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Peacocks pledge to make a million for NCH
Howard Lake | 11 June 2003 | News
Clothing retailer Peacocks and children’s charity NCH will launch their new initiative ‘Make a Million Charity Challenge’ on June 16.
The £1 a ticket holiday lottery will be running throughout Peacocks’ 380
stores until July 12. Prizes include a family trip to Florida. The Challenge is one of the many activities the retailer will be
undertaking in their pledge to raise a million pounds for NCH by October 2004.
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Other fundraising activities planned by Peacocks, which will involve staff
from stores, warehouse and head office, include selling pin badges, a regional manager cheque relay, Christmas car raffle and mobile phone recycling.
Peacocks have worked with NCH since 1998 raising about £600k so far through a variety of activities ranging from an in-store cycle round the world challenge to staff trekking in China to sponsoring a mini in the
annual Italian Job touring event.
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About Howard Lake
Howard Lake is consultant editor of UK Fundraising. He founded the site in 1994 and successfully sold it in 2022. As director of Giving X Ltd he is exploring growing giving on a massive scale.
He is the founder of Fundraising Camp and co-founder of GoodJobs.