{"id":7343,"date":"2023-11-28T14:00:03","date_gmt":"2023-11-28T14:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.specialeffect.org.uk\/?p=7343"},"modified":"2023-11-27T10:48:46","modified_gmt":"2023-11-27T10:48:46","slug":"one-special-day-raises-500k-for-specialeffect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.specialeffect.org.uk\/news\/one-special-day-raises-500k-for-specialeffect","title":{"rendered":"One Special Day raises \u00a3500k for SpecialEffect"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"embed-container\" style=\"margin-bottom: 20px;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/w1IVUU88wh4\" frameborder=\"0\"><span style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><strong>Over 90 games industry partners united to raise over \u00a3500,000 for gamers\u2019 charity SpecialEffect through their flagship <a href=\"https:\/\/www.onespecialday.org.uk\">One Special Day campaign<\/a> in October.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The charity is indebted to the many games industry companies from across the world who came together to support their life-changing work. Donations from the event on the weekend of 6-8 October derived from sales income of mobile and PC games plus a variety of innovative company-driven fundraising challenges.<\/p>\n<p>The funds raised from One Special Day will be a huge boost in the charity\u2019s mission to enrich inclusion and quality of life by <a href=\"https:\/\/specialeff-d2p02.sites.urbanelement.com\/how-we-can-help\/play-video-games\">helping people with physical disabilities to play video games<\/a> to the best of their abilities.<\/p>\n<p>Dr Mick Donegan, SpecialEffect\u2019s CEO and Founder, said \u201cWe\u2019re simply blown away by such an astonishing level of support from our friends in the games industry and community, especially at such a difficult time for many companies. Demand for our support continues to grow, and this amazing total will be a cornerstone in enabling us to bring the magic of gaming to thousands of people with physical disabilities, and to help developers all over the world to make their games more accessible to all.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>More information about One Special Day can be found at\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.onespecialday.org.uk\">www.onespecialday.org.uk<\/a>. If you would like more details about the 2024 campaign on Friday 4 October please contact Nick Streeter (<a href=\"mailto:nick@specialeffect.org.uk\">nick@specialeffect.org.uk<\/a> or Liam Lawler (<a href=\"mailto:liam@specialeffect.org.uk\">liam@specialeffect.org.uk<\/a>).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\ufeff Over 90 games industry partners united to raise over \u00a3500,000 for gamers\u2019 charity SpecialEffect through their flagship One Special Day campaign in October. 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