What would you do with £25,000?
Buying a ticket for only £1 in our Summer Grand Draw gives you the chance of winning over 150 prizes, including our jackpot prize of £25,000.
By playing the raffle, you can help more children, like Jamie, receive better, kinder treatments, as well as giving yourself the chance to win one of 150+ cash prizes. Why wait?
Jamie was diagnosed with a brain tumour on 25 December 2023, when he was just eight years old. He then endured two major surgeries to remove the tumour, many rounds of chemotherapy and six weeks of proton beam therapy before completing his treatment plan in September 2024.
This is the reality of cancer. No child should have to go through this. To help us change the future for so many children like Jamie, play our Summer Raffle today. Enter now and you could help to fund vital research that will lead to safer and more effective treatments.
Early Bird Draw
Play by 18 July to be entered into our Early Bird Draw, and you could be in with a chance to win one of 10 additional £50 prizes.
Ways you can play
Enter online, by phone or by post. Playing our Summer Grand Draw is easy. You can enter online by clicking the link below. If you haven’t received tickets via the post, but would like to, you can request one by emailing info@childrenwithcancer.org.uk or by calling our friendly team on 0800 222 9000 (Monday to Friday 9 am to 5 pm).
The all important dates
Early Bird closing date
Friday 18 July 2025
Main draw closing date
Friday 12 September 2025
Draw date
Friday 19 September 2025
Winners published
Wednesday 1 October 2025
How your money helps
Your £12 or 12 tickets sold
…could help fund essential laboratory supplies, forming the basis of research into childhood cancer to help children like Jamie
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Your £24 or 24 tickets sold
…could help to find kinder, more targeted, treatments for children like Jamie.
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Your £36 or 36 tickets sold
…could help fund innovative research projects to develop new treatments to improve cognitive difficulties in childhood brain tumor survivors.
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By playing our Summer Grand Draw, you can support our vital work to find kinder and better treatments for children like Jamie. His Mum Anna tells Jamie’s story.
On Christmas Day, we received the worst news a parent can hear – Jamie had a massive brain tumour. His surgeon told us that it was only a matter of hours and he wouldn’t have been able to save Jamie’s life. Surgery started at 3am on Boxing Day, and we didn’t see Jamie until 5pm that day. It was the scariest time in our lives, but seeing him call out “Mummy, Daddy” was such a relief. The surgeon managed to drain a cyst that was part of the tumour and relieve the pressure on Jamie’s brain.
But on 8 January, his condition suddenly deteriorated. Jamie underwent a 10-hour surgery, which was successful – they removed the entire tumour. However, shortly after, we received a call confirming the worst – it was cancer. Our world collapsed again.
Jamie started chemotherapy at the end of February 2024. The first cycle went well, with no side effects except for hair loss. Jamie was scared but bravely went to the barber to shave his head. The next round of chemotherapy in March was tougher, causing sickness and loss of appetite. But Jamie continued to smile and even managed to return to school for a while. The next stage of treatment began at the end of April with six weeks of proton beam therapy. Being away from home was the hardest part, but we made the most of it and kept busy.
Jamie then restarted his chemotherapy treatment at the beginning of July and completed four more rounds. He kept smiling as much as he could although there were moments when all got too much for him and sadness hit us. But Jamie never gave up and kept going. On 27 September 2024 he competed his treatment plan and rung the bell. He had an MRI done and it confirmed Jamie is cancer free.
Anna, Jamie’s mum
By playing our Summer Grand Draw, you’re funding vital research that could lead to better, kinder treatments – helping more children and young people like Jamie survive cancer and fulfil their dreams.
Latest winners
Congratulations to our Spring Grand Draw Winners
1st £25,000- Mrs Mary Heaps
2nd £2,500 – Mrs E Moses
3rd £1,000 – Mrs Susan Sharman
To see all the winners, please visit our Grand Draw website.
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Jamie's Story
Jamie was diagnosed with a brain tumour on 25 December 2023, when he was just eight years old. His mum Anna shares their story.
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Weekly Winners Lottery
Every week, you could win one of 100 guaranteed cash prizes – including our fantastic £1,000 jackpot. It’s a great way to have some fun while helping children with cancer.
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Our current research projects
Over the last 35 years, we’ve funded over 300 cancer research projects for children and young people.. Have a look at some of the current research projects we are funding.
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