BAE Systems choose NCH as charity of the year
Howard Lake | 2 October 2003 | News
Sir Richard Evans, chairman of defence company BAE Systems, this week launched a fundraising partnership between the company and childrens’ charity NCH.
NCH has been selected by BAE Systems’ UK employees as the focus for its 2003/4 Charity Challenge campaign.
Charity Challenge is BAE Systems’ company-wide charity fundraising programme that involves more than 100 sites across all countries of its operations. Last year’s programme raised almost £6 million for charities worldwide and provided more than 3,500 days of volunteering by employees.
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The international element of the Charity Challenge began on 22 September 2003 at sunrise in Sydney, Australia, and ran until sunset in San Diego, USA. More than sixty sites across the globe staged events including balloon launches and fun-fairs.
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.