9 days to go before YOU could win £10,000 (while helping dogs and kids!)

On Sunday 6th September you could win a credit-crunch busting £10,000. And whether you win or not, you'll be helping dogs and children across the UK.

That Sunday the Great British Duck Race takes place, and Dogs Trust is taking part. Each duck you adopt costs just £2, half of which goes to Dogs Trust and the other half to the chosen main charity, the NSPCC. However, if you adopt enough ducks, we'll start getting the whole £2 from those later ducks.

If your duck wins the race, you're in line for a fabulous £10,000 prize. Thirty runners up get further prizes and if you adopt a duck now you'll be in time for August's prize draw, too. So far six lucky racers have been lucky enough to scoop a cash prize in the monthly prize draws.

Just £2.50 is enough to feed a dog in one of our centres for a week, so even by adopting one duck you'll be making a valued contribution to our work.

Good luck - I'll be egging my ducks on down the Thames!