Argos raises £500,000 for Help the Hospices in first year
Howard Lake | 20 July 2006 | News
A two-year partnership between Argos and Help the Hospices – Helping Hospices, Helping Families has raised half a million pounds for hospice care in its first year.
The partnership, which began in July 2005 and was projected to raise £600,000 over two years, is now on target to generate over £1 million by the end of July 2007.
The partnership has included a series of successful fundraising initiatives involving Argos staff and customers, including the groundbreaking ‘Tick to Give’ scheme which invites customers to tick a box on their Argos product selection slip to donate 20p to Help the Hospices when making a purchase in-store. Other projects include the sale of world cup wristbands, which raised over £114,000, a mobile phone recycling scheme, and in-store fundraising tied in with events such as the launch of Argos’ new catalogue.
Argos staff are receiving a thank-you message in their payslips , while in-store posters thank Argos’ customers for their support.
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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.