Ashton neighbours start year with lottery win

Eleven people in Ashton were celebrating a happy start to 2021, after each winning £1,000 thanks to their lucky postcode. 

The Grovewood Close neighbours landed the windfall when OL7 9SE was announced as a People's Postcode Lottery Daily Prize winner on Saturday (2 January). 

People’s Postcode Lottery ambassador Danyl Johnson sent his well-wishes and said: “What a great way to start the year! Congratulations to our winners, I hope they have fun spending their winnings.”

It was the first Tameside win of the new calendar year, after 2020 was a year of great success for players across the borough. The biggest winners came from Droylsden, when over 2,000 players hit the jackpot by sharing a whopping £3 million between them last August. 

A minimum of 32 per cent of ticket sales goes directly to charities, and players of People’s Postcode Lottery have raised over £600 million to date for thousands of good causes in Britain and beyond.

The latest draw was promoted on behalf of WaterAid, which has received more than £15.9 million in funding thanks to players. The charity is determined to make clean water, decent toilets and good hygiene normal for everyone, everywhere within a generation.

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

For more information on People’s Postcode Lottery, visit www.postcodelottery.co.uk or head to Facebook or Twitter.