The UK Mobile Operators 3, O2, Orange, T-Mobile, Virgin and Vodafone have joined in with the spirit of giving and agreed to waive their usual charges to ensure the full value of the donation text goes to Comic Relief.
To send a £5 donation simply send a text to 66609
To send a £1 donation simply send a text to 88808
Emma Freud, Trustee of Comic Relief, said: “The spirit of the entire mobile industry has taken our breath away. We believe receiving every penny from texts donated by the public will make the most remarkable difference – helping us to transform and save literally thousands of lives. An astonishing £190,000 was donated via the £1 text donation line on the first day it opened on Radio 1, and in that week it raised nearly £800,000. We have high hopes for the £5 text line on Red Nose Day.”
