A fortnight ago, Ian Garrick won a £1.15 million house in Cheadle Hulme, Greater Manchester, after paying £10 for 15 entries in a raffle raising money for the Teenage Cancer Trust. Four years off retirement, Ian, a 56-year-old civil servant from Mablethorpe in Lincolnshire, entered the competition on a whim after seeing a Facebook advert. He lost his wife, Julie, to breast cancer five years ago, so an added bonus was the ability to support a cancer charity through the raffle. Ian plans to sell the four-bedroom house so he can make a fresh start with his three sons in a bigger place nearer to home. “A new house and new experience is exactly what we need,” he says.

Source: The Times December 04, 2020 00:00 UTC