You don’t need to claim if you are a lucky winner, we will notify you in writing. You can check if we have your current address by contacting our supporter care team on 0300 999 0135 or sending us a message at info@tvairambulance.org.uk.
Lottery
As an independent charity, we rely on the generosity of our supporters. • We receive no regular government or NHS funding. Donations like yours keep our helicopter in the air and our critical care response vehicles on the road.
Your lottery membership starts at £5 per month and includes entry to the weekly Friday draw and the annual Superdraw. There are top cash prizes of £1,000 for the weekly lottery and £2,500 for the Superdraw. There is no need to claim, you will receive your winnings via post or directly into your bank.
There is no need to claim, you will receive your winnings via post or directly into your bank.
You don’t need to claim if you are a lucky winner, we will notify you in writing. You can check if we have your current address by contacting our supporter care team on 0300 999 0135 or sending us a message at info@tvairambulance.org.uk.
If you’d like to play, you can sign up today by completing our online form.
The Thames Valley Air Ambulance Lottery is a fun way to give regularly to support our vital services.
You’ll be in with a chance of winning the top prize of £1,000, every week! As well as a second prize of £250 and ten prizes of £25 in our weekly draw. As if that’s not exciting enough once a year one lucky winner will take home the jackpot prize of £2,500 in our Superdraw!
By playing the lottery every week, you’ll be making a regular donation, knowing it’s coming, we can plan for the future and help more patients in the years ahead.
To enter our weekly and annual Superdraw you must be 18 years or over and live in the UK. Membership starts at £5 per month and includes entry to the weekly Friday draw and the annual Superdraw. Winners are drawn every Friday and on the last Thursday in March. Payments are taken by Direct Debit every month.
If you have a gambling problem and wish to talk to someone, you can contact the trained counsellors at GamCare.
Call 0808 8020 133 or visit the website gamcare.org.uk.
The helpline is open between 8am and midnight, seven days a week, 365 days a year. Calls outside these hours will be taken by a recorded message service.
Thames Valley Air Ambulance is licenced and regulated in Great Britain by the Gambling Commission under account number 5167. A copy of our licence can be found via the Gambling Commission website.
Explore the most frequently asked questions about our lottery below. Alternatively, if you’d like to get in touch, use the contact details below or the form on our contact page.
Call: 01494 578197
Email: info@tvairambulance.org.uk
Our lottery raised £3.8m for us in 24/25 and we are so grateful to each of our loyal supporters that play every week. Without our lottery we wouldn’t be able to do a large amount of the lifesaving work we carry out. If you play our lottery – thank you!
The exact likelihood of winning a prize depends on the number of participants and will therefore change each week. You have approximately a 1:6000 chance of winning £1000 in our weekly draw and a 1:29000 chance of winning £2500 in our annual Superdraw. Every entry supports our lifesaving work.
Entry into our lottery starts at £5 per month which covers a £1 weekly ticket into our standard draw (top prize of £1000) and 66p for a ticket in our annual Superdraw (top prize of £2500).
You can sign up for a maximum of 3 lines with our fundraisers and on our website but if you would like to play more, please contact us [link]. We do this on a case-by-case basis to ensure we are fulfilling our responsibilities and ensuring everyone is gambling safely.
If you’re one of our lottery winners – congratulations! You don’t have to do anything; the prize money will be transferred into your account within five working days of the draw results being published. We always try to contact the Jackpot and 2nd prize winners and will leave a message if we can’t get through.
If you want to confirm that you are a winner or have any other questions, please get in touch with our supporter care team on 0300 999 0135 or email info@tvairambulance.org.uk.
Yes, we do. Our team of professional fundraisers visit households to inform people about our lottery and ask whether they would like to support us by setting up a Direct Debit to play our weekly lottery.
Our fundraisers can be found in the following areas today:
Oxford and Reading
Milton Keynes
Beaconsfield
Hungerford and surrounding areas
Lidl RG14 2BP
Co-op MK18 4FH
RG9
Yes, we do. Working with a specialist agency enables us to speak to many more supporters than we can ourselves. This activity is either done through going door-to-door in residential areas or on private sites (such as supermarkets, garden centers and shopping centers). More conversations mean more support, so we can bring the best possible emergency medical care to patients when they need it most.
Yes, they are professionally trained and paid to work for us.
We partner with Lottery Fundraising Services (LFS), whose fundraisers work as part of our team. They are as passionate about our work as we are and set themselves the same high standards of supporter care. They are licensed by the Gambling Commission as External Lottery Managers and are ISO 27001 compliant.
Our fundraisers wear a photo ID badge with our logo on it and will be dressed in a Thames Valley Air Ambulance polo shirt or jacket. Always ask to see the fundraiser’s ID badge and feel free to note down the number. If you have any concerns, call us on 0300 999 0135 or send us a message.
No. Our fundraisers will NEVER ask for cash. They are only authorised to sign people up to play our weekly lottery or to give a regular gift via Direct Debit. If you are asked for cash at your door, the fundraiser may not be genuine and you should check their ID number and call the charity.
You can call us on 0300 999 0135 during office hours (9am – 5pm, Monday – Friday), email us at info@tvairambulance.org.uk or send us a message from the Contact Us page.
If you are making a complaint about one of our door-to-door fundraisers, please provide as much detail about the incident as possible including, the date and time, location and the ID badge number of the canvasser, if possible.
Thames Valley Air Ambulance is licenced and regulated in Great Britain by the Gambling Commission under account number 5167. A copy of our licence can be found via the Gambling Commission website.