# Morrisons raises over £3 million for CLIC Sargent in 11 months

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2018/01/30/morrisons-raises-3m-clic-sargent-11-months-2/
- Published: 2018-01-30T07:32:38+00:00
- Author: Melanie May

**Morrisons has raised more than £3 million for children and young people’s cancer
charity CLIC Sargent in 11 months.**

The supermarket chain ended the first year of its charity partnership having raised
£3,040,000 for the charity. This is more than it has ever raised for a charity partner
in a year.

The [Morrisons / CLIC Sargent partnership](http://www.clicsargent.org.uk/morrisons),
which includes £1.9m in colleague fundraising, has been bolstered by a number of
cause related marketing promotions with companies including McVitie’s and Seabrook
crisps. [The Morrisons Foundation](https://www.morrisonsfoundation.com/) has also
provided colleague match-funding.

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On 4 February, Morrisons will hold its biggest fundraiser for CLIC Sargent when 
it marks World Cancer Day. Band Against Cancer wristbands are available in all stores
now, and a nationwide fundraising day will be held across the company on the day
itself. Its social media accounts have already had a makeover for the day, with 
the cover photo on Twitter and Facebook drawn by 12 year old Sam Brown, who has 
been helped by the charity.

Kate Lee, Chief Executive of [CLIC Sargent](http://www.clicsargent.org.uk/), said:

> “Our partnership with Morrisons is making a life-changing difference to families
> facing cancer by helping us deliver services that we simply could not provide 
> before.
> “Thanks to Morrisons, we have handed out hundreds of thousands of pounds in grants
> to ease the financial burden cancer brings and developed a brand new grant for
> those in extreme financial hardship. We have also recruited two brand new nurse
> educators – an entirely new role within the NHS – to provide specialist cancer
> care training outside of the primary cancer hospitals.”

David Scott, Head of Corporate Services at Morrisons, said:

> “Our colleagues have got behind CLIC Sargent’s cause from day one, and have been
> tirelessly working to make this charity partnership our best yet. The generosity
> of our customers means that we are on track to achieving our ambitious targets,
> and we hope they will continue to support the cause as we enter the second year
> of our partnership.”

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