Terms & Conditions - Good Causes

We want to enable as many organisations as possible to join the lottery as a good cause. As you will be joining under our overall gambling licence (Gambling Act 2005) we have to ensure that organisations meet certain criteria. There is no application fee.

Your organisation must:

• Provide community activities or services within Cambridgeshire, which are of benefit to the residents of Cambridgeshire
• Have a formal constitution or set of rules
• Have a bank account requiring at least two unrelated signatories
• Operate with no undue restrictions on membership

And be:

A registered charity or constituted group with a management committee, that includes a minimum of three independent/unconnected members/trustees/directors, that meets on a regular basis.

You will be asked to provide documentation as evidence of your eligibility:

• A signed governing document specific to your organisation, such as Articles of Association or a Constitution, which must confirm that you are operating not for profit.
• A recent bank statement or paying-in slip, from the last 3 months, to verify your organisation’s banking details. This is required as evidence of the existence of the account. The document must show the bank name and logo, the account name, sort code and account number. Screenshots of online statements will not be accepted.
• Names of three independent/unconnected management committee members/trustees/directors. To ensure your organisation has good governance and fair decision-making, we ask that management committee members/trustees/directors are independent/unconnected. We also require the names of two cheque signatories (these may be the same management committee members already stated but the signatories must be independent of each other/unconnected). As described by the Charity Commission, a connected person means family relatives or business partners of a trustee, as well as businesses in which a trustee has an interest through ownership or influence. The term includes a trustee’s spouse or unmarried or civil partner, children, siblings, grandchildren and grandparents, as well as businesses where a trustee or family member holds at least one-fifth of the shareholding or voting rights.
• If you are a Community Interest Company (CIC), we require your CIC 36 form (if you have registered as a CIC in the last 12 months), or your latest CIC 34 Annual Report (if you have been registered as a CIC for over 12 months).

We will not permit the following applications:

• Any campaign that does not directly relate to the provision of community activities or services within Cambridgeshire. This includes applications from groups promoting a particular religious faith or political belief that does not relate directly to the provision of community activities and services within Cambridgeshire.

Or applications from:

• Organisations that do not do work within the boundaries of Cambridgeshire for the benefit of those living and working/ studying in Cambridgeshire
• Individuals
• Organisations which aim to distribute a profit
• Organisations with no established management committee/board of trustees/directors

We are also unable to accept applications that are incomplete.

Cambridgeshire Community Foundation reserves the right to reject any application for any reason without offering an appeals process.

Cambridgeshire Community Foundation will reserve its rights to not accept or cease to license any organisation with a minimum of 7 days' notice for any reason. If fraudulent or illegal activity is suspected cessation will be immediate.

You will be asked to commit to using the marketing materials provided and other means of communication to achieve at least 20 ticket sales within four weeks of being provided a page on the site.

Once approved on the platform, you will receive:

• Your own webpage on the Cambridgeshire Community Lottery website - with no set-up fees. You can edit your logo and description
• You will get 50p from every paid ticket supporting your cause that is entered into a weekly draw
• Monthly payment of the money you’ve raised through Cambridgeshire Community Lottery - with no banking fees
• An online dashboard to track the performance of your lottery page
• A lottery helpline to help your players with any queries they may have
• Professionally prepared, seasonal marketing materials provided digitally in a range of formats