A GROUP of neighbours have hit the jackpot after winning the People’s Postcode Lottery.

The five homeowners, from Coniston Close, Little Lever, have been handed £1,000 each after being drawn as the next winners of the lottery prize.

Each winner will have received a letter or a call yesterday from the Postcode Lottery to tell them they have won.

Offering her congratulations, radio and TV presenter, and lottery ambassador, Judie McCourt said: “Congratulations to our Little Lever winners.

“I hope they enjoy spending their prize money. Sign up now and you could be winning next.”

Residents can sign up for the lottery scheme for £10 each month and a minimum of 32% of each subscription fee is then donated to charities. Among the charities supported are the Red Cross, the National Trust and Oxfam.

So far, the People’s Postcode Lottery has raise around £340 million for good causes in the UK and internationally.

For more information on the scheme, visit www.postcodelottery.co.uk or search for the People’s Postcode Lottery on Facebook or Twitter.