# Abbey chooses Help the Hospices as charity of the year

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2009/01/16/abbey-chooses-help-hospices-charity-year/
- Published: 2009-01-16T07:03:28+00:00
- Author: Howard Lake

Abbey, part of the Santander banking group, has chosen Help the Hospices as its 
Charity of the Year for 2009.

The new partnership will include both national and regional initiatives. Abbey has
pledged to raise £50,000 for the charity, which will help run the national Hospice
information service enquiry line.

In addition, Abbey’s head offices and regional offices have been twinned with their
nearest local hospice to allow employees to participate in local volunteering and
fundraising activities.

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The partnership will be launched with a ‘Go Yellow’ event, encouraging staff to 
get involved in fundraising activities themed yellow, the colour adopted by the 
hospice movement.

Other fundraising throughout the year will include ideas linked in with Help the
Hospices 25th Anniversary celebrations, and Easter and summer themed activities 
alongside appeals in Abbey branches.

Sheralee Morris, Community Relations Manager at [Abbey](http://www.abbey.com), said:“
Our staff are particularly motivated by the fact that their fundraising initiatives
will be able to benefit the local hospice, thereby giving support to the local communities
in which they live and work”.

www.helpthehospices.org.uk

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