The Rugby Football Union have come up with a simple way to raise money for your club this Christmas.
 
The RFU Draw Society Grand Draw is free and will take minimal time in organising ticket sales.
 
Many clubs organise their own draws and raffles, especially at Christmas, but getting prizes, printing tickets and then persuading members to buy them is never easy.
 
The benefit of this scheme is that everything is provided and all your members have to do it to sell the £1 tickets. 75% of the profit from sales goes directly to your club as a tax free donation, the other 25% is to be returned to the RFU.
 
1st prize is £5,000 (donated by Zurich), 2nd Prize is a trip for 2 to the 2004 Emirates Airlines Dubai Sevens (donated by Emirates Airlines) and 3rd-5th prize is a hospitality package for 2 to England v Italy 2005 (donated by the Twickenham Experience) plus many more prizes.
 
The draw will take place on 26th February. All you have to do to start raising money for your club is email grand.draw@therfu.com or 01883 730678.