# SPAR raises £567,000 for ChildLine in a year

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2013/04/22/spar-raises-567000-for-childline-in-a-year/
- Published: 2013-04-22T16:04:01+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

SPAR stores around the UK have raised £567,000 for ChildLine over the past year,
beating the group’s fundraising target of £500,000.

 

SPAR retailers, staff and customers took part in numerous fundraising activities
including fancy dress, car washes, raffles, cake sales and 5k runs.

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Patricia Wheway, [SPAR UK](http://www.spar.co.uk/) Charity Controller, said: “SPAR
retailers have put in a phenomenal amount of hard work to achieve this amazing result,
and helped thousands of children in the process.”

 

She pointed out that it costs £4 for a child to speak to a trained [ChildLine](http://www.childline.org.uk/)
counsellor, which means that SPAR’s fundraising total will have helped nearly 150,000
children receive the advice and support they need from ChildLine in the past year.
Previous SPAR charity partners include [NSPCC](https://www.fundraising.co.uk/news/2011/07/18/tates-raises-over-%C2%A31-million-nspcc),
[British Heart Foundation](https://www.fundraising.co.uk/news/2007/08/02/tates-ltd-raise-%C2%A3172000-british-heart-foundation),
and [Macmillan Cancer Support](https://www.fundraising.co.uk/news/2002/09/26/spar-pledges-%C2%A31-million-macmillan-cancer-relief).

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