Accrington Web - View Single Post - The £5.5m anonymous Sport relief donation!!

mani · 15-03-2008, 15:43

A mystery donor gave £5.5m to the BBC's Sport Relief appeal, pushing the total raised for vulnerable people in the UK and abroad to more than £19m.

After announcing the donation during Friday's live BBC broadcast, presenter Patrick Kielty said: "Wherever you are tonight, you are amazing."
Organisers said it was a telephone donation and the sum was the largest in Comic Relief's 22-year history.

Although yet to be confirmed as such, the £5.5m donation is thought to be the largest given to any telethon in the UK.
In 2000, racehorse owner Robert Hitchins celebrated his Ascot win by donating a million pounds to Children in Need.
That sum was matched by Scottish philanthropist Sir Tom Farmer six years later.

15-03-2008, 15:43	#1
mani Senior Member+ Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Accrington Posts: 2,504 Liked: 23 times Rep Power: 829	The £5.5m anonymous Sport relief donation!! A mystery donor gave £5.5m to the BBC's Sport Relief appeal, pushing the total raised for vulnerable people in the UK and abroad to more than £19m. After announcing the donation during Friday's live BBC broadcast, presenter Patrick Kielty said: "Wherever you are tonight, you are amazing." Organisers said it was a telephone donation and the sum was the largest in Comic Relief's 22-year history. Although yet to be confirmed as such, the £5.5m donation is thought to be the largest given to any telethon in the UK. In 2000, racehorse owner Robert Hitchins celebrated his Ascot win by donating a million pounds to Children in Need. That sum was matched by Scottish philanthropist Sir Tom Farmer six years later. __________________ If you had not committed great sins, God would not have sent a punishment like me upon you - Ghenghis Khan