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Archives for September 2009

Couple of charity tax related questions
My DD1 wants to go on Operation Wallacea (http://www.opwall.com/ ) with her school next summer. Estimated cost is £2k. About £1k to Operation Wallacea for local accomodation, meals, between £600 and £900 for flights and £100 - £200 on personal kit (rucksack, boots, wetsuit). We had the first meeting last night with the…
Cheap printing for charity music festival?
Organising a charity music festival on quite a LARGE scale. We've been really fortunate with people donating time/venues/musicians for free, but really struggling to find cheap printing. We've rasied some money to cover the costs, but would obviously rather give as much to the charity as we can. Anyone know a good cheap…
Your thoughts please on fundraising idea
Hi, my partner and I support various small charities, and we do the usual fundraising things like boot sales, sponsored events etc., but had the idea to 'steal' a suggestion from Jamie Oliver and hold some charity suppers. The idea is that we host a supper, probably three course meal with BYO wine, asking for donations at…
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Anyone know where to get laminating sheets
We have recently run out of laminating pouches what we use for our charity certificates anyone know of any deals on them anywhere please.Thanks for any advice. The Anthony Booth Trust
want to open my own charity shop
i want to open my own charity ship and i would like to hear from people who have done this, as i would like to get enough information as possible. also does anyone know of a reputable company that will help with my buissness plan? appreciate any information.
Save the Children and get a £5 Ikea Voucher
:T Just drop off five or more books at your local IKEA store between 28 September and 11 October and not only will they give you a £5 gift card to spend on anything you like, the books will be sent to our Save the Children shops. The profits from the book sales will create vital funds needed to save children's lives.
Do any charities accept cloth nappies?
I have some spare cloth nappies that no longer fit my son. Some are't in 100% condition but are too good to throw away and was wondering if anyone knew of any charities that take them?
Do you have unwanted shoes, coats, meds, blankets?
Hello I was linking someone to this charity which takes unused medication and saw they are currently in need of unwanted shoes (adults and childrens), blankets (any size), winter coats, hygine items etc for Kosovo. the link is http://www.hopeandaiddirect.net/wishlists/
I want to send parcels
Hi I would like to send parcels to under privledged childen in afrca. I would like this to be a regular thing so I was thinking about schools I that I could send parcels to such as books, pens, and clothes. Does any one know any school that would appreciate this
charity shops that turn away/dump donations
Mainly a rant but am badly losing the will to shop in and donate to charity shops anymore, have started going to the local recycling areas and frequently find a lot of items dumped by charity shops, still with price labels attached (that have the shop name printed on them) also a local charity that gets furniture…
Charity Wishlist
Hi, Now that Christmas is fast approaching, :eek: I wondered what's on charity's wishlist. If you run a charity or belong to a charity and know what's needed, please list it here. You never know someone might contact you and donate that very thing. So please list Charity Name and what's needed e.g. a Van, cooker, website…
Donating Hair
I'm considering getting my hair cut a donating it to Little Princesses charity, I was wondering if anyone else has done this, and whether you have done any fundraising/sponsership for this.
charities that collect?
I have 3 or 4 black bin bags of things that would be good for a charity shop, including a baby bumpa seat and a bn folding bed chair thingy. If i had the energy or inclination I would ebay and post stuff, but i dont so i would like to give them to a charity shop to benefit instead. i knwo last time i tried to donate non…
Foodbank
Hello Moneysavers This is a toe-in-the-water post, as I'm currently trying to support a friend in setting up a foodbank for her local area. As part of this process, we are looking into initial funding. And I know this is very cheeky, but I wonder how many Moneysavers would be prepared to contribute £1 towards helping a…
Fundraising Icebreaker for charity Ball
Hi all I am organising a charity Ball in a few weeks time and would like an icebreaker type game to play at the start. Last year they had ''heads and tails' where everyone paid £1 and the DJ called heads or tails and you had to put your hands on your head or your bottom. He then said 'heads sit down' and repeated it,…
fundraising
can anyone tell me if and how to go about fundraising, do you have to be a charity organisation ect ect
Asthma UK
Hi guys, I am running the Royal Parks Half Marathon on the 11th October 2009. Its my first ever half marathon attempt, although I have been in training for some months now. Sponsorship would be gratefully appreciated at Justgiving.com/LouMansfield or any ideas on how to raise money and awareness for the event would be…
On the Fourth Plinth
Hi, I'm a MSE forum user (for 2 years) by another name. In the early hours of Tuesday 8th Sept 2009 I stood on the fourth plinth in Trafalgar Square for 1 hour. I promoted 11 charities in this time that are close to my heart. I highlighted their current campaigns and would like to invite MSE users to lend their names to…
Higgy’s Heroes X-treme Challenge! Running from John O’Groats to Lands End (871 miles)
Location: John O'Groats to Land's End Date: Commences 12th September At MSRC, we are constantly amazed and impressed at the lengths some people will go to raise funds and raise MS Awareness but even we are speechless at this one……. On Saturday 12th September, Simon Barnes from Stroud will be taking on his toughest…

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