Companies Back Campaign to Help Towns Crowd Fund Christmas Lights

Companies, councils, and locals are coming together to Save Santa this Christmas through a national online campaign to raise funding for festive high street decorations.

Civic crowd funding website, Spacehive is calling on companies to help cash strapped towns secure the funds needed to bring festive cheer to our high streets – from sparking Christmas lights, to trees and bustling winter markets.

A consortium of retail and property chiefs, together with local communities, councils and retailers, backs the push.

Data giants Experian are the first to back the campaign, offering a war chest of £100,000 to match-fund yuletide projects. Retail body BCSC has put £10,000 up for grabs.

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