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THE LATEST WWW.COELIAC.ORG.UK 7 OUR WEEKLY LOTTERY HAS HAD ITS 1 ST BIRTHDAY! Thank you to everyone who is playing Coeliac UK’s Weekly Lottery, you have raised over £65,000 which helps to provide services to those in need. For those that haven’t played yet, why not get involved? For £1 a week, you have the chance to win up to £10,000 every single week. It’s easy to play and if you win, you don’t need to contact us, we will contact you. There are three easy ways to sign up: • Complete the leaflet enclosed in this magazine (if you already play why not pass it to a friend or neighbour, anyone can join our lottery!) • Call our friendly team on 01628 201 287. • Visit our website www.coeliac.org.uk/lottery (where you can also find out more information). In the Weekly Lottery’s first year, we have given away over 1,500 prizes. On average that’s an amazing 125 prizes each month, how fantastic is that? Join up to play the Weekly Lottery today, and you could be winning one of those prizes. Check out David’s story in the leaflet: he won a fantastic £1,000 prize. So what are you waiting for? Sign up today and good luck! JOIN TEAM COELIAC UK FOR THE DIFC SANTA RUN This is your last chance to be a part of Team Coeliac UK in 2018 with the festive ‘Do it for Charity’ Santa Run! Join over 4,000 runners on Sunday 2 December in London’s Victoria Park for the perfect winter challenge that the whole family can get involved with. Free Santa costumes will also be provided on the day. For more information about the Santa Run, please visit www.coeliac.org.uk/santarun or email Niki at nicola.kilminster@coeliac.org.uk for an information pack. THANK YOU PARTY PLANNERS! This year, with the generous support of M&S, we asked you to join us in celebrating our 50th year by raising £50 and throwing a party. We have been amazed at the response, with over 500 parties planned and just over £10,000 raised so far! It’s not too late to apply for a pack if you want to join in too. Simply visit www.coeliac.org.uk/party . We’d like to thank all of our planners who have already held their parties this year. We have had bake sales, family barbeques, garden parties, a hot tub party, a tea dance, and many other equally creative and exciting events. Like Lola’s gluten free cake sale at school which raised an incredible £227! Lola also wrote a piece about coeliac disease for her school newsletter. There were even a few cakes left over that she took round to her neighbours to sell and tell them all about coeliac disease too. Well done Lola. Jessica held a pet show at her school and asked her classmates to bring in pictures of their pets. She had classes for different pets to compete in to win a rosette for their pet. Jessica did a great job explaining coeliac disease to her friends and awarding prizes. There are so many ways to celebrate, why not join in and raise £50 for our 50th year? Visit www.coeliac.org.uk/party .