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Record Store Day 2022 raises more than £27,000 for War Child.

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    • Author: War Child UKWe are excited to announce that this year’s Record Store Day has raised more than £27,000 for War Child. A huge thank you to everyone who contributed to this grand total. The money will go towards protecting, educating, and standing up for the

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We are excited to announce that this year’s Record Store Day has raised more than £27,000 for War Child.

A huge thank you to everyone who contributed to this grand total. The money will go towards protecting, educating, and standing up for the rights of children caught up in conflict around the world. It will aim to keep them safe, give them an education and equip them with skills for the future.

 

Thank you if you:

  • Bought one of the official B-Side Meantime Brewing beers, £1 from every can was donated. And bar profits from the first RSD Live festival have been contributed too.
     
  • Entered the raffle for the Rega Research deck, which was signed by Sam Fender, all entry costs were donated and eligible for Aid Match by the government.
     
  • Bought the Patti Smith, Dire Straits, or Deacon Blue official RSD 2022 release, £1 from every release sold was donated.

“We’re delighted to have been part of the 15th anniversary of Record Store Day, celebrating the album and the vital role independent record stores in our society. It’s a partnership we’re really proud of, music has always been at the core of everything we do at War Child and we’re incredibly grateful to everyone at Record Store Day for the amazing total raised this year. It makes a huge difference to children whose lives have been torn apart by war. From providing safe spaces and psychological support to children who have been traumatised by conflict in Ukraine, to finding lost vulnerable children in Afghanistan and providing access to food water and other essentials to survive to children in Yemen.” - Richard Clarke, Head of War Child Records.