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Childline to benefit from competition with £3 million home as top prize

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Childline to benefit from competition with £3 million home as top prize

Childline to benefit from competition with £3 million home as top prize

The NSPCC's Childline helpline will receive at least £100,000 from a competition with a £3 million luxury house as its top prize.Childline's founder Dame Esther Rantzen said the charity had received messages from 'desperate' children during lockdown, and had lost volutneers to Covid-19.The online fundraising platform Omaze hopes to raise £500,000 for Childline in a competition that will see one person win a £3 million luxury house in Devon.

The coastal property boasts five bedrooms and an infinity pool, and the winner will be able to live in it, rent it out or sell it.


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