Press release:
November 5th, 2020.
Gamers’ charity SpecialEffect is delighted to announce that, thanks to a record number of partners from the games industry, their One Special Day fundraising campaign on Friday 2nd October has raised over £500,000.

The charity, which has experienced an upturn in demand for their services since the first COVID-19 lockdown in March, are incredibly grateful to their friends from the worldwide games industry who have rallied to support their life-changing work. From donating UK income from mobile and PC games, to a special Humble Bundle and a series of socially-distanced ‘virtual’ challenges, industry partners large and small have raised vital funds to help SpecialEffect continue to find cutting edge solutions to help people with physical challenges play and avoid isolation.

SpecialEffect’s CEO and Founder, Dr Mick Donegan said:
“All of us at SpecialEffect are delighted and humbled at the outcome of our 5th and most successful One Special Day 2020 ever and are massively grateful to friends throughout the games industry. They’re not only ensuring that we can carry on meeting the ever-growing demand to help disabled gamers to play, but also the demand to help developers all over the world to make their games more accessible to all.”

More information about One Special Day can be found at www.onespecialday.org.uk and if you would like more details about the 2021 campaign (on October 1st 2021) please contact Nick Streeter at [email protected]

SpecialEffect are an award-winning charity that enables people with physical disabilities to benefit from the fun and inclusion of video games. We support people of all ages through personalised assessments and equipment loans.

Discover more at http://www.specialeffect.org.uk.

SpecialEffect:

www.specialeffect.org.uk

Twitter: @specialeffect #specialeffect

Facebook: specialeffectcharity

Instagram: specialeffectteam

SpecialEffect.Org.Uk Ltd. SpecialEffect are a Registered Charity No 1121004. Registered Company in England and Wales No 6040232

Jonas “O.J” Ek
The Gaming Ground
Twitter: @TheGamingGround

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