Nottingham Express Transit have raised more than \u00a31,200 for MacMillan Cancer Support at the start of a new partnership between the two organisations. The money was raised by staff, passengers and the system operator with NET employees staging a bake sale at the Travel Centre and at Wilkinson Street Depot with members of the travelling public making donations on board trams.<\/p>\n
Operator of Nottingham Express Transit, Keolis Nottingham, have signed a 12 month partnership agreement with the charity after a vote by staff for their charity of the year.<\/p>\n
\u00a3382 was raised at the bake sale and through collections with a number of other tram related events and activities having previously raised \u00a3480. Those sums have been matched by Keolis Nottingham bringing a total of \u00a31,245.50.<\/p>\n
Chris Williams, Commercial Manager at Keolis Nottingham, said: \u201cWe\u2019ve supported MacMillan\u2019s national Go Green campaign for a number of years, but now it has helped us celebrate a new partnership between the tram and the charity. It\u2019ll be the first of a series of fundraising activities over the next 12 months as we aim to raise at least \u00a310,000 for a cause that means so much to so many people.\u201d<\/p>\n
A Just Giving Page has also been set-up allowing passengers to donate throughout the year: https:\/\/thetram.net\/www.justgiving.com\/fundraising\/nottm-trams-macmillan<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Nottingham Express Transit have raised more than \u00a31,200 for MacMillan Cancer Support at the start of a new partnership between the two organisations. The money was raised by staff, passengers and the system operator with NET employees staging a bake … Continue reading