Coldplay Donate £260,000 To Sport Relief As DJ Jo Whiley Completes Gruelling 26 Hour Walk For Charity

That's dedication!

 

British band Coldplay donated a whopping £260,000 to a good cause yesterday, after they sponsored BBC Radio DJ, Jo Whiley £10,000 per hour for a Sport Relief charity walk.

 

We sometimes struggle to find the energy to walk to the corner shop to grab some chocolate, so we have enormous respect for BBC Radio DJ, Jo Whiley who walked for an incredible 26 hours on behalf of Sport Relief last night.

 

Jo can breathe a sigh of relief (and maybe grab a foot massage while she's at it) because her gruelling walk was not in vain. The 48-year-old has managed to raise some serious dosh for charity, with Coldplay donating £10,000 for every hour that Jo kept walking, making that £260,000 in total.

 

 

 

Luckily, Jo wasn't alone though. The likes of Mel C, Paloma Faith and Peter Andre dropped by to keep her company on the treadmill.

 

The challenge began on Wednesday evening at 7.45pm and didn't end until 9.45pm last night. Talking to the Beeb after the event, Jo said: "I have loved my challenge. It has had some highs and lows."

 

“It has truly been one of the most amazing experiences ever, but everything was worth it for Sport Relief.”

 

She then added: “I am blown away by Coldplay's generosity and it has made this challenge all the more sweeter.”

 

All week the BBC Radio team have been getting active as they attempt to run, swim and cycle a total of 25,000 miles. Why that number? Well, it's the circumference of the world, obviously.

 

Radio 1 Breakfast Show presenter, Nick Grimshaw also got involved. Grimmers contributed 1,000 miles to the total during his 12 hour cycling task. He managed to raise an amazing £11,582 in just one day.

 

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>It's Chris from <a href="https://twitter.com/coldplay">@coldplay</a> on't line giving <a href="https://twitter.com/jowhiley">@jowhiley</a> a call in her last half hour for <a href="https://twitter.com/sportrelief">@sportrelief</a> Donate £1 - Text JO to 70011 <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23GoJo&src=hash">#GoJo</a></p>— BBC Radio 2 (@BBCRadio2) <a href="https://twitter.com/BBCRadio2/statuses/446758221722968064">March 20, 2014</a></blockquote>

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-partner="tweetdeck"><p>Massive respect to the incredible, indegafatible <a href="https://twitter.com/jowhiley">@jowhiley</a> £10K per hour makes £260K sponsorship from us <a href="https://twitter.com/sportrelief">@sportrelief</a> love coldplay</p>— Coldplay (@coldplay) <a href="https://twitter.com/coldplay/statuses/446761363247878144">March 20, 2014</a></blockquote>

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Woke to the realisation that <a href="https://twitter.com/coldplay">@coldplay</a> have donated £10k for every one of my 26 hours on the treadmill )£260K!! <a href="https://twitter.com/sportrelief">@sportrelief</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/BBCRadio2">@BBCRadio2</a></p>— Jo Whiley (@jowhiley) <a href="https://twitter.com/jowhiley/statuses/446889158758645760">March 21, 2014</a></blockquote>

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>I am overwhelmed by their incredible generosity & a little bit emotional. Never underestimate the compassion of this band <a href="https://twitter.com/coldplay">@coldplay</a> Thanks x</p>— Jo Whiley (@jowhiley) <a href="https://twitter.com/jowhiley/statuses/446890035716300800">March 21, 2014</a></blockquote>

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I listened to that phone call yesterday and when I heard that I was like "wait...wat :|"

260 000!! That's a lot!!

They're so generous :wacky:

man, that would get me queit a few seasons in the Renault Clio Cup :p good stuff by them though, always helping out :)

Well done to the band they're always more than generous when it comes to helping others.

They're so generous…

 

It makes me melt with happiness :wacky:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Here's the moment <a href="https://twitter.com/coldplay">@coldplay</a> made Team <a href="https://twitter.com/jowhiley">@jowhiley</a> love them more than we already do...! Thanks guys!!! <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23humbled&src=hash">#humbled</a> <a href="http://t.co/1Hmxl9yZE0">pic.twitter.com/1Hmxl9yZE0</a></p>— BBC Radio 2 (@BBCRadio2) <a href="https://twitter.com/BBCRadio2/statuses/448199084336087040">March 24, 2014</a></blockquote>

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