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12 STRANGERS A BIG POT OF MONEY AND A BIG DECISION WHAT HAPPENS WHEN A RANDOM GROUP OF PEOPLE ARE ASKED TO SPEND £100,000 ON A GOOD CAUSE?

A group of people, 12 complete strangers of different ages, races, religions and backgrounds are sitting around a large rectangular table in Liverpool’s historic community building The Florrie. Despite each living at an address with an L8 postcode, they have nothing in common.

Except that a few weeks ago, each received a letter informing them they had been randomly selected to take part in a project that will challenge them to think about who the most needy are in our society, who have the most potential to do good, and who are the most deserving of help.

The key question they will have to decide upon is very simple: What to

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