First Choice call centre staff line up to volunteer on Comic Relief night
Over 100 staff at First Choice’s national sales centre in Manchester will work voluntarily on Friday night as part of the company’s Comic Relief efforts.
Staff will work through the night, taking calls from people wanting to make a pledge as part of the charity fund raising event.
Julia Sockett, head of the national sales centre, said: “We are currently training all our volunteers to take the web donations in order that we are ready for our first calls at 7.00 on the night.
“We’re determined to raise as much money as we can for Comic Relief as well as ensuring the staff have a fantastic night. I can’t thank the team enough for getting behind all the fundraising and for giving up their time for such a worthy cause.”
The Manchester Call Centre has hosted a range of fundraising events as part of ‘Operation Fundraiser’.
On Friday, each volunteer will also be invited to a Grand
Buffet, receive a Comic Relief Goody Bag, and be in with a chance of winning a prize every hour, including Comic Relief T-shirts signed by Girls Aloud, the Sugababes and Gary Lineker, meals for two, phones from BT, DVD players.
The person that takes the highest amount of donations on the night, a luxury holiday for two.
Any travel industry partners who want to make a pledge or get involved in any of the activites taking place across the UK, should see www.firstchoice.co.uk/rednoseday.
Bev
Editor in chief Bev Fearis has been a travel journalist for 25 years. She started her career at Travel Weekly, where she became deputy news editor, before joining Business Traveller as deputy editor and launching the magazine’s website. She has also written travel features, news and expert comment for the Guardian, Observer, Times, Telegraph, Boundless and other consumer titles and was named one of the top 50 UK travel journalists by the Press Gazette.
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