# Yorkshire Building Society appeal raises £90,000 for CLIC Sargent

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2007/03/22/yorkshire-building-society-appeal-raises-90000-clic-sargent/
- Published: 2007-03-22T00:00:00+00:00
- Author: Howard Lake

Yorkshire Building Society Charitable Foundation’s latest fundraising appeal has
raised £90,000 donation to CLIC Sargent, the children’s cancer charity.
The ‘Granting
Smiles’ appeal received considerable support including that of actress and reality
TV star Gaynor Faye and television presenter Alice Beer.

The appeal ran throughout December 2006 with Yorkshire Building Society staff, customers
and the general public taking part in a host of fundraising activities including
the sale of exclusive teddy bear key fobs, with all donations being matched pound
for pound by the Charitable Foundation.

Louise Neill of the Foundation said: We asked staff and members of the Society who
they would like to support through the Charitable Foundation, and the results showed
that charities working with children and people with cancer were the most popular
choices. Therefore CLIC Sargent seemed to be the obvious choice for this year’s 
appeal.”

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