£1,000 winner Mike Galley with his two daughters, both pupils at Frances Bardsley Academy for Girls in Romford: Sophie, age 12 (L) and Louise, age 14 (R)

Rise Park man Mike Galley nets £1,000 in St Francis Hospice, Havering-atte-Bower, weekly lottery

Ramzy Alwakeel, Reporter Wednesday, January 16, 2013
11:45 AM

Rise Park railway worker Mike Galley is on track for a summer holiday in Crete after winning £1,000.

Mike, who works on the Docklands Light Railway in Poplar, Tower Hamlets, scooped the prize in last week’s St Francis Hospice lottery draw.

The 48-year-old said: “It was a lovely surprise to win, especially just after Christmas. As we didn’t get a chance to get away last summer we’ll use the money towards a family holiday in Crete this summer.

“It’s such a small amount, just £1 a week, to play that you don’t even notice it.”

To sign up to the lottery – which dishes out a £1,000 first prize every week, as well as a rollover second prize, and 10 third prizes of £10 each – go to www.sfh.org.uk or call 01708 771433.

You can also buy a lottery gift voucher as a present from any St Francis Hospice shop.

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