Apprentice star calls on businesses to ‘Feel Good’
Friday 13 January
2012
-For Immediate Release-
Leon Doyle, star of BBC1’s The Apprentice, is asking
local businesses to get behind Samaritans’ new workplace
fundraising day, Feel Good Friday.
Sponsored by healthcare provider Simplyhealth,
Feel Good Friday aims to recruit people to take part in
‘feel-good’ themed fundraisers and challenges at their place of
work, in return for a donation to Samaritans. Employees are being
encouraged to organise activities such as coming to work in
slippers, playing ‘feel good’ songs, or hosting a lunchtime Zumba
and aerobics class, all in the name of charity.
Former Apprentice contestant, Leon
Doyle, founder of The Master Menu, is encouraging businesses to get
behind Samaritans’ campaign.
He said: “January is always a tough month for
both employers and employees suffering from post-Christmas blues
and struggling to keep to New Year’s Resolutions. Fundraising is a
great way of boosting staff morale and bringing a business together
for a fantastic cause. Planning and organising activity to support
Feel Good Friday is a great opportunity for the business
community to come together and raise some money for Samaritans to
continue their dedicated work.”
Samaritans’ Head of Fundraising, Chris
Jarrett said: “It’s so important that as many employers
and employees as possible get involved in Feel Good
Friday. Over the Christmas period, Samaritans answered
more than 193,000 calls from people struggling to cope, and funds
raised through Feel Good Friday will help us answer more
calls from people with nowhere else to turn.”
Mark Day from Simplyhealth
said: “Feel Good Friday is a fantastic idea and
we are delighted to support Samaritans. Feel Good Friday
is all about doing something fun and that makes you feel good. All
too often we are so focused on keeping up with the pace of modern
life that we forget to take some time to relax and enjoy ourselves.
We hope that Feel Good Friday shows people the value of
taking time out, whilst at the same time helping to raise money for
a great cause.”
Feel Good Friday is taking place on Friday 3 February 2012 and
companies can register to take part and download a fundraising pack
by visiting http://www.feelgoodfriday.org/
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For more information about the
work of Samaritans, or the partnership with Simplyhealth please
contact Claire Duncan on 020 8394 8345 or email c.duncan@samaritans.org
Notes to editors:
Samaritans is here for anyone feeling down and
depressed or struggling to cope. Our volunteers are available 24/7
to offer confidential support by phone: 08457 90 90 90 (UK) or 1850
60 9090 (Republic of Ireland), email: jo@samaritans.org, or face-to-face.
Visit http://www.samaritans.org/ for
details of your local branch.
About Simplyhealth:
- We became Simplyhealth in 2009 after bringing together HSA,
BCWA, LHF, HealthSure and Totally Active, our family of health
companies have joined together over the last nine years to form
Simplyhealth
- We’ve been providing healthcare solutions for nearly 140 years,
dedicated to serving our customers through a variety of cash plans,
dental plans, private medical insurance, healthcare trusts and
mobility and living aids
- Simplyhealth is a trading name of Simplyhealth Access, which is
authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority
- As of December 2010, Simplyhealth had 1.2 million customers
providing cover for some 2 million lives
- Simplyhealth is committed to making a positive impact on its
communities. Last year, we donated £1.6 million to health related
charities and causes