Complaints and disputes
This complaints and disputes procedure is for use in the case of a complaint relating to the management of our weekly lottery. For complaints relating to data protection, our Fundraising communications or approach, or any other matters, please email feed_back@alzheimers.org.uk.
Alzheimer's Society will:
- Make this Complaints and Disputes Procedure available to a potential or actual customer (“the customer”) via the Alzheimer's Society website alzheimers.org.uk, or upon request
- Handle all complaints in accordance with this Complaints and Disputes Procedure
- 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:
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In the event that a customer has encountered a problem or has a concern to raise in respect of the Lottery, then Alzheimer's Society will in the first instance advise the customer to contact the Lottery Office, details of which will be provided promptly on request. |
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Any problems or concerns that are brought to the Lottery Office's attention will be formally recorded within the Lottery Complaints Log, initially as an ‘incident’, for Alzheimer's Society's future analysis and Gambling Commission reporting purposes. |
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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. |
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We will investigate your complaint involving relevant parties as necessary. |
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We will contact you to let you know the outcome of your complaint and any actions we have taken as a result of this. |
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If you are unhappy with the resolution of your complaint, you should put your complaint in writing to Alzheimer’s Society Suite 2, 1st Floor, East Wing, Plumer House, Tailyour Road, Plymouth, PL6 5DH. |
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The matter will be escalated to a ‘dispute’, if applicable. |
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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. |
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Every effort will be made to complete this investigation within 7 days of receipt. |
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We will then contact you with our findings, recommendations and proposed actions. |
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Stage 3 |
If you are still not satisfied, we will refer you to the Independent Betting Adjudication Service IBAS (www.ibas-uk.com) within two months of our decision. |
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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. |
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An IBAS panel of experts will apply their specialist knowledge to the facts and adjudicate by reference to our own terms and conditions. |
Alzheimer's Society is licensed and regulated in Great Britain by the Gambling Commission under account number 34971.
Website:www.gamblingcommission.gov.uk.
Promoter: Alzheimer's Society, 43-44 Crutched Friars, London, EC3N 2AE. Responsible Person: Alex Hyde-Smith.
£1 per entry. Must be 18 or over to play. Underage gambling is an offence. All proceeds to Alzheimer's Society.
Full terms and conditions are available here.
In 2023 £3,495,785 was raised from ticket sales in our Big Win Lotteries and Big Win Super Draws, with 5.17% spent on prizes, 74.75% was re-invested into growing our lottery programme so it can raise even more for good causes in the future, and 20.08% being used to fund the work of the Alzheimer's Society (based on the Lottery Submissions made by Alzheimer's Society to the Gambling Commission, during the 2023 calendar year). This translated to a fantastic £701,987.47!
In 2023, the likelihood of winning a prize was, on average, 1 in 257 in our regular Big Win Lotteries and 1 in 449 in our Quarterly Big Win Super draws.
Profits from the Alzheimer’s Society Big Win Lottery may fund grants for research projects that are relevant to people affect by dementia and fit within our funding remit that is organised into two streams: Biomedical research and Care, Implementation and public health research. Information on how grants are awarded can be found at https://www.alzheimers.org.uk/research/researchers/our-funding-schemes.
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