Six London charities were today celebrating after being awarded £100,000 by myLotto24 – the online lottery betting operator.
The early Christmas present, awarded as part of Local Charities Day, provides a much-needed boost to the grassroots organisations whose work collectively reaches more than 3,000 Londoners in four London boroughs.
From coding qualifications, to safe housing for LGBTI asylum seekers, and inter-generational hip-hop dance classes, the two-year funding enables the charities to continue their important programmes combatting loneliness and isolation, employability, and mental ill health in the Capital.
Shenaly Amin, Head of myLotto24 UK, said: “The myLotto24 Good Neighbourhood fund was set-up to support organisations who often fly under the radar but are doing incredible work in London. These six amazing charities are doing just that. Our £100,000 Christmas present helps set them up for the next two years to continue supporting so many Londoners.”
The six charities selected were:
The charities had another surprise in store when an oversized matador from myLotto24 presented them with their cheques outside the iconic Tower Bridge.
The ‘Fatador’ was recently unleashed on London as part of myLotto24’s Spanish Christmas Lottery campaign, where Londoners now have the opportunity to win a share of £2.1 billion by betting on El Gordo – the world’s largest lottery.
Germán Bencci, General Organiser, Code Your Future, said: “A coding qualification is a way into sustainable employment in a job of the future. This award from myLotto24 enables us to continue helping people, whatever their circumstances, to better themselves.”
The myLotto24 Good Neighbourhood fund was set-up in 2014 and has awarded more than £250,000 in grant-funding to 23 London charities spanning 14 boroughs and reaching nearly 10,000 Londoners. It is administered by the London Community Foundation.
Contacts:
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Lena Patel, myLotto24
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