# Santander becomes a Force for Good for children’s charities with Star Wars competition

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2017/12/14/santander-becomes-force-good-childrens-charities-star-wars-competition/
- Published: 2017-12-14T07:56:03+00:00
- Author: Melanie May

**Santander is donating £50, split between two children’s charities, for every Star
Wars photo and video re-enactment people create and upload to a dedicated website.**

 

With Star Wars: The Last Jedi released in the UK this week (15 December),** **the
bank has pledged to be a Force for Good, and is giving £25 to [Barnardo’s](https://www.barnardos.org.uk/)
and £25 to [Together for Short Lives](http://www.togetherforshortlives.org.uk/) 
for each upload. It will donate up to £250,000 split between the charities in the
campaign which is supported by former F1 World Champion Jenson Button and Star Wars
actor and Barnardo’s supporter Warwick Davis.

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The campaign invites people grab their smartphone, film a clip or take a photo and
upload it to [www.santanderforceforgood.co.uk](http://www.Santanderforceforgood.co.uk)
to be displayed on the site. Button and Davis have also filmed their own Star Wars
clip.

 

Santander is also giving entrants the chance to win a family holiday to Skellig 
in Ireland: a key location used in the film, and is giving away three Star Wars:
The Last Jedi mystery boxes every week to the creators of its favourite entries.

 

[⌊Jenson Button and BB8⌉⌊Jenson Button and BB8⌉[

Jenson Button & BB8

 

The campaign will run across the UK until 22 December.

 

Javed Khan, Barnardo’s Chief Executive said:

 

> “This is a really fun and creative way of helping to raise money for Barnardo’s,
> so it can continue its vital services supporting some of the most vulnerable children
> throughout the UK. Every photo and video clip you upload is worth £25 and will
> make a difference to the hundreds of thousands of children, young people, parents
> and carers we support every year.”

 

Also linked to the film’s release, people can currently buy and bid on eBay for 
[special commemorative notes](https://fundraising.co.uk/2017/12/06/commemorative-star-wars-last-jedi-note-supports-together-short-lives/)
with all funds raised going to Together for Short Lives on behalf of Star Wars: 
Force for Change.

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