Summer Raffle 2023 Terms & Conditions

Families for Individual Needs and Dignity (the promoter) is licensed by East Riding of Yorkshire Council. Licence Number: TGJ261609 This lottery is subject to the laws of England, Wales and Scotland and run under the rules laid down by the Gambling Act 2005.

All proceeds from this raffle go to Families for Individual Needs and Dignity (Registered office address: 8 New Village Road, Cottingham, HU16 4LT). Registered Charity No: 1089877. The responsible person for all raffles is Louise Thompson, Families for Individual Needs and Dignity, 8 New Village Road, Cottingham, HU16 4LT.

Age verification

1. It is an offence for anyone under the age of 16 to enter a society lottery. Families for Individual Needs and Dignity has determined that the minimum age that has been established for players to participate in this lottery is 18. By submitting your request, you confirm that:

a) you are 18 years of age or over.

b) you are a resident of Great Britain.

c) you will not buy or purport to buy an entry to the raffle on behalf of anybody under the age of 18.

d) you will provide the promoter with accurate entry information, and you accept that it is your responsibility to keep the promoter informed of any changes as soon as they arise and in any event before the raffle is drawn.

e) you shall not be entitled to receive any prize if you are unable to substantiate, to the promoter’s satisfaction, your representations under paragraphs 4(a), (b) and (c) above are both factual and correct.

2. The promoter reserves the right to carry out any checks which it deems necessary to confirm age eligibility for entry into any raffle draw.
3. Any person found to be under 18 years of age who has entered the raffle will be excluded from future entries and any monies paid over by them will be returned and, if applicable, any prizes won will be withheld.

Entering the raffle

4. Participants in the Families for Individual Needs and Dignity Summer Raffle 2023 (the raffle) whose paid entries are received by 31st July 2023 will be entered into a draw to win a prize as advertised in “Raffle Prizes.”
5. The cost of each entry into the raffle is £2. Payment for tickets must be in cash (GBP). There is no maximum number of tickets per person. Once a raffle ticket has been purchased it is not possible to cancel the entry into the raffle nor is it possible to refund the cost of the ticket(s). 
6. By entering the Families for Individual Needs and Dignity Summer Raffle 2023, entrants may be asked to provide a photo and quote about their win, and for the Promoter to use their photo and quote on promotional material relating to the Raffle and related activities. The publication of these details on promotional materials relating to the Raffle and related activities is optional.
7. To enter the raffle, players must purchase one or more raffle tickets. Each ticket is unique and has a serial number. This serial number is used to determine the winner.
8. All ticket stubs must be returned as instructed by the closing date (31 July 2023) in order to gain entry into the raffle. The closing date and the raffle draw date are clearly displayed on each raffle ticket.
9. All players should retain the tickets themselves, as the information written on them is important and players may be asked to show the tickets as proof of entry if a query were to arise following the raffle draw taking place.
10. By entering into the raffle every player is agreeing to abide by the above terms and conditions of the raffle.

Prize payments

11. All late entries received after the closing date will be voided and the monies received for these entries will be treated as a cash donation to Families for Individual Needs and Dignity. Families for Individual Needs and Dignity will not be held responsible for any lost, late or incorrectly formatted entries.
12. All ticket stubs will be held securely until the date of the draw (2 August 2023). Winning tickets will be selected at random by drawing ticket counterfoils from a container holding all ticket counterfoils. The order of determination of the winning tickets will determine the order of prizes allocated i.e. the first ticket drawn wins the first prize and so on. Please note that this is not a ‘fixed odds’ raffle.
13. Winners will be notified by post, or by phone within 28 days of the draw.
14. By entering the raffle, entrants also agree that if they win, their titles, surnames and county or town will be published on the website. A list of winners will be available on the Families for Individual Needs and Dignity website within seven days of the draw at www.findcharity.org.uk.
15. There are no cash alternatives to a prize.
16. The prize winner must arrange to collect their prize from 8 New Village Road, Cottingham, HU16 4LT within 28 days of the draw. No postal or delivery option is available.
17. Whilst every effort will be made to contact winners, if we are unable to make contact within 90 days of the draw, unclaimed prizes may be used in future fundraising to support Families for Individual Needs and Dignity’s vital work.
18. If a prize remains uncollected after 28 days of the draw, this prize may be forfeited and used in future fundraising to support Families for Individual Needs and Dignity’s vital work.
19. Families for Individual Needs and Dignity employees who have direct involvement with lottery or raffle products are excluded from playing the raffle.

Responsible gaming

20. The raffle is intended to be a fun way to support the promoter’s work. If you feel you have a problem with gambling visit the BeGambleaware website, or call the National Gambling Helpline on 0808 8020 133 – lines are open 24 hours a day – where you can get help and advice.

Data protection

21. The promoter will comply with any relevant data protection legislation (GDPR and Data Protection Act 2018) to protect your personal data for the purposes of administering your participation in the raffle and communicating with you about the raffle. The promoter will not share your data with third parties for marketing purposes. Unless otherwise indicated by you, the promoter may occasionally send you information to keep you up to date with the work that your contributions help fund and other ways in which you can support the promoter.

Complaints

22. All complaints and disputes relating to the raffle will be dealt with by the promoter by contacting info@findcharity.org.uk

Promoter rights

23. The promoter has the right to change or update the raffle rules and/or prize fund at its discretion and raffle participants are invited to regularly check the website for updates. The promoter will update this page to reflect any changes.
24. The promoter reserves the right without notice or reason to cancel or refuse entry to the raffle. This decision shall be final and binding.
25. The promoter accepts no responsibility for raffle entries, communications or prizes which are lost, stolen or delayed in the post, damaged or illegible or for raffle entries from which the prize winner cannot be identified or which have insufficient postage. Proof of posting is not proof of receipt.