Public Want Lottery Independence, Says New Poll

The public want to see the National Lottery remain independent from the Government, according to the National Council for Voluntary Organisations (NCVO). Research from a recent ICM poll commissioned by NCVO, showed that 73% of those surveyed believed that an independent public body should decide on where and how money is spent. The findings also indicated that there is currently a lack of clarity as to what type of organisations actually benefit from lottery funding. Most respondents thought that charities which help asylum seekers received as much money as those that help the disabled and the elderly, when in fact they actually received only 2.5% of the £285 million allocated by the Community Fund. The disabled and elderly benefited from 22% and 11% respectively.
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