# Celebrity signed cards to raise funds for charities

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2014/05/27/celebrity-signed-cards-raise-funds-charities/
- Published: 2014-05-27T07:21:21+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

A new website selling celebrity signed cards is launching this month, enabling charities
to generate income from their celebrity supporters.

Social enterprise Signed 4 Life will sell a range of personalised greetings card
that has been hand-signed by popular sports stars or celebrities. **£15 from the
sale of every card** will be donated to the chosen charity of the celebrity.

The company estimates that each celebrity will generate up to £30,000 a year “for
just a few hours signing a year”.

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This is based on the calculation that it takes less than 45 minutes to sign a box
of 500 cards, and celebrities could easily manage to commit to four boxes a year,
at £7,500 raised per box.

 

[⌊England team and Signed 4 Life⌉⌊England team and Signed 4 Life⌉[

England footballers supporting Signed 4 Life

 

The platform will go live this month, and is being launched with support from the
England football team ahead of the World Cup in Brazil. In partnership with the 
England Footballers Foundation, proceeds of the sale of all England team signed 
cards will be split between England Footballer’s Foundation charity partners – The
British Forces Foundation, The Bobby Moore Fund at Cancer Research UK and Rays of
Sunshine.

[Signed 4 Life](http://www.signed4life.com) is currently inviting sports stars, 
musicians, entertainers and celebrities to sign up to the platform.

Paul Kent, co-founder and CEO of Signed 4 Life said:

>  _“We know there are thousands of celebrities that want to help charities to raise
> money and promote their cause. Unfortunately there is also a huge demand on their
> time. Signed 4 Life allows a celebrity to raise significant sums of money in just
> a few hours a year without the need to leave their home or hotel room”._

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