Accrington Web - View Single Post - Have you ever wondered where the lottery money goes? Good causes, right?

Busman747 · 07-04-2005, 23:19

Just a little anecdote......

A few years back while working for a coach firm in Beds, I had regular tours of 5 days or more taking local outdoors bowls teams to visit various areas on the east and south coast where they visited a different "bowls green" every day. In all, I would estimate that I have visited well over 40 different venues AND IN EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM is a plaque praising the lottery fund for its help in building a new club house/greens etc!

You do not have to be wealthy to be a member of a bowls club...but it certainly helps. The majority of people I met were certainly middle class (Ooh, can I say that now ) most were retired and generally, there was a sense of being snobbish amonst them!

It struck me then that these people all managed to get huge grants for their clubs but in the main, they could afford to support their club themselves without the help of the Lottery.

I have visited other sport venues such as Football/Rugby clubs that survive in decrepid buildings that manage without finance from the lottery despite their members not being wealthy retired bank managers or solicitors...

Something is wrong somewhere........

07-04-2005, 23:19	#21
Busman747 Always EVIL within us Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Accrington Posts: 1,568 Blog Entries: 4 Liked: 40 times Rep Power: 1670	Re: Have you ever wondered where the lottery money goes? Good causes, right? Just a little anecdote...... A few years back while working for a coach firm in Beds, I had regular tours of 5 days or more taking local outdoors bowls teams to visit various areas on the east and south coast where they visited a different "bowls green" every day. In all, I would estimate that I have visited well over 40 different venues AND IN EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM is a plaque praising the lottery fund for its help in building a new club house/greens etc! You do not have to be wealthy to be a member of a bowls club...but it certainly helps. The majority of people I met were certainly middle class (Ooh, can I say that now ) most were retired and generally, there was a sense of being snobbish amonst them! It struck me then that these people all managed to get huge grants for their clubs but in the main, they could afford to support their club themselves without the help of the Lottery. I have visited other sport venues such as Football/Rugby clubs that survive in decrepid buildings that manage without finance from the lottery despite their members not being wealthy retired bank managers or solicitors... Something is wrong somewhere........ __________________ Pray that there is intelligent life somewhere up in space, 'Cause there's Bu""er all down here on Earth - (Eric Idle)