Complaints and Disputes Procedure
St Leonard’s Hospice will:
a) Provide this Complaints and Disputes Procedure to a potential or actual customer (“the customer”) via the St
Leonard’s Hospice website www.stleonardshospice.org.uk, or by other appropriate means, upon request and
following receipt of a customer complaint.
b) Handle all complaints in accordance with this Complaints and Disputes Procedure.
c) Advise the Gambling Commission on the status of all disputes that are referred to the Promoter (see below).
The Complaints and Disputes Procedure is outlined as follows:
Stage One
In the event that a customer has encountered a problem or has a concern to raise in respect of the Lottery, then St. Leonard’s Hospice will in the first instance advise the customer to contact the Lottery Office.
Any problems or concerns that are brought to the Lottery Office’s attention will be formally recorded within the Complaints Log, initially as an ‘incident’, for St. Leonard’s Hospice future analysis and Gambling Commission reporting purposes.
We aim to respond as soon as possible, but normally within five days. If the investigation of the complaint is likely to take longer than five days, we will write to you to let you know the proposed timescales and next steps, aiming to resolve your complaint within a maximum of 30 days.
We will investigate your complaint involving relevant parties as necessary.
We will contact you to let you know the outcome of your complaint and any actions we have taken as a result of this.
Stage Two
If you are unhappy with the resolution of your complaint, you should put your complaint in writing James Wainwright, St Leonard’s Hospice, 185 Tadcaster Road, York YO24 1GL.
The matter will be escalated to a ‘dispute’, if applicable.
You will then be sent an acknowledgement of your complaint in writing, within 48 hours of us receiving it and an investigation of your complaint will then begin.
Every effort will be made to complete this investigation within 7 days of receipt. We will then contact you with our findings, recommendations and proposed actions.
Stage Three
If you are still not satisfied, we will refer your complaint / dispute to the, free to access Independent Betting Adjudication Service (www.ibas-uk.com) within two months of our decision.
IBAS will act as an impartial adjudicator after the complaint/dispute has been through both of the above stages of our own internal dispute procedure and a deadlock still exists.
An IBAS panel of experts will apply their specialist knowledge to the facts and adjudicate by reference to our own terms and conditions.
St Leonard’s Hospice is licensed and regulated in Great Britain by the Gambling Commission under account number 5208. www.gamblingcommission.gov.uk. Must be 18 or over to play. Underage gambling is an offence. £1 per entry. Promoter: St Leonard’s Hospice 185 Tadcaster Road, York, Y024 1GL. Responsible Person: James Wainwright. Registered Charity No. 509294. All proceeds to St Leonard’s Hospice. Full terms & conditions can be obtained from the Lottery Office, at the Hospice address above or clicking here.
In 2022, £393,517 was raised from ticket sales in our St Leonard's Hospice Lottery and seasonal Bumper Draws, with 9.37% spent on prizes, 39.86% on expenses and 50.77% being used to fund the work of St Leonard's Hospice*. This translated into a fantastic £199,786.
*Based on the Lottery Submissions made by St Leonard's Hospice to the Gambling Commission, during the 2022 calendar year.
In 2022, the likelihood of winning a prize was, on average, 1 in 231 in our regular Lottery and 1 in 378 in our seasonal Bumper Draws.
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