# Jessops reaches £70,000 target for its charity of the year

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2006/01/29/jessops-reaches-70000-target-its-charity-year/
- Published: 2006-01-29T00:00:00+00:00
- Author: Howard Lake

Photographic retailer Jessops has achieved its 2005 fundraising target for CLIC 
Sargent, its charity of the year.
Chris Langley, Chief Operating Officer for Leicester-
based Jessops, which has 280 stores nationwide, said: “We are delighted to have 
banked more than £70,340 for CLIC Sargent.”

The money was raised by Jessops’ staff, suppliers and customers.

This is the second year that Jessops has fundraised for the charity. In 2004 Jessops’‘
Click for CLIC’ campaign raised £50,000.

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Fundraising events included a Jessops-sponsored Parliamentary Photography Competition
in which MPs and Peers submitted photographs that they have taken during their Parliamentary
duties.

CLIC Sargent will continue to be Jessops’ charity of the year for 2006 and the company
has set itself the target of £80,000.

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