# Co-operative Bank raises £300,000 from spare holiday change

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2002/10/10/cooperative-bank-raises-300000-spare-holiday-change/
- Published: 2002-10-10T23:00:00+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

Co-operative Bank customers have helped turn left over holiday change into just 
under £300,000 for Christian Aid.
The bank and the charity began encouraging customers
and supporters to hand in obsolete foreign currency over the counter at Co-operative
Bank branches and the charity’s area offices in October 2001. The amount of money
raised is more than double the original target.

Nick Websdell, Business Advisor, Co-operative and Sector Development, said: “There
has been a degree of negative reporting that foreign currency appeals were not doing
well, but we have proved that these appeals can work, despite having a much smaller
branch network compared to many of our high street rivals.”

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