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ABOUT US... We are a local voluntary group and Society quietly trying to give a bit back to those who do so much within our community. We are made up of collectors and volunteers who kindly give up their time to help. We are not a charity, business or commercial venture. We aim to raise funds for good causes and charities. If you would like to be a collector or volunteer for us please call 01384 341673 (All profits made will go to your chosen local good cause) LOTTERY Our lottery is a small society lottery registered with our local authority. Our aim with the lottery and our fund-raising events has been to simply do some good. We do not shout about our
achievements from the rooftops and we never seek publicity or waste money on advertising which is why you will rarely see us in the newspapers. Sadly
our membership is continually reducing in size due to the current
financial climate and although we can still just about operate, things
for the future do not look good for our lottery. We will continue to hold charity events where possible, however, the weekly lottery may cease at some point unless things improve. It would be pointless to operate the lottery at a loss..... Watch this space. The lottery is just £1 per week and we have a small number of collectors who collect members' subs every four weeks in and around the Black Country and Wyre Forest areas. YOU MAY CANCEL AT ANY TIME. Unfortunately it is impossible to run a lottery without incurring some unavoidable costs along the way. Our expenses include printing, stationery, computing costs, postage and telephone. We are also obliged to cover the expenses of our willing collectors (fuel etc) and most of them receive a small commission for their efforts. We would love to be able to avoid these costs but sadly it would be impossible to run a lottery without using these essential resources. The only other outgoings for the lottery is our prize allocation. A lottery is entitled to use up to 80% for the purposes of it's expenses and it's prize fund. We deliberately use a fraction of this to ensure that as much as possible goes to our chosen good causes. Important... You can not win much in our lottery. It is impossible to win large sums of money in our lottery. We do not entice people with the promise of large monetary payouts. We are a low prize draw and all winners have paid there are only have 4 winners each week. Only members who pay are paid out.The first prize each week is only £100 and there are only three runners' up prizes of £10 each. If your aim is to win large sums of money, our lottery is not for you. Sorry. We promote responsible
gambling. If you or anyone you know need more information or help
please visit http://www.responsiblegambling.org/en/index.cfm If you would like to be a volunteer or a member of our fund-raising lottery please contact us and we'll be happy to get you started. For any further information including voluntary positions, winning draws, membership, donations, sponsored events, advertising, or if you would like to be a volunteer please contact Dave or Tracy. All details on the 'Contact Us' page. In
addition to running the Lifesavers Lottery we have held fund-raising
events such as Barn Dances, Golf tournaments, Charity Football Matches, coffee mornings, sponsored walks, Runs and events and we also enjoy helping the Macmillan Cancer Relief's
supermarket tin collections. We are always in need of reliable volunteers for our charity work. We are overjoyed to announce that our charity football match verses Birmingham City All Stars was a huge success raising £1,700 for Macmillan Cancer Relief. So a big thanks to everyone involved. http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-163338409.html Our Charity Barn Dance for Barnardo's "Stop It Now Campaign" raised £739. It was a real fun evening and many thanks to all who took part. Charity dance success Our Golf Day at Great Barr Golf Club and raised over £2,000. A record year. Thank you to everyone who played (even the hackers) and a big thanks to Great Barr Golf Club for their hospitality. If you would like to participate in any of our events, please contact Tracy Thomas. Tracy uses her spare time to put on our charity events. If you would like us to stage a fundraising event for your good cause please call Tracy on 01384 341 673 or click on the Contact Us page for more details. You may know that our Promoter, Dave Thomas, has been in involved in some very energetic fundraising events. He climbed up Ben Nevis and raised over £500 for the British Heart Foundation. It took him nearly 7 hours and he says "never again". Thanks to all who sponsored him. He ran the New York Marathon in 2005 for St John Ambulance and raised over £2,000. He nearly came last... He also took part in the annual Tough Guy event and nearly died. He's a sucker for punishment. Registered Small Society Lottery
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