Fourteen Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) call centres will open their telephone lines on behalf of Comic Relief this coming Friday.
An estimated 1,400 volunteers will be in place for the duration of the seven hour phone-in.
Jobcentre Plus, The Pension Service and the Disability and Carers service helplines will contribute their ‘out of office hours’ service for free in a bid to raise record amounts on March 11.
Michele Settle, Comic Relief’s Marketing Director, said:
“Call centres have always been right at the heart of Red Nose Day and without their generous support in taking donation calls from the UK public, we could never raise the sort of sums we do. Comic Relief is delighted that the Department for Work and Pensions will have volunteers throughout the UK staffing the telephone lines to support our 10th anniversary of Red Nose Day on Friday March 11th.”
Celebrities including the Cheeky Girls, Verity from the X-Factor and the cast of Byker Grove will join workers at the DWP call centres to take donations.
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