We never ask for a fee to release a prize.
- Claim window and unclaimed prizes
- Prizes are paid after age and identity verification. Claims close 90 days after the draw; unclaimed prizes are applied to the charity's work.
The split of every pound
By law, at least 20% of society lottery proceeds must reach the cause — our 55% split stays well above that floor.
- Wellbeing work with women and girls — 55p
- Prize fund — 30p
- Running costs — 15p
Frequently asked questions
Choose 5 numbers between 1 and 35, or take a lucky dip and let us choose for you. Each entry costs £1. You can enter a single draw or set up a weekly or monthly subscription. The draw takes place every Wednesday at 12 noon, and entries must be in by 11.59pm on Tuesday.
Five numbers are drawn at random using an independently tested random number generator, under the supervision of the person responsible for the lottery and one other member of staff. The method and supervision arrangements are set out in the lottery terms, and results are published on our winners page.
Every valid entry in a draw is checked against the drawn numbers automatically. Winners are contacted directly by email within a few days of the draw — we never announce a winner publicly without their consent, and we never ask winners to pay a fee to claim a prize.
Prizes are paid directly to winners by bank transfer after age and identity checks. If we cannot reach you, details of how to claim are set out in the lottery terms; claims must be made within 90 days of the draw. Unclaimed prizes are treated as a donation to the charity's work.
You can cancel at any time by emailing support@motherwellcio.com or calling 01606 557666. Cancellations received before the Wednesday cut-off take effect before the next draw. There is no cancellation fee, and any draws already paid for still stand.
Email support@motherwellcio.com and ask for a break or for self-exclusion. We will stop your entries and lottery marketing for the period you choose — self-exclusion lasts a minimum of six months. Because this is a small society lottery, self-exclusion is arranged directly with us rather than through GAMSTOP; our responsible gambling page explains the process, along with wider tools such as GAMSTOP, Gamban and bank gambling blocks.
You must be 18 or over and resident in Great Britain. We ask you to confirm this when you enter, and age and identity are verified before any prize is paid. Entries from anyone under 18 are void and the stake is returned.
Yes. Society lotteries in Great Britain are regulated under the Gambling Act 2005. The lottery is promoted by Her-Place Charitable Trust, registered charity 1173554, as a small society lottery registered with Cheshire East Council (registration SL0417, registered 14 January 2026).
In the 5-from-35 format there are 324,632 possible combinations, so the odds of matching all five numbers are 1 in 324,632 per £1 entry, and roughly 1 in 72 of winning any prize. The odds for each prize tier are stated alongside the prizes on this page.
We use your details to run the draw, pay prizes and meet our legal duties — nothing more, unless you separately opt in to hear from us. Entering the lottery is not consent to marketing. Our privacy policy explains everything we hold and your rights under UK GDPR.
At least 55p of every £1 ticket funds our work with women and girls in Cheshire, around 30p funds prizes and 15p covers running costs. By law, at least 20% of society lottery proceeds must go to the cause — our aim is to keep our share well above that floor.
No. Lottery tickets are not gifts, so Gift Aid can never be claimed on them. If you would like the charity to reclaim Gift Aid on your support, please use the donate page instead, where a Gift Aid declaration is available.
Play responsibly
You must be 18 or over to enter the Her-Place Community Lottery. We are a mental health charity — we would far rather you gave less, or stopped playing, than spent more than feels comfortable.
- Set a budget before you play, and keep to it.
- Treat the lottery as a way of giving, never as income.
- Take regular breaks — the draw will still be here next week.
- Never chase losses.
- Ask for help if playing stops feeling comfortable.
Free, confidential support is available from GambleAware, GamCare, GAMSTOP, Gamban and the National Gambling Helpline on 0808 8020 133 (free, 24/7). GAMSTOP covers Gambling Commission-licensed online operators; because this is a small society lottery, you self-exclude from it directly with us. You can ask us to pause your entries or self-exclude at any time — read how on our responsible gambling page.
The Her-Place Community Lottery is promoted by Her-Place Charitable Trust, a charitable incorporated organisation registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (no. 1173554), registered office 54–56 Beech Drive, Wistaston, Crewe CW2 8RG. Responsible person: Kate Blakemore, Founder & Chief Executive.
Licence route and reference: small society lottery registered with Cheshire East Council (registration SL0417). The lottery is promoted in accordance with the Gambling Act 2005 and, where applicable, the Gambling Commission’s Licence Conditions and Codes of Practice.
Full rules in the lottery terms.