# Guardian Christmas Appeal passes £500,000

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2005/01/01/guardian-christmas-appeal-passes-500000/
- Published: 2005-01-01T00:00:00+00:00
- Author: Howard Lake

The Guardian newspaper’s Christmas Appeal has now raised over £500,000, with nearly
£250,000 having been donated to the tsunami disaster fund in the past four days.

The average donation to the Appeal is now over £70, with 12 donations of more than
£1,000.

The sudden influx of donations follows the Guardian’s decision to expand its appeal
to cover tsunami relief work by Concern, one of its original charity partners in
this year’s appeal.

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