Winning the lottery is something many of us dream of, but for one group of people from Wales it is a reality. A group of 20 winners with a combined wealth of £15million keep in touch, regularly meet up, and have a shared goal of using their winnings to help others.
During lockdown they took part in various fundraising events for a Welsh hospice, supported a Welsh pet food bank, and this week they combined forces again to host a glitzy Easter afternoon tea and dance for members of local Cardiff community group Elderfit, to welcome spring and celebrate the return of live dance sessions after the constraints of the last two years.
The setting was appropriate as the team of millionares' chose Cardiff's Coal Exchange for the nostalgic dance, as it’s where the first million pound deal in history was struck and where the first million pound cheque was signed – way back in 1907, before the coal exporting Cardiff Docks were revitalised to become Cardiff Bay. Read a story of the controversial skatepark finally set to go ahead thanks to a lottery windfall.
