TUI UK & Ireland raises £1.25m for Family Holiday Association
Howard Lake | 3 February 2015 | News
Staff at travel company TUI UK & Ireland raised £1.25 million last year for charities. This was the most raised in one year by staff at the company, parent company of holiday brands Thomson and First Choice.
2014 also marked 25 years of partnership with the Family Holiday Association, which benefited from the fundraising.
Thomson Airways
Staff at Thomson Airways raised funds by donating money from the sale of scratch cards and collecting customers’ loose change on return flights. Money raised was donated to Family Holiday Association, Born Free Foundation, and local charities.
A percentage of sales on board of Thirsty Planet bottled water were also donated to the clean water charity Pump Aid.
Thomson Cruises
Fundraising also took place aboard Thomson Cruises. For the first time last year, one of its cruise ships partnered with Sail4Cancer, a charity that provides water-based respite days and holidays for families affected by cancer.
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Thomson & First Choice
Staff in the 650 Thomson shops in the UK raised funds through events and collecting donations from the public. These were donated to the Family Holiday Association and also Cancer Research UK, Stroke Association and Breast Cancer Care.
Staff at holiday destinations also took part in charity events all over the world, including sponsored walks, skydives and a fortnightly ‘Splashathon’. These raised funds for the Family Holiday Association, NSPCC, Tommy’s and local charities.
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.