Northern Stage's Christmas Charity Raffle 2025
About our Christmas charity raffle
Win an array of amazing prizes whilst supporting a great cause this festive season.
To be in with a chance of winning, all you need to do is purchase a raffle ticket online. Charity raffle tickets are £3 each and you can buy more than one to increase your chances of scoring a prize!
The proceeds from each charity raffle ticket sold will help fund Northern Stage’s Pay It Forward appeal. This scheme helps us offer free or heavily subsidised theatre tickets, workshop places and bursaries for children, young people, and community groups who may not otherwise be able to take part in the arts. So, whether you win one of our fabulous prizes or not, your tickets will help us share the gift of theatre.
You can find answers to more questions on our charity raffle below. Terms and conditions apply.
Prizes will be announced later on in 2025.
Last year’s prizes.
How much is it?
Raffle tickets are £3 and you can purchase multiple for more chances of winning one of our fantastic prizes!
How do I get my raffle ticket?
You can purchase raffle tickets online on our merch page: Merchandise | Northern Stage or by calling Box Office on 0191 230 5151 between 12am-4pm Mon-Fri.
Once purchased, you will receive a confirmation email, which confirms your entry to the raffle and will have your order number on (we recommend making a note of this and keeping this email safe as we will announce winning order numbers on this webpage and our socials following the draw). You will also receive a thank you email for your participation.
When will the raffle be drawn?
The winners of the raffle will be randomly selected on 7 Jan 2026. Winners of the draw will be contacted and informed on how to collect their prize from Northern Stage.
How will I know if I’ve won?
Winners will be notified by telephone or email after 7 Jan when the raffle will be drawn. A list of winning order numbers will also be published on this webpage and our socials.
Your order number can be found on your confirmation email.
What do the proceeds go towards?
Northern Stage is the region’s only mid-scale producing theatre, producing and co-producing plays; running talent development programmes; and delivering young people’s projects. But did you know that we are a registered charity?
In the North East, rates of child poverty are some of the highest in the country (North East Child Poverty Commission). Growing up in poverty can have many effects on children’s mental and physical health. It can mean facing barriers to engagement in arts and culture in the North East, as well as difficulty accessing local training and skills development.
The proceeds of our Christmas raffle this year will be supporting our Pay It Forward appeal which helps us to offer free or heavily subsidised tickets to our shows, and workshop places and bursaries to children and young people who may otherwise be unable to attend. Thanks to generous donations from audiences, Members, Supporters, Business Club partners and funders, we raised a massive £27,000 for Pay It Forward in 2024. This year, we’re ambitious to raise even more – and you can help us!
You can donate by purchasing raffle tickets, and by making a donation. You can donate online or at one of our donation stations on your next visit to us.
If you would like to know more about the success of our 2024 appeal, you can check out our blog Pay It Forward Christmas Campaign: A Day in the Life.
T&Cs
- The raffle is open to anyone 18 years or over
- Internet access is required. Tickets must be purchased online on the Northern Stage website at https://northernstage.co.uk/
- To enter: fill in your details as directed on the web page and make the appropriate payment
- Tickets are £3 each and entrants may purchase multiple tickets to enter more than once. Each ticket is one entry and one chance to win
- Competition will close 4 January 2026 at 11.59PM
- Northern Stage will send verification of each ticket purchased to the email address provided by the purchaser
- Northern Stage accepts no responsibility for any entries that are incomplete or unpaid for
- All correctly completed entries will be entered into a prize draw which will take place on 7 January 2026. The winners will be randomly selected.
- The draw will occur at Northern Stage, Barras Bridge, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 7RH by random draw by a Northern Stage staff member in the presence of at least two other witnesses
- The first fifteen entries drawn will be the winners, in the order first drawn wins first prize and so on.
- In the event we receive more prize donations, we may add to the list of available prizes.
- Prizes are subject to availability. In the event of unforeseen circumstances or COVID-19 restrictions, Northern Stage, in collaboration with the prize donors, reserves the right to substitute alternative prizes of equivalent or greater value
- The winners will be notified via telephone or email on 7 January 2026. We will also be announcing the winning order numbers on our Christmas charity raffle webpage and socials.
- The winners must acknowledge their raffle win within ten days of Northern Stage sending notification, to receive their prize voucher. If the prize is not acknowledged after this time, it will lapse and Northern Stage reserves the right to offer the unclaimed prize to a substitute winner selected in accordance with these rules
- The winners must contact the applicable prize donor to arrange the timing of their experience and abide by the terms and conditions of the prize donor. Northern Stage accepts no liability for unclaimed prizes once they have been passed to the winner.
- The Promoter will use any data submitted by entrants only for the purposes of running the raffle. By entering this prize draw, all entrants consent to the use of their personal data by Northern Stage for the purposes of the administration of this prize draw and any other purposes to which the entrant has consented
- Northern Stage may disqualify any entrant whose entry does not comply with these terms and conditions (in Northern Stage’s sole opinion) or who, in Northern Stage’s sole determination, has acted in a manner that is fraudulent, dishonest or unjust to other entrants including, without limitation, tampering with the operation of the prize draw, manipulating ticket sales, hacking, deceiving or cheating • By entering the raffle each entrant agrees to be bound by these terms and conditions
- The promoter is Northern Stage, Barras Bridge, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 7RH • These terms and conditions are governed in accordance with the ACT Government’s Lotteries Act 1964.