In a dose of good news, Jagex and its RuneScape and Old School RuneScape players have donated $250,000 (£204,000) to mental health charities.
The donations are to three official charity partners including CPSL Mind, The Prince’s Trust, and Rise Above the Disorder. In an accompanying press release, Phil Mansell, Jagex CEO, announced this feat:
This continues a round of fundraising done in April, wherein Jagex donated £100,000 to its charity partners to support the services they offer during the pandemic. In addition to this, an in-game RuneScape event during Mental Health Awareness Week, combined with the donation of proceeds from Solomon's General Store over the course of that week, raised a further £104,000 for the charities.
“It’s amazing and humbling to see RuneScape players being as supportive of our mental health charity partners as everyone at Jagex is,” said Phil Mansell, “The combined £204,000 total from the £104,000 raised by players during the Mental Health Awareness Week in-game event on top of Jagex’s original £100,000 donation, will make a big difference in enabling them to help others during this time.”
