Sport Relief says Thank-You to BT

386,000 calls to BT-enabled donation line for Sport Relief
The nation dialled 03457 910 910 in massive numbers on Friday 19 March to make donations to Sport Relief.

BT handled 386,978 calls to donation line during live TV show, peaking at 210 calls per seconds at 9.26pm. An amazing £29,323,818 had been raised by the end of the telethon.

BT has supported Sport Relief since the beginning and once again provided the telephony, network management and thousands of volunteer hours in call centres across the country to help take millions of pounds in donations.

Beth Courtier, BTs community investment manager said, BTs support for charity telethons such as Sport Relief is a key strand of our charity programme. BT is in a unique position to assist and we are proud to be using our technology and expertise to help those most in need both at home in the UK and around the world.

As headline sponsor of The BT Sport Relief Million Pound Bike Ride, BT also helped David Walliams and his team of celebrity cyclists exceed their £1,000,000 target on their nonstop 4-day cycle relay from John OGroats to Lands End.

Everyone who picked up their BT phone on Friday 26 February helped raised more than £300,000 towards the Teams total thanks to BTs Chat for Change initiative. BT donated 1p for every home landline phone call made by a BT or Plusnet landline and calls customer*, and 25p for every call to BTs Directory Enquiry Service 118500.

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[CrockKneeBoy]

Tremendous result from everyone. Well done.

[coolgal1506]

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