The BDA Benevolent Fund congratulated WD Cummins, of Norfolk, on winning the £6,000 first prize in the BDA Benevolent Fund's Christmas Draw. The Fund offers help to dentists and their families in times of need, whether their problems are short term or demand long term assistance. Calls are made on the Fund by dentists in financial difficulty as a result of illness, stress, alcoholism, drug addiction, old age, bereavement, marriage breakdown or any of the other accidents of life. The Fund relies heavily on fundraising events like the Christmas Draw, which are vital to sustain it in its work. This year's Christmas Draw was organised by Mavis Phipps, a community dentist from Kent, and the event raised an astonishing £37,200.