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Nominet to donate over $260,000 to Children In Need

Kevin Murphy, October 8, 2018, Domain Registries

UK ccTLD registry Nominet said today that it will donate £1 ($1.31) for every domain registered to the charity Children In Need.
The initiative, which runs from today until November 19, is being backed up with a £200,000 ($261,000) minimum donation commitment.
Every paid-for domain in .co.uk, .uk, .me.uk and .org.uk will count.
The .uk space typically has been doing about 125,000 to 130,000 new regs per month recently, across all subdomains and direct .uk, so we’re looking at a potentially substantial donation here.
The money raised will help fund technology-related youth projects across the UK, Nominet said.
Judging by today’s press release, non-profit Nominet is calling itself a “profit with a purpose” company nowadays.
Children In Need is a charity run by the BBC. It broadcasts a fundraising telethon every year, typically raising tens of millions of pounds.
This year’s show is being broadcast November 16.