The Village Tote

Mendlesham Community Charity has been running the village Tote for longer than the National Lottery has been around.  Whilst our prizes may not be at the same dizzying heights, it’s fun to belong and, together with the 50/50 shop, has been a regular source of income for the Community Charity funds.  Our funds give financial assistance to village organisations when they need it.

We currently have a membership of 394 whose subs are collected by a wonderful team of 16 volunteers.  Some volunteers have a more challenging ‘patch’ than others as we have always been keen to include households who live in the outlying areas of the Parish.  Irrespective of where in the Parish they live, many members are kind enough to drop their subs through their collector’s door, which makes life much easier.  Even in a rural community, life seems to run at 100 miles an hour sometimes.

Annual subscription costs just £10 and there are four prize winners drawn fortnightly with results printed in the Parish newsletter.

Prizes are £35, £25, £15 and £10 respectively.

Membership of the Tote is open to anyone over the age of 18, and we are always keen to welcome new members. If you are new to the village or have never been part of the Tote before and would like to join, please contact Angela Pickup (Membership Secretary) either by phone, 01449 766483, or email angiepickup@btinternet.com

Let’s keep the fun going for many more years and, as the saying goes ‘you got to be in it to win it!’