IT will be party time in Bexleyheath when Greenwich and Bexley Cottage Hospice celebrates the first birthday of its lottery.

Between July 29 and July 31 in the Broadway shopping centre there will be a giant birthday cake, balloons, party games and goodies.

And anyone who buys a hospice lottery ticket from July 20 to August 2 will also be entered in a draw to win a chocolate hamper and a bottle of bubbly.

Anyone aged over 16 can sign up to the weekly draw at £2 a week, for a top prize of £1,000.

Total prize money is £1,500 shared between 40 winners.

People can also buy single tickets from hospice shops.

The lottery helps towards the £16,500 a day it costs to run the hospice and its services.