Monday 15-01-2018 - 14:44

Last year we teamed up with the British Heart Foundation (BHF) and took part in the University campaign Pack for Good, the only dedicated charity campaign targeted at Universities and students. The campaign encourages students as they leave university to donate unwanted items, which go on to be sold in one of their 740 shops across the UK, with all profits going on to fund life saving research. 

Every University that partners with them in the campaign collects unwanted goods that enables BHF shops to receive a regular supply of donations during the summer period, a time typically, when donations can be lower than in other seasons. But that's not all! In one year, it diverted over 2million kilograms of waste entering landfill and prevented 23million kilograms of greenhouse carbon emissions being created. Saving the planet whilst saving lives.

This is a brief summary of how QMU did:

So thank you to all of you who took part last year and if you're considering donating unwanted items in future campaigns, here's some help...

To find out more, please visit www.bhf.org.uk