Independent retailers raise £10bn for National Lottery good causes

Independent retailers across the UK have raised more than £10 billion for Good Causes by selling National Lottery tickets, new data from Allwyn UK, operator of The National Lottery, has revealed.

The milestone figure has been raised by corner shops across the UK since The National Lottery launched in 1994. On average, 23p of every pound spent on The National Lottery goes to Good Causes, which has supported more than 680,000 projects across arts, community, heritage and sports since its launch in 1994. 

Today, over 22,000 independent retailers sell National Lottery tickets and scratchcards, and of those, 1,623 shops have raised more than £500,000, 469 have raised more than £1m, and 28 have broken the £2m mark. Remarkably, two shops have each raised more than £3m for Good Causes.

Three such retailers, located in Kent, Wales and West Yorkshire, have been recognised as part of Allwyn’s ‘Local Retail Champions’ initiative, each receiving a visit from a famous face that has benefited from National Lottery funding. A further six stores, located in Bristol, Manchester, Belfast, Glasgow, Ilkeston and Gateshead will feature in a secondary phase of the campaign. 

Alastair Ruxton, Chief Impact Officer, Allwyn UK, said: “Most people in the UK live within half a mile of a Lottery funded Good Cause project, in no small part due to the extraordinary efforts of independent retailers who sell National Lottery tickets.

“The remarkable £10 billion local retailers have raised for Good Causes around the country has helped train Olympic and Paralympic athletes, fund award-winning British films and our world-renowned brilliant museums and galleries, as well as supporting thousands of vital community, education and heritage projects.”

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