HBOS selects BHF as Charity of the Year
Howard Lake | 8 February 2007 | News
The British Heart Foundation (BHF) has been voted by HBOS as its Charity of the Year for 2007 after a record vote by more than 26,000 members of staff.
HBOS staff will take part in fundraising events throughout the year, with HBOS Foundation matching the money raised by colleagues.
Family Holiday Association, RNLI, and WRVS were on the shortlist with BHF, and each will receive a runners-up donation of £50,000. In addition, once the Charity of the Year partnership reaches £1 million, the runners-up will receive an equal three-way share of all additional money raised.
HBOS Group raised £4.5 million for charity during 2006 through its two main fundraising programmes, Million £ Challenge and Matched Funding.
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In 2006 the Million £ Challenge raised a record £2.54 million for its three chosen charities: I CAN (the children’s communication charity), Crisis and Leonard Cheshire. A further £2 million was raised through the Matched Funding scheme.
During last year around 37,000 HBOS staff got involved in a wide variety of different fundraising activities including from sponsored walks to black tie gala events.
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