When will it all end?

We often get asked ‘When are the raffles ending?’ This is a question we’ve struggled to answer. We apologise now to anyone who has been confused by the estimated 14 days left displayed on the website. It says this because the timer is based on the frequency of ticket sales, if sales aren’t frequent enough it automatically states 14 days. Soon a less confusing system for everyone will be in place.

However! The end is in sight! I can exclusively reveal ALL raffles will end by the 18th September latest, regardless of how many entrants there are. This means there is a really high chance of winning on some of the raffles, especially those where not many tickets have sold!

So please, accept our apologies for the confusion, and take solace in that soon that amazing Gucci handbag or pair of Jimmy Choo’s could be yours.

Why so long?

Why so long to wait?

To make the Mothers4Children Raffle event as successful as possible we want to have loads of individual raffles running. These will be donations from celebrities, designers, brands and retailers, all rallying to support Mothers4Children. Some of the prizes will be completely unique, others aspiration items we’d all love to own.

To organise this takes time. Added to the donations we also need to ensure there are great and relevent reward vouchers in place for every player and again this is no small challenge.

Friday was the official anouncement of our partnership with Mothers4Children and we have given ourselves until the end of May to pull all raffles and rewards together. In the meantime we have dedicated Raffle.it to Mothers4Children to encourage lots more donations.

Make sure you get your name down for our invite only head start by registering at Raffle.it now.

Also if you are on Twitter follow @raffleit and send us the number you believe will be the lowest that no one of 499 other followers tweeted.

The Power of Love

So it’s official, we’ve taken Raffle.it on holiday in preparation for an incredible re-launch in June. We have partnered with the new charity, Mothers4Children.org to help them with their fund raising efforts.

The board of Mothers4Children are an inspiring bunch, Lisa Bilton, Yasmin Le Bon, Natalie Massenet, Trinny Woodall and Anya Hindmarsh. Between them they have created a charity that is set to improve the lives of many neglected children in the UK and Europe.

Lisa recognised that Raffle.it provides a perfect solution for charities trying to fund raise in this tough economic climate. As opposed to relying on auctions and the ever diminishing group of deep pocketed individuals, Raffle.it appeals to everyone by only requiring a tiny financial commitment.

To celebrate the launch of Mothers4Children, the girls organised an incredible lunch at The Mayfair Hotel for 200 of their closest friends. And we got to go along and explain how Raffle.it works.

I’ll add the video of Yasmin attempting to explain how our raffles differ from traditional raffles and how we got on with our biggest live raffle to date as soon as it becomes available.

On a serious note though Mothers4Children.org isn’t just for Mothers to help. I’m a Dad, most of the Raffle.it team are dads, uncles or big brothers and what we all take for granted is love. This is what is missing for most of the children Lisa and co are trying to help.

The cuddles I receive from my children on arriving home have almost magical properties, a sense of relief flooding over us and the weight of the day being lifted away. I can’t imagine what it would be like not to get these hugs. Money can’t buy love, but if we raise enough we’ll be able to help Lisa provide the support network and education required to help show many more children what it feels like to be loved.

If you’ve got something you’d like to donate for the Mothers4Children Raffle please complete this form and we’ll be in touch.

If you haven’t yet registered at Raffle.it, do it now. You’ll get early access to the raffles meaning you won’t miss out on the most popular unique gifts currently being pledged.

And if you’re on Twitter follow us @raffleit. We’ll mostly be tweeting the prizes being pledged but we’re also going to be running a cute Twitter Raffle, more on that in another post.