Poundland invites online votes for its charity of the year 2012
Howard Lake | 13 January 2012 | News
Single price discount retailer Poundland is inviting customers and the public to vote online for its charity of the year 2012-13.
On the nine-charity shortlist is Alzheimer’s Society, Macmillan Cancer Support, Sue Ryder, the Royal British Legion, Cancer Research UK, Help for Heroes, British Heart Foundation, Asthma UK, and Scope.
Poundland already has a partnership with Macmillan, having already raised over £430,000 for the charity since it was chosen as charity of the year in 2009. Staff fundraising events and the sale of merchandise such as pin badges have contributed to the total. It raised its initial £100,000 target four months early in December 2009.
The online voting page gives details about each charity, together with a link to their website. Voting closes on 30 January 2012.
www.poundland.co.uk/charity/
About Howard Lake
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.