The draw has taken place and the winner has been chosen!

​After all costs and charitable donations  have been taken out, the remaining funds will go to the Eco Village Development Company CIC, which is a Community Interest Company  that, by law, must use its funds for community benefit.  It is set up with the aim of creating affordable, sustainable housing for all. For further details go to: www.ecovillagedev.com

Ruth’s passion and work for the past 8 years in France has been in planning affordable ecological housing and permaculture living environments. Having now moved back to the UK to be nearer her children and run her business in Cornwall, she sought the best way to continue this work.

The idea of raising funds via this competition to win her chateau seemed like the perfect solution.

It will not only benefit homeless people directly, helping to provide more emergency beds and long term support for the most vulnerable, it will also help tackle two of the biggest problems we face in society today – lack of affordable housing and the destruction of the environment.

These funds will springboard the creation of exciting new possibilities for those who are most in need in society and for living in harmony with the natural world.

This project was started by Ruth and it is a heartfelt cause to raise funds to help homeless people and to create affordable housing. Ruth is a lifelong believer and practitioner of using her privilege, skills and experience to benefit those who are in need. As Bishop Michael Curry declared at Harry and Meghan’s wedding: “There’s power in love. Don’t underestimate it. Don’t even over-sentimentalise. There is power, power in love.”

The odds of winning the national lottery are approximately 1 in 14 million. If you answer the competition questions right, you will have a 1 in 500,000 chance to win (that’s if everyone else gets the question correct too!). So, assuming that a significant proportion of people will not get the questions right, the odds are much better than winning the national lottery, as only correct answers get entered into the draw. ​

A charity of the winner’s choosing will receive 5% of the net ticket income.
This must be a bone fide registered not-for-profit organisation.
After all costs and charitable donations have been taken out, the remaining funds will go to The Eco Village Development Company CIC. This is a community interest company. Its aim is to create affordable, sustainable housing for all. It is ‘asset-locked’ and is obliged by law to utilise all funds received for the benefit of the community.
For further details go to  www.ecovillagedev.com

Just click the “Get Your Ticket” button on the top of the page or click here!

There is a limit of 10,000 tickets per person per entry.

Due to limitations with the competition provider, if you enter more than once, and you wish to choose different answers, you will need to use a different email address each time  you enter.

Yes. This Competition is open to individuals outside of the UK.

Non UK Entrants must ensure that they do not contravene any laws of their country of residence.

The Promoter will not be liable in any way if an Entrant enters the Competition unlawfully. Failure to do so will result in automatic disqualification from the competition.

This Competition is open only to individuals aged 18+ years.

Any person who has entered the Competition and who is found to be under 18 years of age will automatically forfeit any prize. The Promoter reserves the right to require proof of identity and age. ​

The Prize is the Chateau de Cautine in France which includes; the Chateau itself (there are 9 bedrooms and 4 bathrooms, a large elegant dining room and living room with open fireplaces, and a farmhouse kitchen equipped for 20), with attached land holding of 12.5 hectares of fields and woods and its own stream, a 12 x 7 metre outdoor swimming pool, all the contents and furniture (it is fully furnished with original antiques).  Plus a three-bedroom cottage, two wells, two barns, a ‘going-concern’ business which has been generating an average of £25-£30k a year and all gardening implements.

The prize also includes the services of a caretaker for the first year.

In addition there will  be £28000 cash which can be used by the winner to cover household expenses (such as council taxes, energy, water, insurance and internet).  ​An alternative cash prize of £1 million can be chosen if the winner prefers​.

In the event that less than 350,000 paid entries are received by the Closing Date, the Prize will be a cash alternative which will be as follows;

• If 100,000 tickets, or less, are sold then a Cash Prize of 10% of total ticket payments received will be awarded to the winner;
• If less 350,000 tickets but more than 100,000 tickets are sold then a Cash Prize of £100,000 will be awarded to the winner

No. This is a competition, with skill required to answer the questions.

Only by purchasing a ticket and answering the questions correctly, will you be entered into the draw.

The organisers have carefully applied the Gambling Commission’s statutory guidance and obtained specialist legal advice to ensure compliance with the law.

Within fourteen (14) days of the end of the Promotion Period, the winning Entry will be selected in accordance with our Terms and Conditions from all valid and eligible Entries.

The winners will picked at random by a computer using an algorithm by an independent company.

The winners will be notified by phone/email/post within 14 days of the draw. If there is no response, then two further attempts at communication will be tried.

If 10 working days after the notification has been sent, no response has been received, the prize will be re-allocated.

Yes, of course! But only once the property is legally transferred to the winner of the Chateau.​

There will be a cash alternative of £1,000,000 if the chateau winner decides they would rather have the money.