The Money Shop’s fundraising ball raises £700 for Help for Heroes

A ‘red tie and dress’ charity ball, organised by staff from payday loan provider The Money Shop’s stores in Glasgow, has raised £700 through ticket sales and donations for the Help for Heroes charity. 

Staff from the stores in Union Street, Renfield Street and Trongate got busy organising and selling tickets for the ball, which took place at the Stairway, Union Street on 2^nd December.  

Guests donned their glad rags and danced the night away to songs by Glasgow blues band Whiskey River.

Mark Farrell, Glasgow store manager and a member of Whisky River said, “Help for Heroes provides crucial support to our brave military personnel and their loved ones.  Not only was it a fun-filled evening, but the funds raised mean that the night was a great success and we want to thank everyone for giving so generously.”

Help for Heroes has raised more than £124m since its launch in October 2007.  All funds raised to date have been allocated or spent on the practical support of those wounded, sick or injured in the line of duty.

The Money Shop has pledged to raise £250,000 for the charity by the end of 2012 following a nationwide vote by staff who appointed it the corporate charity of the year. 

Help for Heroes is working in partnership with the Ministry of Defence and The Royal British Legion, to deliver the Defence Recovery Capability – a tri-service initiative to provide comprehensive support to our wounded, injured those who become sick while serving. The charity is committing £132m, part of which includes the creation of five regional personnel recovery centres to provide on-going support for the wounded after rehabilitation at Headley Court. The centres provide training facilities, classrooms and gymnasiums with state-of-the-art sports equipment  as well as opportunities to learn new skills, gain qualifications and make a smooth transition into civilian life.

As well as The Money Shop, Dollar Financial UK operates online lending services through its Payday UK and Payday Express  brands; business loans, through Merchant Cash Express; jewellery and pawnbroking through its specialists at Suttons and Robertsons in London, Duncanson and Edwards in Edinburgh and Robert Biggar in Glasgow.  It employs more than 2,100 staff.

Dollar Financial UK is a leading member of the Consumer Finance Association, which operates to maintain high standards of responsible lending across the short-term credit industry, and is licensed and regulated by the Office of Fair Trading.

The business is part of the US-based DFC Global Corp, which has operations in the USA, the UK, Canada, the Republic of Ireland, Sweden, Finland and Poland.

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For more information, please contact Natalie Owen or Sian Fletcher, Ptarmigan Bell Pottinger on 0113 237 2821 or email natalie.owen@ptarmiganbp.co.uk  or sian.fletcher@ptarmiganbp.co.uk

For more information about Help for Heroes, please contact the Communications Team on 01725 514 276 or email prcomms@helpforheroes.org.uk

More information

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