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NewstrAid rounds off 185th year with carol concert

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NewstrAid rounds off 185th year with carol concert
Andy Marino
By Andy MarinoNov 04, 2024
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Industry charity NewstrAid will be rounding off their 185th Birthday celebrations with their annual Carol Concert held at St Bride’s Church, Fleet Street on Monday 2 December, 6.45pm.

This festive event, which has been made possible thanks to support from more than twenty newspaper and magazine businesses, will include music from the St Bride’s choir and festive readings from industry colleagues.

We are so grateful to all the businesses who have sponsored this event and made it possible during our 185th Birthday year," said Neil Jagger, CEO for NewstrAid. "If it wasn’t for the support we have received from the Newspaper and Magazine industry throughout our history, the charity quite simply would not still be in existence.”

The carol concert is the last event to take place in celebration of NewstrAid’s anniversary with events during 2024, including a scavenger hunt, a special lunch for the charity’s volunteers and a Summer raffle. These celebrations have coincided with the charity having another exceptionally busy year with requests for support coming in at the same rate as they did in 2023, which was a record year for applications.

“St Bride’s church, with its long association with the newspaper trade, is a very fitting location for the final event of our 185th year. The money raised as a result of all our events continues to be as important as it was when the charity was founded nearly two centuries ago and we hope to see many friends and colleagues from the newspaper and magazine industry join us at St Bride’s to help us continue to support those from the trade who are facing hardship,” Jagger concluded

The Carol Concert will be followed by wine, mince pies and a Christmas raffle draw in the Bridewell Hall next door to St Bride’s Church. Tickets for the Carol Concert are available at https://donate.giveasyoulive.com/charity/newstraid-benevolent-fund/event/carol-concert-2024 and anyone wanting to enter the Christmas Raffle should visit https://www.newstraid.org.uk/xmas2024/


Principal Sponsors: DMG Media, Guardian News & Media, NewsTeam, Reach Plc, Pipers News, Puzzler, DC Thomson,

Event Sponsors: Menzies Distribution, News UK, Smiths News, Seymour, Frontline, FT, Marketforce,

Supporters: The Fed, Intermedia, Newtrade Media, The Telegraph, Willis News Distribution, WithersWorldWide

Advertisers: Rathbones

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