# The Entertainer partners with Christian Aid to support Bangladesh families

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2016/05/11/entertainer-partners-christian-aid-support-bangladesh-families/
- Published: 2016-05-11T09:28:50+01:00
- Author: Melanie May

**Toy retailer [The Entertainer](http://www.thetoyshop.com) is partnering with [Christian Aid](http://www.christianaid.org.uk/)
for [Christian Aid Week](http://www.caweek.org/) this year.**

This year’s event runs from 15th – 21st May and will focus on helping families in
Bangladesh. The Entertainer will be raising money to provide worms and seeds that
will enable them to grow food from their river-island homes that are often devastated
by floods.

The Entertainer is the official Key Communications Partner for the week, with a 
number of activities taking place and involving each of the 123 The Entertainer 
stores. These will include handing out Christian Aid Week activity sheets to educate
children about the cause, placing collection boxes in store as well as providing
informative links and downloadable content, for customers interested in helping,
online.

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The Entertainer will also be hosting a ‘Big Brekkie’ event at its headquarters in
Amersham, Bucks, as well as encouraging local schools to take part in the fundraising
by offering store vouchers for schools that raise over £100.

Gary Grant, founder and managing director of The Entertainer, said:

> “Helping families in need around the world is part of our ethos at The Entertainer,
> and encouraging children across UK to get involved is very important. We are looking
> forward to lots of activities taking place throughout Christian Aid Week and hopefully
> raising a lot of money for a very worthwhile cause.”

The Entertainer is also an active member of the [Pennies](http://www.pennies.org.uk/)
scheme, which gives customers the option to donate a few pence to charity at the
till-point, on average generating £5,000 of donations each week.

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