Record year for ChildLine in London Marathon
Howard Lake | 22 June 2003 | News
ChildLine has raised more than £300,000 this year from the London Marathon, more than in any previous year.
More than 250 runners including a 70-strong team from Marks & Spencer, ChildLine’s marathon team sponsor, ran the Flora 2003 London Marathon for ChildLine. They included 80 runners who ran under the Golden Bond scheme and pledged to raise at least £2000 each.
The Marks & Spencer team were challenged to raise at least £1,000 and the company pledged to match sponsorship pound for pound. The company gave ChildLine space on its pre-race exhibition stand, and supported all ChildLine’s runners on the day with branded running vests and post-race refreshments and toiletries.
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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.