Questions

Our raffles are a fun and exciting way for new and existing supporters to get involved in raising funds to help GOSH Charity support seriously ill children from across the UK cared for at Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH). We hope that by offering a choice of ways to get involved, we’ll reach more people and continue to engage our existing and valued supporters too.

Your donation will go to support the construction of the new Children’s Cancer Centre at GOSH. In the event that costs change, additional funds are received over and above our target, or the needs of the hospital or patients change, we reserve the right to redirect funds for use against the hospital’s most urgent needs.

Based on our last raffle which was drawn 04 March 2024, the total amount raised was £132,540.00. From this amount, 10.9% was used for the prize fund, 22.4% was used for administrative costs, including promotion and marketing, and 64.7% came to the charity to support our work.

You can win the following prizes in our 2025 Spring Raffle

• 1st prize: £10,000
• 2nd prize: £1,500
• 3rd prize: £500
• 4th prizes: £100 (10 available)
• 5th prizes: A GOSH Charity Mug (20 available)
• 6th prizes: A GOSH Charity Pin Badge (50 available)

With all our fundraising activity we are careful to keep the costs as low as possible to ensure as much money as possible goes to support the hospital. We anticipate the money we raise through the raffle will significantly exceed the prize money offered. We also hope that the raffle will help us to reach new supporters too.

We continually monitor the cost effectiveness of all our fundraising activity, and this will include our raffle programme of fundraising.

The prize money does not come out of the proceeds for the raffle. The Charity has set aside a budget of money to cover these.

Yes, every £1 ticket has an equal chance of winning and the winning numbers will be drawn by at our External Lottery Management Company’s offices, using an industry standard ‘random number generator’. GOSH Charity’s raffle is regulated by The Gambling Commission to ensure it is conducted fairly, openly and transparently.

You can find the rules on our rules page.

The minimum age to enter the GOSH Charity raffle is 18.

You can find the rules on our rules page.

The raffle rules are available on our rules page. The purpose of these rules is to ensure you are informed about the terms of playing our raffles and to promote responsible gambling.

No, you must be a resident of Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales) to enter.Residents of Northern Ireland, Isle of Man and The Channel Islands are also excluded from entering as they are covered by their own gambling laws.

You can find the rules on our rules page.

After the draw has taken place we will list the lucky winners on our winner’s page by the 27 June 2025.

We will contact you automatically if you are a lucky winner! If you do not wish to claim your prize you can just let us know by contacting the raffle helpline on 0370 241 3495 or emailing us at gosh@thecharityraffle.co.uk.

Winners will be notified by post and will receive a cheque to the value of the prize won. Prizes will be posted to winners as soon as practicably possible and they are subject to successful completion of age verification.

If you have lost your raffle ticket number(s), then do not worry. You can call our friendly raffle team on 0370 241 3495 or if you would prefer to email, you can email us at gosh@thecharityraffle.co.uk

The maximum number of entries you can buy online in one go is 20. (£20).

To buy more tickets, please call 0370 241 3495. The maximum number of tickets one person can buy is 100.

When taking payments, GOSH Charity use a secure payments system provided by our External Lottery Manager. This ensures your details are taken in a safe and secure manner when you enter our raffles online.

You will only be officially signed up if you reach the 'Thank You’ page and receive the confirmation email.

If you have connection issues and do not receive the confirmation email within a few days of sign up, it is likely you have not been successful. Please call our raffle helpline on 0370 241 3495 Mon – Fri 9am – 5pm where we will be able to help you and confirm if you have successfully purchased your raffle ticket(s), and let you know what your ticket number(s) are.

Yes, we operate in compliance with The Gambling Commission (the UK regulatory body concerned with lotteries) requirements and the lottery is administered by a certified External Lottery Manager. For further information, please see our rules page.

For any further questions please contact our raffle helpline on 0370 241 3495 (Mon – Fri 9am – 5pm) or email gosh@thecharityraffle.co.uk

We have designed our raffles to offer a new way for existing and new supporters to get involved with fundraising for the hospital.

The GOSH Charity raffles are legislated by The Gambling Commission, the body responsible for overseeing the way charities and other organisations run lotteries and raffles to ensure they are conducted openly, honestly and transparently. We appreciate that not all our giving opportunities will resonate with all our supporters but we hope that by offering choice, we’ll reach new and wider audiences and continue to engage our existing and valued supporters.

Responsible gambling is a term that means staying in control of how much time and money is spent on gambling related activity and this is absolutely central to GOSH Charity when considering how we created and responsibly promote this fundraising opportunity.

Our raffles aim to encourage fair and open play and protect the young and the vulnerable. Some steps we have taken include limiting the ticket entries to only 20 per transaction, with a maximum of 100 in total, and only allowing people over 18 years old to participate.

If you are worried about your gambling or that of someone close to you, GambleAware is the UK's leading authority on the provision of support, advice and counselling to people affected by gambling problems. If you or someone you know needs help or advice call the National Gambling Helpline on 0808 8020 133 (lines open 24 hours a day) or visit www.gambleaware.org

While most people gamble within their means, we recognise gambling can be a problem for some.

If you are worried about your gambling or that of someone close to you, Gambleaware can provide support and information. You can contact GambleAware via the website, www.gambleaware.org or by calling 0808 8020 133.

To support problem gamblers, we operate a self-exclusion policy, which means you will not receive any information about our lottery or raffles. To be added to our self-exclusion programme please contact our Supporter Care Team by phone on 0345 120 1363 (lines open Monday-Friday, 9.00am -5.30pm) or by e-mail at supporter.care@gosh.org

You can also exclude yourself from future Great Ormond Street Children's Charity raffles and lotteries by writing to us at GOSH Charity, 40 Bernard Street, London WC1N 1LE. We will take all reasonable steps to prevent any marketing material relating to our raffles being sent to any self-excluded customer and maintain a register of self-excluded persons.

For more information on responsible gambling, please visit www.gambleaware.org

Please contact the Raffle Helpline on 0370 241 3495, lines open 9.00am - 5.00pm Monday to Friday, or email gosh@thecharityraffle.co.uk