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Every year, we get involved in some of the biggest UK-wide fundraising events. Like Sport Relief, Comic Relief and Children in Need. And we´ve also teamed up with the Royal British Legion.
Again, we do more than give money. We use our knowledge, skills and technology to help make a difference.
In 2009 we were the first operator to make it free for customers to send donations by text to Comic Relief, making sure every penny went straight to charity. In February 2009 alone, our customers sent 1.3 million text donations, worth £1.9 million in total. On top of that, our employees raised an extra £10,000 for Comic Relief in 2009.
£7.9 million of last year´s Red Nose Day donations were by text. So we now offer free text donations to all our charity partners, and we´re looking at how we can help promote texting as an easy way of fundraising in the future.
Why shouldn´t charity be fun? That´s the best way to get people involved. Orange RockCorps is all about ‘Give, Get Given’. Volunteering for four hours with a community project gets you a ticket to a concert with big headline acts – and, hopefully, an appetite for more volunteering.
In the first two years 13,000 young people volunteered for over 90 projects – that´s over 52,000 hours of volunteering.
We´re proud to be part of such an imaginative and inspiring programme. You can read more about Orange RockCorps here.
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