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Archives for May 2008

Round of Golf in one day in N. Ireland, Scotland, Wales and England
A friend is going to be undertaking a unique task of playing a round in all of the above for charity. He is over 70 years of age. Below is the challenge. I will play one round at each of 4 courses; Carnalea in Northern Ireland; Helsby in Cheshire England; Hawarden in Flintshire Wales and Lockerbie in Scotland. Every hole…
Warison Ltd (co reg: 5863223) this is NOT a charity!
Clothing Donation/Collection Leaflet Through The Door Just for reference.... Had a leaflet dropped through my door requesting unwanted clothing (in fact they ask for pretty much anything) which they will collect. Company: WARISON LIMITED Did a quick search on companies house and they are listed but with 'Active - Proposal…
Make a free donation to fight HIV
Every time someone takes part in this campaign on the Terrence Higgins Trust website, 25p is donated to the charity to help them with their work fighting HIV in the UK. Follow this link to help make a difference - http://campaigning.tht.org.uk/cms/cmsloader?WfJVLp&view=11,301,2481,0,-html
What do I do with 300 child car seat covers?
Hello everyone, I have been landed with approx 300 child car seat covers (Britax Hi-Liner) and I would like to give them to charity, either for recycling (as bedding maybe?) or for them to sell. Can anyone tell me if there are any charities who will come and take them away? I live in Somerset (near Bristol). They're brand…
Charity Fundrasing Event for the China Earthquake. Please Help
Good Afternoon, After hearing the millions of people, especially children that have been effected by the China Earthquake on 12th May 2008. Myself and two friends on Thursday 22nd May, put into action a Charity Fundrasing Event for the China Earthquake. This event is very close to my heart as firstly being from chinese…
The MoneySavingExpert.com Charity Fund Discussion
This is the discussion for the MoneySavingExpert.com Charity Fund article which includes details of The MSE Charity Please click reply to discuss
Still Time for FIREWALK
There is still time to register for the Zöe's Place Baby Hospice Sponsored FIREWALK, which takes place at the hospice in Liverpool at their Summer Fair being held on Sunday 6th July with lots of stalls and live music too. So why not register for this event and raise some money for a very deserving cause whilst at the same…
Race for Life - 1 month to go and done NO training!!
Hey all I'm doing Race for Life for the first time this year (at the end of June), but so far I've done absolutely no training for it as started a new job where I've been totally manic with no time to do anything. So, as someone with below average fitness am I going to survive the 5km!?! I'm determined to start this week…
Looking for Sponsors - Race for Life
So on the 1st June (Sunday) I'm doing my race for life. We found out at Christmas that my gran had breast cancer, everything seems fine now but it did make us want to race for life! So any help would be appreciated, I've not got nearly as much as the other people in my party :confused:…
Foreign Currency
I recently started working for a charity in their Finance Dept. Mainly we deal with the cash collection part of the organisation. There is a ginormous bag of foreign currency in the safe that I have been told can't be cashed. There must be someway that this can be used to the advantage of the charity. I don't know how old…
Ideas Please!
Hello, am organising a fund raiser for a children's cancer charity at very last minute, am going to need some ideas from people if they don't mind! We do it every year but usually have loads of time and people involved, but it due to many reasons it has sort of been forgotton about this year. We have one week... We usually…
pre-school
many thanks everyone.
Places available in British 10k London run
Hi there Different Strokes have a few places available in the British 10k London run, which takes place on Sunday 6th July, so there's still time to dust off those running shoes and get in training! Contact us for an application form (details below) and complete it to secure your place in the run. Then all you have to do…
Bone Cancer Research Annual Conference
The Bone Cancer Research Trust's Annual Patients' and Supporters' Conference will take place this year on Saturday 28th June 2008 at the Leicester Hilton. The conference will be of interest to bone cancer patients, thier families, medical professionals and students. If anyone is interested in going, see the charity's…
Help save the rainforests
If you click on www.therainforestsite.com you can donate to various charities for free.
Funding help (for charity based in the north east)
Charity advice
I've come onto the Charities forum to ask for some advice. I have a charity in mind that I would like to begin raising money for, in the form of marathons etc. Do I need to seek the charities permission to raise money for them? Are there any etiquette usually associated with fund-raising for a specified charity?
Ariel
You can donate water by buying special packs: http://www.ariel.co.uk/water/water_give_details.html
Sponsors needed for children's education in Daharamsala
Tong-Len Charitable trust (www.tong-len.org) 7 Oak Lane Edinburgh EH12 6XH 27th March 2008 Appeal for Sponsorship We urgently require sponsors for the children who are seeking a place in Tong-Len’s new hostel, to cover their educational and living costs. For the price of a cup of coffee a week (£2.50), it is possible to…
Know any famous people really well ?
I am organising a chartiy summer ball due to take place this sept. We are running an auction with all proceeds going to charity ( Air Ambulance and a local cancer charity ). I would be so immensely grateful if you were in a position to be able to ask a famous person to consider giving something we could auction. I know…

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