Castle Lotus Goes Online To Raise Money

Stanstead based Castle Lotus is taking a new and innovative approach to supporting charity this

Christmas by teaming up with internet shopping portal TheGivingMachine™ to sell Lotus cars online.

Internet shopping is massively popular, and never more so than at Christmas so it's refreshing to learn

that there is a way of shopping online whilst contributing to your favourite school or charity.

Institute of Fundraising members TheGivingMachine™ (TGM) tap into the multi-billion pound online

retail market by providing a very special incentive to shoppers. 100 leading retailers are accessible

through TGM and each time a sale is made the merchant donates money for a school or charity of the

purchaser's choice.

A variety of Lotus are available and range from toy and model cars to the real thing! Castle Lotus and

the TGM have an agreement that for each Lotus purchase by a TGM shopper a donation of 2.25% will

be made to charity, and with on the road prices ranging from £24,500 to £45,000, that is a sizeable

contribution!

Ian Cunningham of Castle Lotus said, "We're delighted to be involved in this initiative to help the wider

community. Christmas is about giving and we're happy to donate 2.25% of the price of a Lotus bought

via TheGivingMachine to good causes selected by our customers."

Richard Morris, co-founder of TGM bought his own Lotus Elite from the sportscar dealer in Stansted and

explained, "We're seeing a huge explosion in online shopping and luxury purchases are no exception.

Selling a Lotus online is a great way to publicise TheGivingMachine and – as we operate a percentage

donation system – high value products such as these could also raise a significant amount for UK

charities and schools."