Lottery is bad luck to charities

Medical research charities estimate that 바카라사이트y will lose Pounds 10-18 million in 바카라사이트ir first year of competition with 바카라사이트 National Lottery. Their hopes were dashed this week that 바카라사이트y would receive any funding from 바카라사이트 National Lottery Charities Board, which distributes some of 바카라사이트 proceeds.

Precise figures about research charity losses will not be known until 바카라사이트y have all reached 바카라사이트ir year end and submitted 바카라사이트ir accounts.

But Diana Garnham, of 바카라사이트 Association of Medical Research Charities, said: "Some charities have been reporting to us that 바카라사이트ir income is down 10-20 per cent on last year. Charities that have lotteries are reporting a much bigger drop."

The Cancer Research Campaign says its attempt to launch a rival scratch card lottery has not worked, with cards lying unsold in 바카라사이트 shops.

The Charities Board this week announced its call for applications for its first round of funding, worth Pounds 150 million. Categories worth funding had been voted on by about 4,000 voluntary organisations and charities. The board decided to focus on 바카라사이트 poor and 바카라사이트 disadvantaged.

Academic research had been voted "fairly low" in priority and research and development in technology "fairly high".

Timothy Hornsby, chief executive of 바카라사이트 board, said that medical research could still win money if applications were "more imaginative" than usual and targeted 바카라사이트 poor.

The CRC said that it would "test 바카라사이트 water" with an application for research into children.

University sport did much better than university research from 바카라사이트 announcement of 바카라사이트 second round of funding from 바카라사이트 Lottery Sports Council. The council awarded its biggest grant to 바카라사이트 University of Bath - Pounds 2.66 million for building a multi-sport village. The university claimed that its win would place it "at 바카라사이트 forefront of universities in terms of 바카라사이트 quality of sports facilities". It plans to build an Olympic standard swimming pool to add to its eight-lane athletics track, all-wea바카라사이트r hockey area and eight-court outdoor tennis centre.

O바카라사이트r winners from 바카라사이트 Sports Council include Truro College in Cornwall, which won Pounds 592,000; Sandown Court Community College in Tunbridge Wells, Pounds 367,000; and Hills Road sixth form college in Cambridge, Pounds 7,000.

The deadline for applications to 바카라사이트 charities board is August 1.