N Ireland radio station launches new charity

Howard Lake | 10 March 2009 | News

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• Ireland
• Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland’s longest running commercial radio stations, Downtown Radio and 97.4 Cool FM, have launched a new charity ‘Cash for Kids,’ with the promise of hundreds of thousands of pounds for disadvantaged local children.

Launching the new charity fund, Managing Director Mark Mahaffy said that it was important for corporate Northern Ireland to fulfil its social responsibilities:

“We intend to make an enormous difference to the lives of young people and we will be working closely with other local companies to create spectacular fundraising events as well as providing a public platform for companies and communities to work with us in raising these much needed funds.

Fundraising and giving will be ongoing throughout the year and we will be actively encouraging young individuals, children’s charities and youth organisations to come forward with requests for support that will benefit disadvantaged 0-17 year olds that need our help.”

You can find how to apply for funding or become a ‘corporate hero’ by visiting

www.downtown.co.uk/cashforkids

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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.