Slump in mobile price hits charity’s revenue by up to €300k

THE collapse in the price for second-hand mobile phones has hit the revenues of one children’s charity by between €200,000 and €300,000.

However, Jonathan Irwin, the chief executive of the Jack & Jill Foundation, said yesterday that the charity had been able to make up the loss on the mobile phone revenue by increasing contributions received from the corporate sector.

The revenues from second-hand mobiles were vital to the foundation, and Mr Irwin said that in a good year, the charity would raise more from the phones than it would receive from the HSE.