On song for a record Charity of the Year partnership?
Howard Lake | 12 January 2008 | Blogs
Customers buying their favourite products from Tesco raised an incredible £751,000 for its Charity of they Year 2007, The British Red Cross. The initiative, ‘One of Britain’s Favourites’, was one of Tesco’s largest ever one-off cause related marketing campaigns. Products involved in the promotion included Marmite, PG Tips and Heinz Baked Beans. Subsequently, Katie Melua’s charity duet with the late Eva Cassidy topped the UK charts during the festive season. The single was sold exclusively at the super-market chain in aid of the charity proving every little helps – a lot!
In 2006, Whizz-Kidz raised an incredible £3.4m during its tenure as Tesco COY and it awaits to be seen if the Red Cross is on song to break that record-smashing success.
http://www.redcross.org.uk/TLC.asp?id=76169
About Howard Lake
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.