Ramsdens sign Marie Curie

The logo of Marie Curie  will appear across the front of Middlesbrough FC players’ shirts for the forthcoming games against Reading and Derby County, thanks to the generosity of the club’s new shirt sponsors Ramsdens.

The UK’s largest independent pawnbrokers, whose three-and-a-half year sponsorship deal with the club starts on March 1, has donated its logo space to The Football League’s Official Charity Partner for the 2010/11 season, for the games on March 5 and 8.

Ramsdens has made the gesture to celebrate Marie Curie Week (March 7-14), when all 72 Football League clubs will dedicate games and fundraising collections to the charity. All money raised will help the charity provide more free nursing care   to local people with a terminal illness in their own homes.

Peter Kenyon, Chief Executive of Ramsdens, said: “We wanted to make our three-year Boro sponsorship work for the wider community as well as for our business and the club.

“Ramsdens is becoming an integral part of the High Streets and communities in which we operate. We are a 21st Century pawnbroker and have a wide range of services on offer.

“We are very keen to extend our links to the local communities and are delighted to be able to help promote Marie Curie in this way and do all we can to raise funds for the charity.”

Glenis Owen, Local Marie Curie Nurse, said: “This is the first time the charity has been donated sponsorship on a Football League shirt and Ramsdens have given us a wonderful opportunity to raise awareness of our vital work in the local community and beyond.

“I look after terminally ill people in homes across Teesside every week. It’s important that people are given the choice of where they want to be looked after. Support from businesses like Ramsdens and Middlesbrough FC ensures that we can continue this work.” 

Middlesbrough FC are supporting the charity in a number of ways during Marie Curie Week, particularly around the home game against Derby County on March 8, when local Marie Curie Nurse, Glenis Owen, will walk onto the Riverside pitch with the official match ball and there will be a bucket collection amongst fans.

Ramsdens was founded in Middlesbrough in the 1950s and has around 6% share of the UK gold buying market from its customers who either visit one of its 80 branches in the North of England, Scotland and Wales, or use its internet gold-buying service at www.gotgoldgetcash.co.uk. It also operates a foreign currency exchange and a mobile phone recycling service.

To make a £3 donation to Marie Curie Cancer Care, text GOAL to 70300.¹

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