Maureen Lipman supports a good call for people with Parkinson's

21 June 2012

Actress Maureen Lipman has shown her support for Parkinson's UK as we launch the first pay-monthly mobile phones that donate to charity.

Phones for Parkinson's is an innovative new scheme, which launched today, that allows people to raise vital funds for the charity, simply through using their mobile phone.

How does Phones for Parkinson's work?

Parkinson's UK receives 45% of the profits from sales and ongoing bills, when users buy one of the range of pay-monthly mobile phones.

4 smartphone handsets, including the iPhone 4 and the LG Optimus, are available through the scheme on 4 competitive tariffs on the Orange network ranging from £15-£45 per month.

Maureen Lipman, said:

"We can't all run marathons or jump out of planes - not every day, anyway, and not at all if, like me, you totally lack the courage gene.

"But there is a way to raise money through our devotion to our mobile phones. Now we can chat away, sitting down, for charity, knowing a generous percentage of our new phone contract will go to Parkinson's UK to aid people with Parkinson's and fund desperately needed research into this destructive condition."

Good call

To coincide with the initiative, Parkinson's UK is also launching the first in a new range of specially designed apps to help people living with the condition.

EasyCall, is a simple application which allows users to call their contacts in just one touch.

This is a function that is particularly useful for people with Parkinson's, who can often struggle to co-ordinate their movements, making operating a phone particularly challenging.

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