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What we do with your money

Loneliness and social isolation are severely detrimental to our health, and increase the chance of developing longer-term health conditions such as depression, dementia and heart disease. Unfortunately, millions of people in the UK experience loneliness throughout their lifetime.

Carr Gomm aims to alleviate these issues through our community projects and activities across Scotland. Our activities bring some of Scotland’s most vulnerable communities together in a variety of ways, encouraging connection and relationship-building. We are dedicated to ensuring that our activities are inclusive and accessible for everyone, especially those with poor health or low self-confidence who often feel isolated within their community.

All of our fundraised money goes towards running and developing these projects and activities, and has ensured that we’ve been able to provide many and varied additional opportunities for people and families across Scotland.

A small amount of fundraised money can go a long way to providing new opportunities: opportunities to meet new people, create new friendships, develop an increased sense of community, and thereafter, with increased confidence and determination, to dream of new adventures in life.

You can read more about our work, and the ways in which we are using your fundraised and donated monies below. 

Circle of Friends

Circle of Friends

Circle of Friends is bringing people together in Glasgow through fun outings and group activities. Read more

Published: 18th December, 2019

Author: Heather King

Club Fun

Club Fun

Club Fun offers social opportunities to people we support in the Forth Valley region; and it is entirely funded by fundraised money. Read more

Published: 17th October, 2019

Updated: 20th December, 2019

Author: Heather King

Community Growing

Community Growing

Carr Gomm community growing projects use gardening and outdoor activities to actively tackle health and social inequalities. Read more

Published: 20th March, 2019

Updated: 12th April, 2021

Author: Heather King

Dundee Kitchen Garden

Dundee Kitchen Garden

Dreaming big; one of our Dundee teams has transformed their tiny backyard into a glorious kitchen garden. Read more

Published: 4th September, 2019

Updated: 18th December, 2019

Author: Heather King

Dundee Ornamental Garden

Dundee Ornamental Garden

One of our Dundee teams has created a beautiful communal garden, where people can come together, mingle, chat, enjoy the fresh air. Read more

Published: 4th September, 2019

Updated: 17th October, 2019

Author: Heather King

Men in Sheds

Men in Sheds

Men in Sheds projects are friendly and welcoming places where socially isolated and lonely men build self-esteem, develop new skills, and combat isolation and loneliness Read more

Published: 20th March, 2019

Updated: 17th October, 2019

Author: Heather King

Midlothian Drop-In

Midlothian Drop-In

Our Midlothian team have been busy renovating their empty office basement into a “Drop in” service for people supported. Read more

Published: 4th September, 2019

Updated: 17th October, 2019

Author: Heather King

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Want to be in with a chance of winning £25,000 whilst simultaneously supporting Carr Gomm? Then look no further. 

For just £1 a week you can be entered into the Carr Gomm lottery, with the chance of winning £25,000 every Friday*. Every entry into our lottery supports people across Scotland who are experiencing the crushing reality of loneliness and isolation.

How do I play? 

Simply sign up to our lottery online or download and return the postal form. 

Every entry to the lottery costs just £1, and for every £1 you play, you'll be given a unique 6-digit lottery number: so the more entries you have, the greater your chances of winning. 

Unity, the award-winning charity lottery partners, administer the weekly lottery on our behalf. They guarantee that at least 50% of each of your £1 entries comes directly to us; and every penny we receive goes directly towards funding our community projects and activities. 

What could I win?

Every Friday a random winning number is drawn, and there are a range of possible prizes:

  • 3 digits in the correct place wins five prize entries into the next draw
  • 4 digits in the correct place wins £25
  • 5 digits in the correct place wins £1,000
  • 6 digits in the correct place wins £25,000

Who else can get involved? 

Our lottery is open to anyone and everyone; you don't have to work for Carr Gomm to play. This means you can help us raise even more money to stomp out loneliness across Scotland by encouraging family, friends, colleagues and neighbours to play too. 

To put it into context, if 5 of your contacts signed up, we could buy much needed seeds for our Community Growing projects. Or if 10 of your contacts signed up, we could buy wood for our Mens' Shed. Every pound adds up to make a significant difference to the lives of people in local communities. 

Please remember...

Since this is a lottery, you must be over 16 years old to enter, and you must be resident in Great Britain.**

Thanks for playing...and don't forget to check the results!

Have more questions? Check out our lottery FAQs or contact us for further information. You 

Responsible Gambling

We want everyone who partakes in our lottery to do so responsibly and safely. If you feel your gambling may be becoming an issue, please do seek support. You can call the National Gambling Helpline on 0808 802 0133 between the hours of 8am until midnight 7 days a week, or check out the Be Gamble Aware website. 

**The weekly draw will be moving from Saturdays to Fridays as of 2nd August

**Due to licencing laws, our lottery is not available to people living in Northern Ireland.