STAFF JUMP INTO THEIR JEANS WITH ROYALS CAPTAIN!
Staff from local education charity, CfBT Education Trust, will
be jumping into their jeans with Royals
reserve goalkeeper Mikkel Anderson on Friday
(October 5) raising money for children with genetic
disorders.
This is the 7th year that CfBT has supported the nationwide Jeans
for Genes campaign, raising more than £2,000 in total for children
and young people born with genetic disorders, and this year staff
are delighted Mikkel is joining the fundraising efforts.
Staff will be raising money simply by wearing their jeans to work
and donating £2 to the Jeans for Genes charity. Mikkel, Royals
reserve goalkeeper, who joined Reading from AB Copenhagen in
January 2007, will be joining staff to show his support.
In the UK, one baby in every 33 is born with a genetic disorder or
birth defect – that’s one born every 30 minutes whose life could be
affected. So far, Jeans for Genes has raised more than £27million
to support pioneering research projects and provide valuable
support services for affected children and their families across
the country.
The charity’s aim is to raise £3million this year and proceeds will
help seven national charities, including Great Ormond Street
Hospital Charity, the National Deaf Children’s Society and the
Sickle Cell Society.
Joanne Smithson, CfBT's Planning & Corporate Services Director,
said: “CfBT Education Trust has supported the Jeans for Genes
campaign for a number of years. It is an easy way to raise money
for this worthwhile cause and we are extremely pleased to be
working along side Reading FC this year and hope to raise even
more!”
To find out more about Jeans for Genes, visit www.jeansforgenes.com
or call freephone 0800 980 4800.
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Notes for Editors:
CfBT Education Trust is a leading education consultancy and
service organisation. Our object is to provide education for public
benefit both in the UK and internationally. Established 40 years
ago CfBT Education Trust now has an annual turnover exceeding £100
million and employs more than 2,000 staff worldwide who support
educational reform, teach, advise, research and train.
As a not-for-profit organisation we commit around £1million of our
surpluses every year for practice-based educational research.
Visit www.cfbt.com for more information.
For more information contact:
Caroline Pellow
60 Queens Road
Reading
Berkshire
RG1 4BS
Tel: 0118 902 1504