ALMOST 300 members of staff from a Chester-based bank will take to the organisation’s call centre phones to collect donations for Sport Relief.
Staff at Bank of America Europe Card Services (ECS) have been lining up to offer their services to help out with a fundraising night, which will be held at the headquarters on Chester Business Park, on Friday to take donations from the public for the sporting charity.
The call centre teams at Bank of America ECS will operate from 6.30pm to 2am and will join about 12,000 other people giving their time to operate phone lines around the UK. The organisation’s senior leadership team this week donned their own sportswear to reinforce the company’s backing for the charity campaign.
John Greaves, communications executive for Bank of America ECS, which also operates the MBNA brand, said: “We need around 300 staff to help us on the night but we’ve been overwhelmed by the response we’ve had so far. The fact we have had to create a separate waiting list shows just how strongly our staff want to get involved and support this campaign.
“For Comic Relief last year we did something similar and the donations taken by our staff at the call centre came in at more than £180,000. That is a huge achievement and we are delighted to be involved again this time around.”
Through a range of fundraising activities for Comic Relief last year, Bank of America ECS staff alone raised more than £4,000.
This year, staff are planning to double their efforts with office collections, a sponsored one-mile fun run in the grounds of the offices at Chester Business Park and a range of sporting events and activities that staff can take part in throughout the day.
For further information visit www.sportrelief.com