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Nominations open for three charities to appear in Lancaster Monopoly game

Councillor Joyce Pritchard, mayor of Lancaster, Mr Monopoly and Ella Gibbs from Winning Moves UK

Nominations have opened to find three local charities to appear in the new Lancaster edition of Monopoly.

The trio of charities will get to star on each of the game’s three Community Chest spaces when the new game is released in October.

Earlier this month it was announced that the city is getting its very own official version of the world’s most popular property board game.

At the time the public was invited to send in general suggestions for landmarks and organisations to feature in the game. 

It has now been revealed that more than 30 Lancaster landmarks and favourites will be showcased in the game.

Hugely popular throughout the two-week public consultation process were The Dukes (pictured below), the Ashton Memorial and Lancaster Castle.

Nominations for this have now closed, but are reopening for a fortnight specifically for nominations for three charities to come on board.

The public can nominate, and a charity can nominate themselves.

To qualify and be in the running to be selected, the charities have to be Lancaster-focused and be official charities. 

"We would like to formally thank each and every person who has sent in nominations so far and as our way of a big thank you, three Lancaster charities will now get to star in the game," said Ella Gibbs from Winning Moves UK, who are producing the game.

"We feel that charities getting to feature on all of the game’s three Community Chest spaces is a great fit, bearing in mind the ‘community’ aspect of these unique MONOPOLY features.”

The sets will be themed in genres. From heritage to tourism, the arts to leisure, shopping to sport – and lots more, including a ‘travel’ set made up of the four MONOPOLY train stations because Lancaster doesn’t have a multitude of main line stations to select from like in the classic London original.

You can make your charity suggestions by either emailing lancaster@winningmoves.co.uk or via the official Lancaster MONOPOLY Facebook page. Suggestions are invited from today until 11.59pm on March 7.

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