The Executive Director Organisational Development and Corporate Services submitted a report which proposed the set-up of an Oxford lottery to raise resources for the voluntary and community sector in Oxford in light of the growing need to raise money for good causes within the city.

Councillor Susan Brown, Board Member for Customer and Corporate Services, presented the report.

The Board noted that the lottery required the grant of a licence from the Gambling Commission.

They asked that if the survey was repeated it should include a question asking if there was support for the principle of a lottery.

The City Executive Board resolved to:

1.    Agree to set up an Oxford lottery to raise money for good causes within the city in accordance with the provisions of this report;

2.    Delegate authority to the Executive Director for Organisational Development and Corporate Services, the arrangements to establish the lottery.

The Executive Director for Organisational Development and Corporate Services submitted a report which proposed to set up an Oxford Lottery to ease growing demand on the Council’s open and small grants programmes.

Councillor Brown, Board member for Customer and Corporate Services presented the report.

The City Executive Board resolved to:

1.    Request that the Executive Director for Organisational Development and Corporate Services bring a further report to City Executive Board following soft market testing for an External Lottery Manager and engagement with the voluntary and community sector to understand the appetite for and implications of setting up the lottery.