Business quiz holds up despite recession
Howard Lake | 26 October 2008 | News
It may not be a very scientific barometer but a recent charity business quiz in aid of the Dublin Simon Community has raised as much as in previous years. The quiz teams were made up of some of the sectors that have been most affected by the recession such as banking and insurance.
The quiz, organised by the Business Journalists Association, was won by PR firm Murray Consultants who just beat off a challenge from the Dublin Airport Authority. Some of the major banks and their trade body, the Irish Banking Federation, defied the credit crunch to support the event, while Irish Life Investment Managers was the sponsor. The night provided a welcome respite to the doom and gloom hanging over the country. In total 33 teams representing some of Ireland’s biggest companies and a similar number of leading journalists attended.
Dublin Simon expect to make around €45-€50,000 from the event. The charity is also in the middle of its Christmas ‘House of Cards’ event which raises between €650-€700,000 from the corporate sector who make donations to Simon instead of sending Christmas cards to their customers. In return for the donation, the companies are listed in the Irish Times. With the involvement of hundreds of companies, the House of Cards event will be a more accurate measure of how the recession is affecting corporate donations.
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.