Inkfish make it a "Big One"

Staff at Inkfish Call Centre in Nottingham took telephone donations of more than £164,000 for this year’s Big One – Red Nose Day!

Famous sporting faces, ex Forest player Nigel Jemson, Derby County captain Michael Johnson and Nottingham Rugby players Alex Loney and Ryan Hopkins swapped their busy schedules for a night at Inkfish taking calls for Comic Relief. Staff from other local businesses, Nottingham University students and over 200 staff, friends and family manned 140 lines from 7pm till midnight to take an astonishing 5,200 calls.

A charity job swap was also organised when Leigh Hitch, Karen Reid and Heather Millard from Inkfish staff traded places with ASDA’s Gemma Hind and Carla Goodman to find out what working life was like on the other side of the fence. Inkfish employees spent the evening flipping pizzas and stacking shelves while the ASDA crew joined the Inkfish team and local celebrities in taking calls.

Employees also took part in various games throughout the day with some even shedding their hair for the occasion. The raffle alone raised over £1,000.

Debi Martin, Site Operations Manager at Inkfish said: “This year has been a great success – we would like to say a big thank you to the local celebrities, representatives of other Nottingham businesses, Nottingham University and Inkfish employees who gave up their evenings to take calls - and also to ASDA who donated food and drink to keep us going into the small hours.

“We managed to raise a significant amount of money and could not have done this without the support, dedication and commitment we received.”

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