A South Shields couple who are raffling their house for charity on Christmas Eve are hoping to give someone a festive miracle after selling more than 40,000 tickets.

A Dublin family is raffling off their suburban apartment at £15 (€17.50) a ticket to help raise money and awareness for mental health charities in Ireland.

My wife and I want to help disabled children experience as much joy as our little girl - that's why we're raffling off our family home, writes Adam Thwaites

Adam and Liz Thwaite are raffling off their three-bedroom home as a prize for just £1 per ticket! They want to raise enough money to fund the wheelchair-accessible facility at Grace House in Sunderland. The aim is to donate £50,000 to the Grace House Charity where Liz works if they manage to sell all 200,000 […]

A couple are raffling their home in a bid to raise funds for a special piece of equipment to children facing difficulties.

A couple are raffling their home in a bid to raise funds for a special piece of equipment to children facing difficulties.

The apartment, located in Lucan, is being raffled off with tickets costing €17.50

The apartment, which is located in Lucan, Dublin, is being raffled off with tickets costing about £14.50, with about 1,000 sold since the launch last week, say organisers

The young couple have had their "dream come true" after finally making it onto the property ladder for less than €100

24-year-old Irish woman Caoimhe Murphy, who recently won an upmarket coastal apartment in County Wicklow in a raffle, described the moment that changed her life forever.Hosted by Alan and Ann Marie Sparks, the raffle raised €23,000 for the Ross Nugent Foundation.