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TK Maxx to sell NCH mascot as soft toy stocking filler
Howard Lake | 8 October 2004 | News
Off price retailer TK Maxx is to sell a soft toy version of Cedric the Dragon, the mascot of children’s charity NCH, as a stocking filler in the run-up to Christmas.
The toy will be sold exclusively
in TK Maxx stores from November and will retail at £2.99 with at least £1 of
the proceeds from each toy being donated to NCH.
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The soft toy market at Christmas is not surprisingly large: in the last quarter of 2003 alone, over £60 million was spent in the
UK on soft toys, according to the British Association of Toy Retailers.
TK Maxx is a long-term partner of NCH: since 1997 the company has supported the charity with a variety of fundraising initiatives from pin badge selling, fun days and payroll giving.
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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.