FT fundraising raises £3.3m

The Financial Times 2011-2012 Seasonal Appeal raised £3.3m for Sightsavers, making it the most successful appeal since the initiative began in 2005.

Running from November to the end of January, the appeal featured coverage of the charity's work in Nigeria, Bangladesh, India, Pakistan and Kenya, raising £634,000 more than any of the newspaper's previous appeals.

Donations from readers and Sightsavers' supporters raised £2.5m, while a photography exhibition at London's Getty Images Gallery and an online auction of dinners with FT writers raised £165,408. The global workforce of Standard Chartered donated their last hour's pay for 2011, adding an extra £406,599. Donations by readers were matched by Standard Chartered through its community investment programme Seeing is Believing, while the government matched UK donations.