TOTAL BUTLER has made a £10,000 donation to children’s cancer charity CLIC Sargent, following the announcement that CLIC Sargent has become TOTAL BUTLER’S official corporate charity.

TOTAL BUTLER, which supplies a comprehensive range of products including heating oil for homes and gas oil and DERV for businesses, also celebrated the start of the relationship by branding all of its tankers with the CLIC Sargent logo on the cab doors, and launched a fleet of eight brand new delivery tankers which have full branding covering the truck. The launch took place at TOTAL BUTLER’s head office in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, and the new fleet has already taken to the roads, delivering fuel across the country, from the start of January.

Total UK, the parent company of TOTAL BUTLER, has enjoyed a long-standing relationship with CLIC Sargent since 2001. Every day ten families are told that their child has cancer and CLIC Sargent is the only charity offering them clinical, practical and emotional support, every step of the way.

Clare Gallie, Head of Fundraising UK, CLIC Sargent said: "We are thrilled to be chosen as TOTAL BUTLER’s corporate charity and the £10,000 donation will be a great help. This donation is enough to fund a CLIC Sargent Social Worker to support families for two months. Our social workers help the whole family, including siblings and grandparents, to understand and cope with the emotional, practical and financial effects of cancer, from the very moment their child is diagnosed."

As part of the partnership, Matt Gregg will take part in the 2010 Virgin London Marathon, for which CLIC Sargent is the official charity. Matt, who is a Customer Sales Development Manager at TOTAL BUTLER'S Westcott sales centre, has never taken part in a marathon and wanted to support CLIC Sargent as he has personal experience of dealing with cancer within his family.

Claire Woolham, Marketing Executive, TOTAL BUTLER commented: "We are delighted to be supporting such a deserving charity. We are keen to help CLIC Sargent further and some of our sales centres across the country already have ideas to kick start fundraising activities in 2010. We also wish Matt the best of luck for the 2010 London Marathon and hope that everyone supports him in raising essential funds for CLIC Sargent."

About TOTAL BUTLER

TOTAL BUTLER is a trading division of TOTAL UK Limited.  TOTAL BUTLER is a trusted company which has been supplying fuel in local communities since 1843. The TOTAL BUTLER Head Office is in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, and the company distributes fuel from over 45 delivery locations throughout England, using a fleet of 265 road tankers. TOTAL BUTLER has a turnover of £650 million.

About CLIC Sargent

Every day 10 families are told that their child has cancer. Diagnosis often comes as a shock. Treatment usually starts straightaway and can last up to three years. As the children’s cancer charity, CLIC Sargent is there… with clinical, practical and emotional support, every step of the way.

For more information visit http://www.clicsargent.org.uk/ or call the Child Cancer Helpline on 0800 197 0068.

Note to Sub Editors: Please note that the name 'CLIC Sargent' should not be abbreviated to CLIC, and that the word ‘CLIC’ should always appear in capitals, as above.