Robert Downey Jr raises £1.38m for Julia's House with Avengers: Age of Ultron tickets

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Raffle raised £1,388,863 for Dorset-based charity Julia's House
Winner to join Ironman actor for Marvel's Avengers: Age of Ultron premiere
Charity will use cash to build a new hospice in Wiltshire

Published: 14:18 EST, 9 April 2015 | Updated: 15:33 EST, 9 April 2015

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Robert Downey Jr has helped raise more than £1million for a British hospice by raffling off a date with himself to his latest film premiere.

The Ironman actor promised to fly a winner and a friend to Los Angeles to join him on the red carpet for the world premiere of Marvel's Avengers: Age of Ultron.

His offer - which also includes a gown or tuxedo fitting and a helicopter ride - was up for grabs via $10 (£6.80) raffle tickets and raised money for children's hospice Julia's House.

Robert Downey Jr has helped raise more than £1million for British hospice Julia's House

Dorset-based charity will now use the money to build a new hospice in Wiltshire

It raised £1,388,863 for the Dorset-based charity, which will now use the money to build a new hospice in Wiltshire.

Speaking in a video promoting the prize, the actor said: 'Have you had the best night of your life on earth ever yet? Well you could, with me, for a good cause.

'Here's the deal - you donate ten dollars or more for a chance to win the RJD experience.

'I correspondingly fly you and a friend to LA, put you up in a five star hotel and proceed to awesome the crap out of you.

'I'll take you indoor skydiving, on a helicopter tour, a pit stop at Randy's Donuts and after riding your sugar high all the way to a fitting for a tux or gown, we are going to meet up for a bit of pre-premiere caviar.

'We'll giggle, chat, take pictures, and perhaps even engage in a battle of wits - kidding, or am I?

A still from the video which Robert Downey Jr recorded helping to raise more than £1million for Julia's House shows a worker at the hospice interacting with a child

The raffle was hosted by Omaze, an American organisation that supports charities

'And then right before sunset we make a grand entrance at the venue on the red carpet, and then you become one of the first people on earth to see Avengers: Age of Ultron.

'All proceeds go towards funding Julia's House. This place is amazing. It's a hospice for children with terminal illnesses. It's a win-win.'

Downey Jr heard about Julia's House after he attended a fundraising event at the home of film director and Julia's House patron Guy Ritchie.

Martin Edwards, CEO of Julia's House, said: 'We are so grateful to Robert Downey Jnr for helping with our dream to increase our respite and end of life care and reach more children over a wider geographical area, principally by building a Wiltshire children's hospice and extending our home care in the county.