Registered charity 1050821
Great love, practised quietly — relief, care and education for people in hardship.
Tzu Chi UK volunteers bring disaster relief, medical aid, education and environmental care to communities at home and overseas. Our new charity lottery is a gentle way to fund that work, week by week.
Buddhist Compassion Relief Tzu-Chi Foundation Limited· Registered charity in England and Wales no. 1050821
Registered with the Fundraising Regulator
Four programmes, one principle: help arrives in person
Every programme is delivered by trained volunteers who stay with the people they help — from the first hot meal after a flood to the last term of a bursary.
Disaster relief
Rapid, dignified help after floods, fires and emergencies — hot meals, emergency cash relief and a volunteer who stays until the household is back on its feet.
1,200+ households supported
Read about disaster reliefMedical aid
Community health outreach, support for patients facing hardship, and medical supplies for services under pressure at home and overseas.
340 clinic sessions funded
Read about medical aidEducation
Bursaries, school partnerships and humanistic culture classes that help young people learn with kindness and confidence.
85 bursaries awarded
Read about educationEnvironment
Recycling projects, plant-based community kitchens and practical climate action led by local volunteers.
40 tonnes recycled
Read about environmentMeasured in visits, meals and school terms
A snapshot of the past year of the charity's work across the UK — the quiet arithmetic of many small gifts, given steadily.
- 300+
- volunteers across the UK
- 12,000+
- hot meals served after emergencies
- 850
- families supported this year
- 60+
- countries reached by the global Tzu Chi network
A pound a week, most of it doing good
Every £1 entry supports our relief work — at least 60p in every pound goes straight to the programmes. The draw is every Friday at 12 noon.
Choose your numbers
Pick 4 numbers from 1–30, or take a lucky dip.
The draw takes place
Every Friday at 12 noon. Results published the same day.
Winners are told directly
By email, privately. The top example prize is £2,500 — odds 1 in 27,405.
Real draws, published quietly
Winners are shown with initials and town only — identities stay private. The rows below are illustrative samples until the first real draw.
M. L., Manchester
£2,500 · 24 July 2026
S. A., Cardiff
£100 · 24 July 2026
J. K., London
£10 · 24 July 2026
From thirty housewives and a bamboo bank
Tzu Chi began in 1966 when Dharma Master Cheng Yen asked thirty followers to save a few coins a day for families in need. Sixty years on, that habit of small, steady giving is exactly what our lottery continues.
Hear where the money goes
One considered email a quarter: the draws, the programmes funded and the people helped.