National Lottery winner says she has given away half of £115 million jackpot
Frances Connolly says the couple have used their jackpot to back community projects and young athletes through their PFC Trust.
- On Sunday, Frances Connolly launched the '60 for 60 Challenge' at Middlesbrough Velodrome, marking her 60th birthday with a charity venture for her PFC Trust.
- Since winning the £115m EuroMillions jackpot in 2019, the former social worker has donated half of her fortune to community causes in the North East of England.
- Seven athletes are undertaking gruelling challenges including the Great North Run to raise funds, while the trust awarded Hartlepool teenager Lewin Tubuna a £1,000 grant for CrossFit competition.
- Connolly stated she is delighted by community support, noting that despite being a millionaire, she cannot single-handedly cure poverty and relies on hundreds of volunteers daily.
- Inspired by the late Dolly Parton, who gave away vast wealth to causes like child literacy, Connolly explained she finds sharing 'human nature' and sees no point hoarding money.
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Frances Connolly, who won a €134 million lottery jackpot in England, immediately made a list of the people and organizations she would help after becoming a millionaire.
National Lottery winner who gives away £60MILLION of her winnings to charity was inspired by Dolly Parton
National Lottery winner who gives away £60MILLION of her winnings to charity was inspired by Dolly Parton . A National Lottery winner who donated £60million of her winnings to charity has said she was inspired by the late Dolly Parton
Winning a fortune of about £115 million — about R$860 million — in the lottery could completely change a person's life. For Frances Connolly, the transformation was accompanied by a decision: to share part of the prize with other people. Since winning EuroMillions with her husband, Paddy, in 2019, she estimates that she has spent about half of the money on social institutions and projects. One of the inspirations for how she went about dealing w…
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