Corporate Partners extend Support

CLIC Sargent’s is thrilled corporate partners, hmv and Virgin Trains have chosen to extend their support to help children with cancer and their families. Hmv has been working with CLIC Sargent since 2008 and raised over £800,000. Virgin Trains launched its partnership with the Charity in 2009 and has so far raised £225,000.

So far hmv have supported and raised money for CLIC Sargent by running various fundraising activities across the company. The entertainment retail chain will stay with CLIC Sargent until May 2011 and will continue to donate its obsolete stock for the charity to sell in its eBay shop, and sell a special edition black and fuchsia CLIC Sargent iphone cover instore and online.

Virgin Trains launched its partnership with CLIC Sargent with the unveiling of the ‘CLIC Sargent’ named Pendolino train at Euston train station in London. Staff and customers have taken to CLIC Sargent and the partnership will extend until 2012.

Rebecca Rose, CLIC Sargent Regional Corporate Fundraising Manager – South, says: “Both Virgin Trains and hmv have really taken CLIC Sargent to their hearts and embraced fundraising to help children with cancer and their families. It is fantastic that these corporate partners want to support us for longer than we had originally planned, and is testament to their dedication to our cause.”

For more information about how hmv and Virgin Trains support CLIC Sargent please visit our Corporate Partners section.

If your company or place of work is interested in becoming a CLIC Sargent corporate partner, please contact Elizabeth Little, New Business Development Officer on: 020 8752 2887 or at: elizabeth.little@clicsargent.org.uk.