Lottery winner donates prize back to the hospice
A kind-hearted man from Heald Green who won the top prize in our hospice lottery has donated all the money back to St Ann’s.
Douglas Appleton, has been playing our Local Lottery for 22 years and has had a few small wins previously before winning the top prize of £2,000.
Mr Appleton has supported St Ann’s for 35 years since his wife, Joan, passed away there in 1983.
He also volunteered for 15 years with the hospice as a day care driver and on the reception and received a certificate for his long service.
Douglas Appleton with Jean Jones, who was then St Ann’s Chair & the then Mayor of Stockport
I was surprised to found out I won but I knew straight away that I wanted to donate the money back to St Ann’s, as I know how much they depend on the donations to help care for patients. Douglas Appleton
St Ann’s has been providing care to hospice patients for almost half a century and can only do so thanks to the kind generosity of local people like Douglas. The St Ann’s Local Lottery has been running for more than two decades. Each week, winners of the lottery receive prizes worth £2,500, and our main jackpot each Friday is £2000. Trudi Ogden, Lottery manager