PEOPLE'S POSTCODE LOTTERY

EDM number 2471 in 2007-08, proposed by Willie Rennie on 11/11/2008.
Categorised under the topic of Charities.

That this House congratulates the People's Postcode Lottery in raising over £1 million for charities in Scotland in its first year of existence; welcomes the fact that funding is unrestricted so that its charity partners, Scottish Wildlife Trust, CHILDREN 1ST and Maggie's Cancer Care centres can spend the money with complete independence; notes that the money raised so far equates to funding a Maggie's centre for one year which would support the CHILDREN 1ST ParentLine service for 12 months and maintain the Scottish Wildlife Trust's network of over 120 reserves across Scotland; further welcomes the fact that all funds raised in Scotland remain in Scotland; acknowledges that in other parts of the country, such as the north east of England, and Yorkshire, over £1.5 million has been raised for local charities; and supports the future growth of the Lottery into all corners of the UK so that other charities can benefit from this invaluable source of funding.

This motion has been signed by a total of 8 MPs.