Selsey neighbours celebrate People’s Postcode Lottery win

Three St Wilfreds Close residents bagged £1,000 each when their PO20 0PQ postcode was announced as a daily prize winner today (March 27).

People’s Postcode Lottery ambassador Judie McCourt sent her well-wishes to the winners.

She said: “What lovely news to get before the weekend! Congratulations to our winners.”

This is the second lottery win of the week in the Chichester district after aPetworth postcode won in Tuesday’s draw.

This draw was promoted by the Wildlife Trusts, which have received over £12.6million in funding from the players of People’s Postcode Lottery.

The Wildlife Trusts look after more than 2,300 nature reserves and operate more than 100 visitor and education centres across the country.

The trusts work to make life better for wildlife, people and future generations.

Many good causes close to the winners have also benefitted from players’ support, and local charities can next apply for funding in August.

A minimum of 32 per cent of ticket sales goes directly to charities and players of People’s Postcode Lottery have raised over £500million for thousands of good causes in Britain and beyond.

For more information on People’s Postcode Lottery, visit www.postcodelottery.co.uk

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