Hospice Lotteries Association Officers

Garth Caswell - Chair

Garth Caswell is the Commercial Manager at Ty Hafan Children's Hospice in Barry, South Wales responsible for a chain of 16 charity shops and the lottery. He joined the HLA in 2002 and became Chair in December 2004.

Ty Hafan lottery has over 36,500 members, 17,500 of them cash collections,and started in 1998.

Garth is also a Director of the Lotteries Council and represents
the HLA on Income Generation Reference Group (IGRG previously PROMARK) of Help the Hospices.

cmartindale@khhospice.org.uk

Colin Martindale -Treasurer

Colin is Lottery Manager/Promoter at Katharine House Hospice in Stafford. He started up their lottery back in 1997, and they have around 10,000 regular players made up of 70% who pay direct and 30% who pay at the door. They hold an annual Christmas Special draw called the Snowball and sell one-off tickets throughout the year from 2 portable lottery kiosks.

Katharine House has been a member of the HLA since its formation, and Colin has been the Association's first and only Treasurer to date.

Gill Shaw - Secretary

Gill Shaw is the Fundraising Manager at Rotherham Hospice and started there in January 2008. She was previously Head of Fundraising at Dove House Hospice in Hull.

To contact Gill either write to:

HLA Secretary, Mrs Gill Shaw, Rotherham Hospice, Broom Road, Rotherham, S60 2SW

or telephone her on: 01709 308919 or fax: 01709 820413