Newstrade professionals asked to help former colleagues in charity drive

By Éilis Cronin in Industry News 7th January 2022

A charity that helps those with a news trade connection who has fallen on hard times is asking for support from those still in the business to raise funds in the New Year.

NewstrAid helps newsagents, wholesalers, delivery drivers, shop assistants and others who have been employed in the news distribution business.

This year it has asked NFRN members to consider doing sponsored tasks to raise money for the charity.

Neil Jagger, NewstrAid’s chief executive, said: “At this time of the year we know that everyone is making New Year’s resolutions and trying to get more active after Christmas so we thought we would try and harness some of this enthusiasm.

“Fundraising is a great motivator and so we are asking people to combine their New Year’s resolutions with raising money for a good cause.”

The charity has set up a Just Giving campaign and participants can set up their own fundraising page linked to the campaign by clicking on the ‘start fundraising’ button.

Last year NewstrAid helped more than 1,000 people from the industry who were in need or distress and every penny raised as part of the Chilly Challenge will be used to help colleagues who are going through a tough time in 2022.

Jagger added: “I have already started fundraising for my own 100km challenge and I hope lots of our industry friends will join me before the end of February to take on their own Chilly Challenge this winter.”

The Chilly Challenge 2022 campaign page can be found at justgiving.com/campaign/newstraidchillychallenge22