CUSTOMER SCRATCHCARD SALES SUPPORT CHARITY DONATION

Ryanair, Europe’s no. 1 airline recently (05 June) donated €40,000 to its charity partner, Fundação do Gil, in support of the organisation’s invaluable work with children. Ryanair has been proudly working with Fundação do Gil through its scratch card programme since 2018 and with the support of its generous customers has so far raised €105,000 for the foundation.

Ryanair’s scratch card programme has proven very popular among its Portuguese customers, giving passengers the chance to win amazing prizes including luxury cars and cash prizes as well as a chance to scoop €1m in Ryanair’s annual ‘Win a Mill’ event held at the airline’s HQ in Dublin, Ireland.

Having first launched its charity scratch card programme in 2009, Ryanair has raised a grand total of €1.6m for charities throughout Europe to date.

Speaking of Ryanair’s support of Fundação do Gil, Ryanair’s Director of Marketing, Dara Brady said:

“It is a great honour to be presenting Fundação do Gil with this €40,000 donation, which represents the contributions of our generous customers both here in Portugal and across Europe throughout the past year.

Having partnered with Fundação do Gil since 2018, and raising €105,000 throughout that time, we have a strong connection to this charity and our crews are hugely passionate about supporting the incredible work that they carry out in Portugal.

Through our scratch card programme, Ryanair has contributed over €1.6m to charities across Europe and we want to say a special thank you to all our customers who purchased a charity scratch card on board a Ryanair flight, helping both Fundação do Gil and a range of other deserving charities across Europe. We look forward to continuing our scratch card programme and supporting even more charities throughout 2023 and beyond.”

Patricia Boura, Executive President of Fundação do Gil added:

“We would like to thank the entire Ryanair team who have sold scratch cards on board since 2018, thus allowing us to support so many children in the Paediatric Home Care Project. With this project, we have taken 22 trips around the world, in a partnership with 6 public Portuguese hospitals. We took the hospital to the home of 6,126 children with chronic diseases, amounting to over 25,301 total visits, in 56 counties and 13 districts. Your support has been instrumental in ensuring the maintenance of this project and the support of all children who benefit from it. Thank you very much!”