# JD Wetherspoon toasts another five years supporting young people with cancer

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2011/03/04/jd-wetherspoon-toasts-another-five-years-supporting-young-people-cancer/
- Published: 2011-03-04T14:25:22+00:00
- Author: Howard Lake

**Award-winning pub chain JD Wetherspoon has renewed its hugely successful corporate
partnership with CLIC Sargent, the UK’s leading cancer charity for children and 
young people, by announcing a new target of raising £1 million a year for the next
five years. **

John Hutson, JD Wetherspoon Chief Executive, was joined by CLIC Sargent Patron and
sports presenter Steve Rider at the company’s headquarters in Watford on Thursday
3 March 2011 to mark the occasion.

The first year of the partnership will focus on CLIC Sargent’s commitment to improving
the lives of young people with cancer. JD Wetherspoon is supporting CLIC Sargent
to make sure that every young person who has cancer – or has survived cancer – is
given the opportunity to have the best chance in life.
Nineteen-year-old Ayesha 
from Plymouth is one of a number of young people aged 18 to 24 years old being given
the chance to get involved in the renewed partnership over the next 12 months. Ayesha
had the opportunity to gain valuable work experience through the making of a short
film about her experiences of being diagnosed with cancer as a teenager.

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Steve Rider, Patron of CLIC Sargent and sports presenter, says: “I’m delighted that
JD Wetherspoon’s staff and customers will be supporting CLIC Sargent for a further
five years, with an impressive aim to raise £1million each year. The commitment 
shown by all at JD Wetherspoon, whether it’s putting spare change in a collection
bucket on the bar or pulling on their trainers to run the Virgin London Marathon,
is inspiring.

I wish them all the best in hitting the fundraising target – their support is vital
to help CLIC Sargent meet the many needs of young people with cancer.”

JD Wetherspoon staff, customers and their local communities have been supporting
CLIC Sargent since 2002, raising £4 million to help improve the lives of young people
and children with cancer, across the UK.

John Hutson, Chief Executive of JD Wetherspoon, says: “I would like to take this
opportunity to say a big thank you to our dedicated staff and customers who have
fundraised tirelessly over the past eight years to help families affected by childhood
cancer. Supporting CLIC Sargent has become an integral part of JD Wetherspoon’s 
culture and we’re excited to be relaunching our partnership with the charity.”

Fundraising activities, in pubs and at the company’s head office in Watford, range
from sports auctions and cycle rides to the nationwide five-a-side staff football
tournament, Kick for CLIC Sargent and ‘Team Wetherspoon’, a group of 20 employees
who ran the 2010 Virgin London Marathon for CLIC Sargent. Staff are already busy
planning events across the UK to count towards the new fundraising target including
a trek up Ben Nevis in Scotland, pyjama parties and a pub quiz.

Lucy Caldicott, Director of Fundraising at CLIC Sargent says: “JD Wetherspoon is
a really committed corporate partner and we’re delighted to have the company’s support
for another five years. Thank you for all your efforts and here’s to the next five
years!”

 

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