Terms and conditions: CAFOD Spring Raffle 2025

General rules

• The Spring Raffle 2025 is open to all mainland Great Britain residents over the age of 18 (this excludes Northern Ireland, Isle of Man, Channel Islands and BFPO addresses according to Gambling Act 2005 regulations).

• No tickets can be sold to, on behalf of, or for a person under the age of 18 years.

• The cost of each entry is £1. Players may purchase more than one entry, and payment must be in advance.

• If a ticket is sold unknowingly to, on behalf of, or for a person under the age of 18 they will be exempt from the raffle and will forfeit their prize and the stake will be returned.

• All proceeds from this raffle will be used for the charitable purposes of CAFOD.

• Fast Reply Draw: To enter the fast reply draw, supporter must purchase their ticket before 31st January 2025. Fast Reply Draw will take place on 14th May with the main draw.

• We operate a combined online/offline draw ensuring that each entrant has an equal chance of winning each prize. The draw will be conducted by utilising a Random Number Generator that has been tested and approved by an independent, Gambling Commission approved, third party test house in combination with a blind draw in plain sight of staff. The results of the draw are final.

• Based upon the number of entries in our two raffles during 2024 the average chance of winning a prize for a single ticket is approximately 1 in 4,055. Of the £150,045 received in ticket sales in 2024, just 46% went on expenses, 14% on prizes and a fantastic 40% came back to CAFOD to fund our vital work.

• Entries must be received by 30 April 2025. Late entries will be treated as donations.

• The draw will be held on 14 May 2025.

• Winners will be notified by post, email or telephone no later than two weeks after the draw date. Please keep your ticket number as proof of purchase.

• A list of winners will also be published on the website within 2 weeks of the draw date. These will only be in summary e.g. Mrs H, Manchester with ticket number 123456.

• Winners may be asked to take part in CAFOD PR and promotional activity.

• If a prize is unclaimed after reasonable efforts have been made by CAFOD to contact the winner, then CAFOD will be entitled to dispose of the prize as it thinks fit. The winner has one month after notification to claim the prize.

• The CAFOD policies for raffles can be found here. This includes our policy on responsible gambling, underage gambling, protection of customer funds and our complaints procedure.

Prizes

• 10 Fast Reply winners will be selected to win a £50 M&S voucher each.

• The buyer of the first ticket number drawn will be offered a choice of either £7,000 OR a £3,500 voucher to spend on an eco/no-fly holiday from Trailfinders and cash to take the total to £7,000. The winner is responsible for organising any travel insurance.

• The buyer of the second ticket number drawn will be offered a choice of either £1,200 OR a voucher of the same value from thediningoutgiftcard.co.uk to spend on restaurant meals.

• The buyer of the third ticket number drawn will be offered a choice of either £800 OR a voucher of the same value from John Lewis to spend on a television as full or partial payment. Any additional costs incurred as part of the purchase, over the value of the voucher, are the responsibility of the winner to cover.

• There are 10 x Runners up prizes of £100.

• Vouchers are subject to availability.

• Prizes may vary from those shown and the prize fund may be illustrated and presented differently.

• Prizes are non-transferable.

Online entries

• To enter the online raffle an entrant must self-certify that they are the required age to play. A confirmation email will be sent to the entrant confirming their numbers in the draw and thanking them for their participation. Random age verification checks are carried out at regular intervals. If an entrant is found to be under the required age their payment will be returned and they will not be entered into the draw.

• Entries must not be bought on behalf of somebody else.

• In order to promote responsible gambling, it is recommended that no more than 60 chances are to be purchased per person for the Raffle.

• Material changes to this raffle are not predicted to happen, but in the event that this occurs you will be notified by email 14 days in advance of any changes.

General information

• CAFOD is licenced and registered in Great Britain by the Gambling Commission under account number 42347. Person Responsible: Damian Conlin, CAFOD, Romero House, 55 Westminster Bridge Road, London, SE1 7JB.

• For more information about the CAFOD, our raffles and other ways to donate please visit https://cafod.org.uk/ or contact our dedicated supporter services team by calling 0303 303 3030.

• Requests for additional raffle tickets up to a maximum of 48 tickets per person or requests to be removed from future raffle mailings should be addressed to cafod@cafod.org.uk

• If you would like more information about raffles and lotteries please go to www.gamblingcommission.gov.uk.

• The CAFOD policy for raffles can be found here. This includes our policy on responsible gambling, underage gambling, fair and open draws and our complaints procedure. If you or a family member feel that you are experiencing problems with gambling, you can seek advice and support from GambleAware on 0808 8020 133 or via their website gambleware.org.