Arnold Clark’s kind employees turn pennies to pounds to help Chris's House in Wishaw

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Thanks to the generosity of its kind-hearted staff, a car sales group has made an £800 donation to Wishaw-based charity Chris’s House.Arnold Clark’s Change for Charity scheme gives its employees the option to donate the change from their pay checks to a nominated local charity.Chris’s House which is based in Belhaven Road is a centre of help, response and intervention surrounding suicide.It was one of three charities to benefit equally from £2400 donated by the car retailer’s employees through the Change for Charity initiative that turned pennies into pounds.The Lanarkshire Live app is available to download now.

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