Garrington raises £5,000 for Broadway
Howard Lake | 27 January 2007 | News
Home search agency Garrington has raised over £5,000 for London homelessness charity Broadway at an auction held at their tenth anniversary party. The company has been supporting Broadway for the past two years.
Donated items on offer at the Garrington auction include a round of golf with footballers Jamie Redknapp and Tim Sherwood at Wisley golf course; Valentines dinner for two at Michelin-starred Tom Aikens restaurant; tickets for Ricky Gervais’ live Fame tour; a signed copy of Graham Norton’s autobiography; and various other items of signed sports memorabilia.
Garrington donates a percentage of their fee to Broadway for every successful property transaction.
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The ten auction lots raised £5,230 for Broadway. Garrington’s Chief Executive is Phil Spencer, presenter of Channel Four’s Location and Relocation programmes, and he said: “It was good to see London’s agents helping those less fortunate than themselves.”
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