Win a House
PRESS RELEASE
Issued by the Board of Suicide Reduction Trust
It is with regret that the Board has made the decision to cancel the first Super Raffle to raise funds for the Suicide Reduction Trust. 15,523 tickets were sold (where 100,000 was required to raise any funds).
The Board considers the prize, ticket price and cause were all strong, but there was a very low level of awareness in Aotearoa that the raffle was even taking place.
Everyone who has purchased a ticket will be refunded automatically through Stripe (with the exception of one person that paid in cash and one that paid by bank transfer. These people will be refunded in the same way they paid).
It had been the Board’s intention to invite people to make a “donation” with their refund, but given the level of hostility to yesterday’s protest, and to prove the Trust was never in this for the money, we will not be making this suggestion in our communication to raffle ticket purchasers.
SRT has created 5 strong initiatives (published on our website) that we think will make a significant impact on the suicide rates in New Zealand. Given we have not been able to raise funds via this raffle, and have suffered a $650,000.00 loss from the spend on marketing, the Board is going to have to take some time to consider how it might go about funding these initiatives for the benefit of the country.
There has been an excessive number of positive messages and shared personal experiences on our raffle ticket platform and we thank all raffle ticket purchasers for these messages of support. You kept us going in a time of extreme adversity. We will let you know if and when we are able to re-group and continue to add value to this most serious problem within our country.
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Like all charities raising money to fulfil our charitable purpose is hard.
You can Donate here (all donations graciously accepted and tax deductible to you).
One of our initiatives to help fund this important cause is to raffle quality homes. Please support us by purchasing a ticket in one of our raffles below (and tell all of your friends):
Each raffle consists of ONE first prize including everything
A quality brand new family home valued at over $2m (or the cash equivalent if you prefer)
A 2024 white Tesla Model 3 (valued at $65,900.00)
Brand new furniture (from a store of your choice) to the value of $50,000.00 (or the cash equivalent if you prefer)
Rates and insurance for 12 months (to a value of $7,500.00)
Free legal costs to convey the home into your name
A surprise special bonus prize
