I Can Feel It Yawning In The Air Tonight…..

So nearly there – just broke the £50K barrier. Richard Hawkins has just put Phil Collins on – I think it’s time we all went home!!

£40K and still going

It’s 10:45pm and the end is in sight
We’ve just hit the £40,000 mark which is great news. The high energy drinks, packets and peanuts and chocolate bars are doing a storm. The average gift is over £36 and the average weight gain is 3lbs per agent.

We’re OFF

7:04pm and the lines have gone red hot.
Biggest donation so far £1,000 – smallest 50p!!
I’m off to Domino’s to pick up the pizzas!

BT – Bit Late

Itching to get going – should’ve gone live at 6.30pm, but British Telecom are having a few hiccups. You can feel the nervous tension around the place and this is having the knock-on effect that all the food we’ve supplied is vanishing quick.
I’ve had to put signs asking people to ease off so that those [...]

A Little on the Tight Side

At 5.35pm we ran into our first glitch. Richard Hawkins needed to test all the phone lines before we opened at 6pm, but the call centre was so full of our lovely volunteers that nobody could hear them ring, so the briefing had to take place in the admin centre – 72 people crammed into [...]

Tonight’s The Night

After weeks of preparation and perspiration we finally go live at 6pm TONIGHT as a Sports Relief Donation Call Centre.
We’ve spent the day rigging up chill out rooms, collecting donations of food and drink from our wonderful supporters (big thanks to Domino’s Pizza, Bookers, Rococo Cafe, and Eggs Etcetera) and making sure that all the [...]