Paying it forward... with Alvina Appleton

Danni chats with the Flow Happy charity founder about tackling period poverty in London, and how all of us can make a difference.

article body image

The latest episode of our podcast has landed! 

Check out Danni Menzies' chat with the awesome Alvina Appleton, who founded the brilliant Flow Happy charity that has provided sanitary products for over 25,000 girls and women across 13 London boroughs.

The ladies talk about the mission, and despite the serious need for Alvina's efforts, the conversation is as fun as it is inspiring.

 You can find it wherever you get your podcasts. Or just look for it here. Enjoy!

article body image

The Paying It Forward podcast is all about celebrating big and little wins, the happy consequences of attitudes and actions.

It's like the good that you do just by playing any of The Health Lottery's games

No matter what you play, you're contributing to good causes operating locally all over Britain. It doesn't matter if you play The Big Win, All or Nothing, QuickWin or one of our Instant Win games, you're doing a little bit of good!

Please make sure you're playing within your limits and we'll all pay it forward together!

The current society benefitting from funds raised is EWA Health CIC T/A HL East.

The Health Lottery operates on behalf of 6 Community Interest Companies (CICs), managing 6 society lotteries that operate in 12 geographical regions across Great Britain. These exist to help tackle health inequalities in their respective areas. People’s Health Trust (PHT) is an independent charity that assesses grant applications and award funding across the 12 regions. Read about some of the good causes HERE. For information regarding all funded projects or to submit a grant application visit PHT HERE. 20.34% of every lottery draw ticket and online scratchcard purchased is donated to good causes. 36.02% is spent on prizes. 43.64% is spent expenses (actual expenses exceed this figure). Our average annual proceeds from lotteries are £12.5m. The odds of winning The Big Win jackpot are (1 in 2.1m) and the odds of winning any Big Win prize is (1 in 9.7). The odds of winning the All or Nothing jackpot is (1 in 1.35m) and the odds of winning any All or Nothing prize is (1 in 4.5). The odds of winning a QuickWin jackpot is (1 in 2.1m) and the odds of winning any QuickWin prize is (1 in 6). All winning lottery numbers are selected using an approved random number generator (RNG). Click on the links below for full T&Cs and FAQs for each of our games.

Please help us to support vital health causes in your community. Each of the 6 society lotteries is licensed by the Gambling Commission.