# FirstGroup nominates Save the Children as its charity of

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2007/07/10/firstgroup-nominates-save-children-its-charity/
- Published: 2007-07-10T23:00:00+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

Transport company FirstGroup has nominated Save the Children as its charity of choice
in a partnership worth £1m. 
First has committed to supporting Save the Children’s
UK programmes, and also to help create three new staff positions – Assistant Programme
Directors who will work with local organisations in the UK to expand Save the Children’s
work and reach the children most in need.

From this autumn, First trains and buses featuring Save the Children’s logo will
be seen by millions of passengers throughout the UK, helping to raise profile and
funds for Save the Children.

First have also unveiled plans to stage a series of fund-raising events throughout
2007 and 2008 which aim to get everyone, whatever their level of fitness, up, running
and raising vital money for Save the Children. The first major fundraising event,
the First Monster 120km team duathlon challenge, will see around 1,000 people taking
part on the shores of Loch Ness on Sunday 2nd September. Celebrities and high-profile
figures such as Nell McAndrew, Dancing on Ice winner Kyran Bracken and the former
Labour Government head of communications and strategy, Alastair Campbell, have already
signed up for the First Monster Challenge.

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