Raj and Manish Suchak, of Coldean Convenience in Brighton, won one of the two national prizes in Local Retail Champions 2024.
National Lottery operator Allwyn is urging retailers to get involved in its Local Retail Champions 2025 awards before nominations close this Sunday (19 October) at midnight.
More than 670 National Lottery retailers have already been nominated across the national and regional award categories – a 10% increase compared to the same point last year.
However, there’s still time for other community-minded shopkeepers to join them. They can encourage their customers to visit www.tnllocalretailchampions.co.uk to share why their local store goes above and beyond for their community.
Meanwhile, Allwyn reports that entries have been flooding in for the new Innovation Awards, with over 270 retailers already submitting their creative ideas about how they would celebrate and bring to life Good Causes in-store. To enter, retailers simply need to visit www.TNLPartners.co.uk and submit their idea.
Some examples of ideas about how to bring Good Causes to life include: a retailer painting a community mural on their shop exterior to highlight local Good Causes or hosting a street party celebrating the local community and local Good Causes.
Prizes available in 2025 include two National Winners from customer nominations (£15k cash prize each), 16 customer nominated regional winners (£5k cash prize each) and two self entry Innovation Award Winners (r£2.5k cash prize, plus up to £2.5k to bring their idea to life in-store).
Allwyn’s director of commercial partnerships and retail sales, Alison Acquaye-Acford, said: “We’ve seen an incredible response so far from National Lottery retailers and their customers – and if last year is anything to go by, we expect a final surge in nominations as we approach Sunday’s deadline.
“Retailers can get involved by highlighting the initiative to customers and suggesting they nominate them, or by showcasing their creativity by submitting an idea for the Innovation Awards. We’ve been blown away by some of the customer stories and Good Causes ideas from retailers so far, and we can’t wait to see even more!”
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