Your support for us will mean the world to families living with incurable illness – families like Duncan’s.
Duncan’s wife Bridget passed away in 2023 on our ward in Shrewsbury. In Duncan’s words, she had a ‘good death’.
He says buying a raffle ticket in support of our caring services is ‘a direct investment in dignity’.
Bridget died just two years after she was diagnosed with cancer.
But this was not the first time that Duncan had experienced bereavement: his first wife Victoria also died of cancer, but this time in a side room of a busy, clinical, overstretched hospital ward.
The comparison between hospice care and a hospital could not be starker, he says. Both had ‘exemplary’ care but while Bridget died surrounded by her family and with her dog Sparkle curled at her feet, in a light and airy room, Victoria died in pain and discomfort. The hospital did its best, but hospitals are not geared up for end-of-life care he says.
“Bridget’s care at the hospice was exceptional. She was never alone; I slept by her side, and she felt the late summer breeze blowing gently through the open doors of her room.
“I’m asking you to join me in supporting the hospice by buying a raffle ticket today.
“It’s not just a raffle ticket – it’s a direct investment in dignity, in humanity and in the kind of death we would all wish for our loved ones and for ourselves,” he adds.
Karen Swindells, Head of Individual Giving, said: “We know, first-hand, the difference our supporters make to our expert palliative and end-of-life care.
“We are grateful for every pound we receive, especially as we know how hard it is for everyone right now. Thank you for your support; please don’t forget us, your support means we can be there, offering compassionate and dignified care.”
When you play our Christmas raffle, you’re doing so much more than entering a prize draw. You’re giving families living with incurable illness the chance to spend time together, to make precious memories and to be a family.
Tickets cost £1 each, and there is a jackpot cash prize of £5,000 as well as 42 other cash prizes.
The closing date for ticket sales is 12 December 2025 and don’t forget you can buy them in our shops and in the receptions at our hospices in Telford and Shrewsbury too.
The winning numbers will be drawn on 19 December 2025 and will appear on our website. The lucky jackpot winner will get a call from our lottery team – so make sure to include your phone number.
Good luck, and thank you so much for your kindness, support, and generosity. It’s because you care that we can.
Winning entries will be selected using random number generator software. All winning prizes are paid by cheque.
Every penny of your support helps Severn Hospice, with 69p from your lottery £1 going directly to patient care. We use 12p for prizes and the other 19p for promotion and administration so we can continue to help families who need our help (based on financial accounts for year ended 31.03.2025). In 2024/25 £826,368 went to Severn Hospice Ltd as well as over £31,000 in donations. The likelihood of winning a prize, based on our Christmas raffle draw 13.12.2024, is a 1 in 2,452 chance; the patients we care for win with every £1 ticket bought.
Promoter: Severn Promotions Company Ltd, Bicton Heath, Shrewsbury SY3 8HS. Contact: Telephone number 01743 455319. Severn Promotions Co. Limited is licensed and regulated in Great Britain by the Gambling Commission under account number 4848. Severn Promotions Company Ltd is a wholly owned subsidiary of Severn Hospice and is operated to raise funds for the care of patients of Severn Hospice. Charity no 512394 18+. Please gamble responsibly. For practical help and support on problem gambling, contact GambleAware on 0808 802 0133 or visit www.gambleaware.org if needed.
