NOTTS Contact Centre Rings In Donations for Comic Relief

Added by Love Business East Midlands | 28 March 2017

UPDATED: 28 March 2017

Domestic & General, in Talbot Street Nottingham, was one of 11 contact centres across the country taking donation calls as part of the annual event on 24 March - which raised more than £71 million on the night.

More than 120 volunteers from its Nottingham, Brighton and Bedworth call centres came together in Nottingham and worked throughout the evening and into the night taking generous pledge donations from people all over the country.

Kirsty Peasley, Domestic & General head of communications and volunteer, said: “We have all had an absolutely fantastic night and I am so humbled by the number of people wanting to get involved. All of our volunteers, who included a mix of employees, friends, family and other businesses, did such an amazing job. We hope to take part in future call taking for Comic Relief, it has been brilliant.”

Players from Nottingham Rugby Club attended to take some of the first calls, with Marcellus Baz, who founded Switch Up in St Ann’s and was the winner of the BBC’s Sports Personality 2016, Unsung Hero Award, tried out some sparring with volunteers.

Marcellus said: “This is such a fantastic cause, it is great to see the energy here at Domestic & General and so many people volunteering their time. I have really enjoyed it and seeing all the call taking in action is fantastic.”

Throughout the evening, Domestic & General received support from local ambassadors to keep volunteers energised throughout the five-hour shift. The BBC were also interested in Domestic & General’s Comic Relief activities. BBC Radio Nottingham and East Midlands Today carried out live radio and TV interviews on the day and Domestic & General’s own social media channels were flooded with likes and shares.

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