03 January 2007

Lord Attenborough turns his hand to dart playing at the charity ICAP day © ICAP The Muscular Dystrophy Campaign will receive a donation following the 14th charity day held by ICAP, the world’s largest interdealer broker.

The donation will support research at the Hammersmith Muscle Centre which will look into the psychosocial adjustments in children who have siblings with muscular dystrophy. The study will investigate how they respond and adapt to having a brother or sister whose condition will ultimately cut their life tragically short. We aim to empower children to better understand and cope with the issues surrounding having a sibling with muscular dystrophy.

ICAP’s annual global charity day raised £7.1 million in total for charities selected by ICAP’s offices around the world, a huge increase on last year’s £5.2 million. The money donated is Company’s entire revenue for one day and includes the company’s profits as well as the brokers own commissions, so it really does involve everyone in the company. Charities are asked to bring along as many celebrity patrons to entertain the traders and to encourage the traders to make more deals. Celebrities included the Muscular Dystrophy Campaign’s own Lifetime Honorary President, Lord Attenborough, along with actress Prunella Scales, comedian Phil Jupitus, violinist Vanessa Mae and Prince William. Guests were greeted by a dazzling array of characters including jedi warriors, Bay Watch lookalikes, darts players, sumo wrestlers, and a team of gladiators who had rather a lot of trouble keeping their weaponry under control. Lots of fun was had by all and a great deal of money was made for charity in the process.

For more information on ICAP’s charity day, visit www.icapcharityday.com