Have a Heart Appeal Raises Thousands for NSPCC

NSPCC charity officials are over the moon with the response to the recent Have a Heart campaign, which raised a staggering £348,456 for ChildLine. Organised by the UK’s largest commercial radio station, Heart FM, the event culminated last month with a host of celebrities lending their support, including –

Lionel Richie
Pixie Lott
James Morrison
Matt Cardle
David Hasselhoff

If the Hoff’s in, them I’m in! The main theme of the initiative was ‘Be a Kid for a Kid’ with loads of money raised through School Discos and Uniform Days. There was also a huge radio auction with loads of great prizes, including bids –

£7,700 for video messages from The Wanted
£6,000 for break to New York to see James Corden on Broadway (not to sure about that one!)
£2,200 to meet Peter Andre at his O2 Arena gig

Heart presenter, Emma Bunton, said –

The £348,456 will enable ChildLine to speak to thousands more children across the UK. We’d like to say a massive thank you to all our listeners and guests for being so generous and making the Have a Heart Appeal such a success.

Congratulations to all those who took part and make the Have a Heart appeal such as resounding success. All the funds raised will help pay for the recruitment, training and support of more ChildLine volunteer counsellors.

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The NSPCC children’s charity are eager to raise £50million to help expand their UK services and recruit nearly two thousand volunteers. By donating to the NSPCC you can help stop atrocities happening to children.