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3 June 2006  

After a recent fundraising appeal by Radio Lollipop in Newcastle, Northern Rock plc have dug their hands in their pockets and reached out to help by offering the station £1000 towards its running costs every year for the next three years.

Sheila Brown, chairlady at the station said,

“An ex-volunteer saw our recent newspaper article and was compelled to help. The lady knew exactly how much of a difference we can make to the general welfare and attitude of sick children and she really went out of her way to help us to get in touch with the right people at the Northern Rock. This is a massive boost to our fundraising efforts and we are very pleased to say a huge thank you to the people at the Northern Rock who have worked so hard to help us to arrange this contribution”.

Helen Hudspith, press and PR at Newcastle said

“In combination with other responses to the article, this will definitely help to alleviate some of our fundraising concerns for at least the next year. This means that any events and roadshows we do can focus on raising the profile of the charity and helping local people to have a bit more of an insight into what we do to help the kids. We are very proud that our ex-volunteers hold the charity in such high regard and are still able to make a vital difference to the charity at a time when funding is a problem on a national level. At the end of the day, we exist for the kids and if our general running costs are covered by donations such as this one, it means that our volunteers can focus on what we do best – putting smiles on kids faces”.

Other donations received in response to the article have including a donation from the Royal Grammar School in Newcastle, several donations from members of the public and a photocopier and supplies from SOS office supplies.