BRUCE DICKINSON Among Stars Urging Firms To Sponsor Missing People Phone Line
October 15, 2009, 15 years ago
Belfast Telegraph reports:
IRON MAIDEN frontman BRUCE DICKINSON, broadcaster Sir Trevor McDonald and actress Helen Baxendale have urged companies to sponsor one of the phone lines run by a missing people's charity.
Missing People, which works to find and safeguard missing people and support their loved ones, wants firms to show their support by sponsoring a phone for £10,000. It has 12 lines available for sponsorship.
The event was hosted by vice-patron Sir Trevor McDonald, at the charity's headquarters in South-west London and was attended by the charity's corporate and celebrity supporters and ambassadors.
Sir Trevor McDonald said: "I am delighted to formally launch Missing People's Sponsor A Phone Campaign.
"Each of these phones really is a life-saving piece of equipment, providing support to some of society's most vulnerable people."By sponsoring a Missing People phone for £10,000, companies and individuals can help to ensure that vulnerable people can access crucial support 24 hours a day every day in 2010."
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