A LOTTERY winner who gave away almost £60million to charity says Dolly Parton inspired her generosity.
Frances Connolly says she’s given away half of her huge £115m EuroMillions jackpot prize since winning with her husband in 2019.
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Mrs Connolly was a social worker and teacher before the life changing win and felt inspired to help those in need by the kindness of the late country singer Dolly Parton.
After Parton’s death, many said they believe she could’ve been a billionaire if she hadn’t given away so much of her wealth to good causes.
Frances and Paddy estimate they have given away half of their lottery winnings over the years and even set up a charitable trust to support good causes.
Frances said: “If your ambition is to be the richest person in the world and be influencing presidents, then you need to keep all your money, or you need to keep a lot of your money.
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“But I don’t know anybody who doesn’t share something.
“I think it’s in mankind to share when you get to a level where you’ve got enough.
“’Enough’ is a different level for everybody.
“Maybe if we had been younger I’d have kept more, maybe you’d be a bit more nervous about how much you could give away, but unless I intended to live forever – I was 50-whatever when I won it – so even being generous, I was well over half-way through.”
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In honour of the grandmother of three’s 60th birthday, seven athletes will compete in a series of gruelling challenges to raise money for the couple’s charity trust.
The couple’s trust has bought respite caravans so young carers can take a proper break, funded loneliness projects and digital tech for older people, delivered emergency food parcels, and put defibrillators into local sports clubs.