Two seals resting on a pebbled beach beside plastic crates, one close to camera with large dark eyes, blue sky and distant shoreline.

Helping Charities & Good Causes

Our players are raising amazing amounts of money for charity and so far, they've raised more than £1.7 Billion for good causes.

Sir David Attenborough at 100

  • 08 May 2026

Celebrating the planet's favourite storyteller as he marks birthday milestone

Dreams Can Come True

  • 25 March 2026

£5 Million award to turn big charity ideas into reality

Our Paw-some Players

  • 23 February 2026

You’ve raised more than £90 Million to help creatures great and small

Gift Of Love That Keeps On Giving

  • 09 February 2026

Postcode Lottery players match widowed winner’s £25,000 hospice donation.

The Power of Postcodes

  • 01 January 2026

Players raised £236 Million for charities in 2025.

Leaving Homelessness Behind

  • 01 December 2025

Dad’s hope for the future thanks to Crisis.

Goal-Lotta Love for Shola

  • 09 October 2025

Newcastle United favourite stuns community team with surprise training session.

Hospice Care Is More Than You Think

Invaluable support for families at home, made possible thanks to our players

Paws For Thought

The results of the National Dog Survey have tails wagging!

Take A Bough

Glasgow ash named Tree of the Year 2025.

Seal of Approval

Our players have been thanked after helping injured pups return to the wild

A Haven of Hope

The gardens offer comfort to people living with cancer visiting Maggie’s support centres

Rhino Relocation

Ten critically endangered black rhinos have been translocated from South Africa to Mozambique in a major conservation project, supported by players of People's Postcode Lottery.

Chocolate In Crisis!

Players help fight to give it a sweet future. The world is on the brink of a chocolate crisis, a leading researcher has warned.

Thanks A Trot!

Maddy and Aisha riding high with life-changing charity. WHEN Aisha Ahmed and Maddy Hill-Brown first visited their local Riding for the Disabled Association (RDA) stables, they never imagined the ponies they met would so dramatically transform their lives.

A Real Game-Changer

New platform aims to supercharge volunteering in Britain. ROYAL Voluntary Service has unveiled it is developing a new digital platform to boost volunteering in Britain.

Blown Away

A children's hospice in Scotland, forced to close its treasured gardens after a huge storm, says it will now be able to repair the damage, thanks to surprise funding raised by players of People's Postcode Lottery.

It's A Hit!

Teenager Sara praises charity cricket programme changing young lives. WHEN Sara Yasin first saw the community cricket programme Wicketz in action, she was completely bowled over.

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