Get Connected Charity Competition To Celebrate 10 Year Partnership With The Carphone Warehouse

Get Connected Charity Competition To Celebrate 10 Year Partnership With The Carphone Warehouse

LONDON, August 24, 2011/PRNewswire/ --

    - With Photo

    This week The Carphone Warehouse is celebrating its 10 year anniversary
of partnership with charity Get Connected - the UK's free and confidential
helpline service for children and young people who need help but don't know
where to turn. http://www.getconnected.org

    The Carphone Warehouse is helping Get Connected raise GBP100,000 to
support the UK's 19 million young people with an exciting competition to win
a Home Entertainment Package worth GBP1,500, including a 3D TV, PS3, Home
Theatre System and much more. All you need to do to enter is simply answer
this question:

    How long has Get Connected been The Carphone Warehouse's charity
partner?

   
      A) 3 years
      B) 10 years
      C) 15 years.

    Just Text: GCWIN A, GCWIN B or GCWIN C to 84424. You can enter as many
times as you like and all correct entries are entered into the prize draw.
Texts cost GBP3 plus your standard text message charge. For more details
visit:

    http://www.getconnected.org.uk/gcweek

    Since the partnership began in 2001, The Carphone Warehouse has raised
over GBP2 million for the charity, Get Connected with a wealth of
initiatives, including handset recycling. Get Connected receive GBP5 for
every phone recycled. Old phones in any condition with or without chargers
can be recycled at any The Carphone Warehouse store.

    Notes to Editors

    About Get Connected (http://www.getconnected.org.uk)

    Get Connected provides a support team of trained Helpline Volunteers who
give each young person under the age of 25 the emotional support and
information they need to choose the best help from the thousands of services
from 13,500+ recognised organisations in the UK. Crucially, the young person
can then be connected for free to their chosen source of support, without
the phone call showing up on their bill. The service is totally confidential
and available by phone, email, webchat, text and Webhelp 24/7 for online
self-help.

    About The Carphone Warehouse

    The Carphone Warehouse is the largest independent mobile phone retailer
in the UK, with over 800 stores nationwide. To find out more go to
http://www.carphonewarehouse.com or call 0800 925 925

    A picture accompanying this release is available through the PA
Photowire. It can be downloaded from http://www.pa-mediapoint.press.net
or viewed at http://www.mediapoint.press.net or
http://www.prnewswire.co.uk.

    For further information, images and exclusive please contact:

    Sophie Munro-Faure at JDi on +44(0)20-8563-1414 or email
sophie@jdi.co.uk

Source: Get Connected

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