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Archives for June 2009

Who Can I approach for Help?
My future daughter in law is recovering from leukaemia, just approaching one year since her bone marrow transplant. She hasn't worked since diagnosis, has no savings and some debt. She lives with her parents. She would love to move in with my son, who lives on the south coast, and get financial help with some sort of…
Use of Term Charity
Hi Wondering what the rules are on someone using the term charity to describe fundrasing efforts for a good cause but not actually a charity? I know that some people jsut use the term off hand but wondering if there can be any repercussions etc? Just want to know position so I am able to advise - I feel its misleading to…
Mercy Ships
Hi All Mercy Ships, a global charity, has operated a fleet of hospital ships in developing nations since 1978. Mercy Ships brings hope and healing to the poor, mobilising people and resources worldwide. Their programmes promote health and well-being by serving the urgent surgical needs of the forgotten poor and empowering…
Race for Life- Please Sponsor me
Hello Everyone, On June 28th I will be taking part in Race For Life along with my best friend and her mum. We will be running at Cassiobury Park, Watford. Currently we are deperately short of sponsors, so I would would be grateful if anyone could help out; no matter how big or small the donation, every penny counts! My mum…
Beware - charity phone spam from Supporter Insight
My daughter, who tends to be home at the moment because she is on study leave, is getting up to two calls a day from an Indian call centre asking for my wife. When she says my wife isn't home they rudely hang up. Today my daughter asked them who they were and wrote down the name of the company. It turns out they are…
Tesco Charity of the Year 2009 - Muscular Dystrophy Campaign
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fundraiser
hi all Im holding a charity 5a-side football event in august for cystic fibrosis as my lil girl has it, we are slowly getting donations for raffle prizes but have had a few rejections. anyone know of companies that are pretty good at donating?? cheers :beer:
Daily email reminders
I’m hoping to tap the knowledge of readers to this forum by asking for any website that provides a regular reminder of an action that benefits a worthy cause eg a click to donate site. The reason being is that I run a website http://www.helpfromhome.org/ which is trying to provide suggestions to make it easier to volunteer…
sending unwanted clothes,etc abroad to poor people
I am doing a clear out & have lots of my children's old clothes, shoes, toys etc. I want to send these to a village in India where I have been & seen poverty. If I send it directly to the people, I know it will get to them but how do I do this?
Rogavi Website
Not sure this is a strictly money saving venture, unless you win on the site, but I was wondering if anyone had heard of this site, whether it is a con or whatever and whether they know of anyone who has won anything on it. The basic idea is that you buy tickets online for various charity raffles, with some good prizes. I…
Raising money for Momentum x Please sponsor me x
Hi Folks, Tomorrow along with 11 colleagues i will be white water rafting down the river tummel (Pitlochry), after a lot of trying we are still short of our target so very desperate for sponsors. I would be very grateful if anyone can help out We are raising money for Momentum Momentum works in partnership to enable and…
Watch Big Brother and help MacMillan!
Every time you watch a Big Brother video on the Virgin Media website they will make a donation to MacMillan. Watch your favourite Big Brother clips without any guilt. Please let everyone know. It's for such a good cause.
Is it possible to set up a charity shop as an individual ?
Just wondering if it is possible to set up a thrift/charity shop as an individual not being a registered charity and giving the profits to a few charities or benevolent groups.I am interested in helping dog rescue groups locally by running a little shop based on selling donated items along with a bought in range of gifts…
Bone Cancer Conference
The Bone Cancer Research Trust are holding their annual conference at St. Albans, Hertfordshire on Saturday 27th June 2009. Anyone affected by or interested in primary bone cancers are more than welcome. Details on the BCRT website http://www.bcrt.org.uk/conference.shtml
Save-to-give charity campaign
There is a new charity fundraising campaign run via a blog that gives a moneysaving tip each week and asks people to donate part of the saving that they make to charity - e.g. if the tip saves them a tenner they might donate a fiver. They're in Week 4 now - they had a week of reviewing the household bills with links to MSE…
Need some ideas please - Virgin Fundraiser!!
Well the good news is that my Guide unit have been excepted onto a once in a life time trip to Italy next year ; a whole week of rafting and climbing. They are all very excited - some have never been abroad before... but the bad news is they have changed the money requirements! Instead of the £25 deposit we thought we…
Globalgiving.co.uk
I started using it a couple of months ago when I saw their advertising banner on Expedia. The idea is that you pick a project that is on the site and then you can donate money which goes towards specific things. You then get feedback every few months on how the money donated through Global Giving has helped that project. I…

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