# Project Oscar extends monthly donation service to schools

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2005/01/07/project-oscar-extends-monthly-donation-service-schools/
- Published: 2005-01-07T00:00:00+00:00
- Author: Howard Lake

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Volunteer-run Project Oscar, which provides monthly donations to charities from 
its telecom service, is now offering the same service to UK schools and universities.

Project Oscar offers telecom services which can generate income for participating
charities, schools and universities. Ten per cent of customers’ call spend will 
be donated directly to the school or organisation “without deduction of any kind”,
says the provider. The same applies if the school or organisation persuades parents,
staff or other businesses to sign up for the service.

The Isle of Man-based Project Oscar says that it offers “exactly the same rates 
as BT, exactly the same quality as BT, and the same Options 1, 2 and 3 as BT.”

Andrew Barrow, Project Oscar’s co-founder, said: “Using the Project Oscar telephone
service is an ideal way for parents to raise extra funds for their children’s schools
without any extra cost to their budget. The school will receive donations without
restrictions of use.”

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He added: “We expect the average monthly donation to be £1,000 per month. Some schools
could gain considerably more.”

To participate schools need to apply to Project Oscar for an application form. Once
accepted, the school sends the Project Oscar information to the parents and Project
Oscar covers the costs of this. An additional £1 per new supporter is paid to the
school. Of course, participating schools and charities are expected to carry out
their own marketing of the scheme. Anyone wishing to use the Project Oscar or Oscar
Connect must nominate a charity or school to benefit from the service which in most
cases will be the organisation that promoted it to them.

Project Oscar Ltd is administered by City Trust Ltd and is staffed entirely by volunteers.
There are no salaried staff “to keep down costs”.

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