# The Phone Room to help handle donations to Sport Relief

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2008/03/06/phone-room-help-handle-donations-sport-relief/
- Published: 2008-03-06T14:58:52+00:00
- Author: Howard Lake

**Volunteers from The Phone Room in Oxford will be giving up their time to help 
this year’s Sport Relief by staffing the donation lines and handling the contributions
from the public.**

Seventy volunteers at The Phone Room will be volunteering throughout the seven-hour
TV show on BBC One on 14 March. The telethon will feature sports stars and celebrities
challenging themselves to raise funds. This year there will be three days of entertainment
and events stretching across the weekend.

Jan Brown, from Comic Relief’s campaign management team said: “Without the help 
of call centres like The Phone Room, Comic Relief would not be able to help so many
vulnerable people living incredibly tough lives both at home in the UK and across
the world’s poorest countries. We greatly appreciate the time, enthusiasm and dedication
of people in call centres all around the UK in handling the phenomenal amount of
calls we take on the night and we would like to say a massive thank you!”

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Over £18 million was raised for [Sport Relief](http://www.sportrelief.com) in 2006.

www.phoneroom.co.uk

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