# Lycamobile to donate £1 for every £10 top-up

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2014/04/25/lycamobile-donate-1-every-10-top/
- Published: 2014-04-25T09:02:45+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

Lycamobile, the global low-cost international mobile call provider, has announced
Lycagiving, an initiative which will raise funds for funds for 10 national UK charities.

Every time a customer tops up her or his account by £10 or more, Lycamobile will
donate £1 to the customer’s chosen charity. The option to select a charity is given
following the top-up payment: the customer will find the option to nominate a charity
on their online My Lycamobile account.

## Beneficiary charities

The charities that Lycamobile customers can choose from are:

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 * Action Aid
 * British Heart Foundation
 * Cancer Research UK
 * Macmillan
 * NSPCC
 * Oxfam
 * RSPCA
 * Save the Children
 * UNICEF
 * Water Aid

The donation under [Lycagiving ](http://www.lycamobile.co.uk/en/Charity-Donation)
does not of course cost the customer anything: it is made by the company.

## Lycamobile Group’s charitable support

Since it was set up in 2006, the Lycamobile Group has donated to development projects
in India, Sri Lanka, Nigeria, Tanzania, Romania and Sudan.

Subaskaran Allirajah, Group Chairman at Lycamobile, said:

> “The larger your business becomes, the greater responsibility you have to give
> back.”

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