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Anne Skinner, from Worle in Weston-Super-Mare, never imagined that her regular donation to her local children’s hospice could lead to such a big win.

One afternoon, she picked up a phone call she’ll never forget.

"I honestly thought I’d won a tin of biscuits," Anne laughs.

Anne had in fact just won £5,600 in the Children’s Hospice South West Lottery.

A retired nurse, Anne spent many years caring for others at Bristol Eye hospital and the Bristol Royal Infirmary. In her later life, she became a Governor at University Hospitals Bristol. It was there that she met fellow Governor Phil, someone

Ruth Bray from Lincoln won Children’s Hospice South West’s (CHSW) lottery rollover of £5,200 in November.

She told us about her win and what she plans to do with it.

“I was actually in the car travelling to a hospital appointment when I got the call. I didn’t recognise the number, and it was quite the surprise when I was told I had won the money”, said Ruth.

“I am a retired nurse at 50 years, so I decided I would give some of the money to my son and daughter who needed some help with their mortgages.

I’m also going to use some of it for me and my husband to go on holiday. He has just come out

A £1,000 lottery win, enables a mum and daughter to go on their dream trip to New York to celebrate her daughter’s thirtieth birthday.

Local businesswoman, Kim Lahiri, will be jetting off to the Big Apple in March with her daughter after winning £1,000 in the Children’s Hospice South West (CHSW) weekly lottery draw.

Kim, a natural perfumer, skincare and plant extract specialist, from St Austell was totally surprised when she was informed of her big win.

She said: “I was working from home, and I got the call and I said, sorry?

When the cheque did come I thought, this is real! It is in my

A recent £1,000 winner Rob, shares how his lottery win means so much more to him and his family.

What a lovely surprise to hear about my win! I've been a supporter of the hospice since 1994, when my brother-in-law and I walked the coast path from Plymouth to Fremington via Land's End to raise money for the building of Little Bridge House.

From that challenge back in 1994, Rob says that their flag and map case are in the time box buried under the chapel at Little Bridge House, and to win the lottery now feels as if his fundraising efforts and support have come full-circle!

What makes his

Paul and Renate O’Donnell of Wood ‘n’ Things have supported Children’s Hospice South West (CHSW) for 16 years and raised tens of thousands of pounds for the charity. Much to their delight, the couple recently won £1,000 in the charity’s weekly lottery.

The husband and wife from Cleeve first began fundraising for CHSW during the Babe Appeal - the campaign to raise funds to build its Charlton Farm hospice in Wraxall. Renate said, “It was our late neighbour who originally suggested we support CHSW. We looked into it and felt it was a hugely deserving cause.”

Paul & Renate have tirelessly

Children’s Hospice South West’s Little Bridge House received an early Christmas gift on Thursday thanks to a show of generosity from National Lottery winners.

Past winners from across the south of the country spent 24 hours creating a giant ‘gingerbread’ playhouse for children and their families to enjoy.

Armed with plenty of paintbrushes and tools, the winners, with a combined wealth of over £23million, turned a simple wood cabin into the themed house that will be filled with resources.

Allison Ryder