Executive Summary

Charity funding crisis
People in Northern Ireland are seven times more likely to say that NI charities don’t have enough funding (57%) than say they have more than enough (8%)

Appetite for law change
Seven in ten (69%) say the law should be changed to allow GB Charity Lotteries to operate in Northern Ireland, more than four times as many as want to keep the law as it is

Lotteries seen as solution
Three in five people in Northern Ireland think allowing more charity lotteries would help address funding pressures facing local charities

Support across all 11 councils
A majority back changes in the law across age groups, genders and all eleven council areas across Northern Ireland

Strong public support for PPL
Eight in ten (79%) of people in Northern Ireland say that the People’s Postcode Lottery should be allowed to operate in Northern Ireland

Cross-party consensus
Support for allowing charity lotteries like the People’s Postcode Lottery spans across political parties with at least two thirds of voters from all parties supporting