Red Funnel supports Mountbatten’s ‘Go Yellow’ Day
Tue, Oct 1 2019
Red Funnel Ferries is proud to support ‘Go Yellow’, an annual Mountbatten Isle of Wight fundraiser which aims to “turn the island yellow” for the day. Red Funnel will be donating £20 for every yellow car, motorcycle or van booked to travel under a special offer between Friday 4th October (the official Go Yellow Day) through until Sunday, 13th October 2019.
Go Yellow with Mountbatten raises funds and awareness in support of Islanders and their families facing death, dying and bereavement. The initiative encourages anyone to take part by wearing, eating or doing something with a yellow theme to raise money and have fun while supporting Island families.
To activate the Red Funnel donation as well as save 20% their ferry crossing, customers travelling in a yellow car, motorcycle or van should book online at www.redfunnel.co.uk/GOYELLOW. The offer is open to those travelling in either direction between East Cowes and Southampton.
Red Funnel chose Mountbatten as its official Charity of the Year for 2019 as part of its efforts to help support local charities who share its social responsibility aims, particularly those directly benefiting the Isle of Wight community.
Dani Johnson, Community Events Fundraiser for Mountbatten said: ‘Many thanks indeed to all those Going Yellow in any way on Friday 4 October. You can donate or find out more about Go Yellow and Mountbatten at www.mountbatten.org.uk All funds raised go to support over 1,300 Islanders and their families at the end of life, when they need us the most. We couldn’t provide the level of care and support that we do, without your help. Thank you.’
For more information and full T’s & C’s of Red Funnel’s Go Yellow Day offer please visit: www.redfunnel.co.uk/GOYELLOW
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For further information regarding Red Funnel, please contact:
Lisa Norman or Kirsti Pawlowski at McKenna Townsend
T: 01425 472330
About Red Funnel
Red Funnel is the original Isle of Wight ferry company with roots tracing back to 1820. Based in the UK port of Southampton, Red Funnel carries 2.3m passengers and over 800,000 vehicles on its ferry route between the UK port of Southampton and East Cowes and 1.1m passengers between Southampton and West Cowes on its Red Jet Hi-Speed service. In addition to ferry travel, Red Funnel is the only cross-Solent operator to offer ferry inclusive bonded holiday accommodation, attraction tickets, festival and event tickets and activity packages. Sub-brands include ‘Red Jet’ (the Hi-Speed passenger only ferry service serving West Cowes) and two food & beverage brands, ‘Steam Coffee Company’ and ‘ReFuel’. The Company is a founder member of Visit Isle of Wight Ltd, the Island’s not for profit destination management organisation and Red Funnel sponsors or supports most of the Island’s premier events including the IW Festival, Cowes Week, Isle of Arts, The Red Funnel IW Literary Festival, IW Newport Jazz Festival, Isle Walk Festival, Ventnor Fringe Festival and Wolverton Manor Garden Show as well as a range of community and niche interest events. Red Funnel’s 2019 Charity of the Year is Mountbatten Hospice, Isle of Wight.
For more information visit: www.redfunnel.co.uk