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Archives for September 2011

London Marathon 2012
Catalogue help.
Does anyone know any chocolate catalogue fundraising schemes, except chocolate for chocoholics?
Fund raising for MPS Society
My 14 year old grandson has MPS III (Sanfilippo) disease. This is a rare life limiting, genetic degenerative disease affecting 1 in 85,000 births. Children with Sanflilippo are missing a vital enzyme which is essential in cutting up and disposing of the mucopolysaccharides (chains of sugar) within the body, therefore the…
im dying for help
Cancer is a terrible illness for anybody,but when it touches someone whom is so full of life and when you get told your life will end it becomes a living nightmare to watch my beloved partner polly deal with her pain and sadness. we met 20 years ago ,pollys sons were so young about 12to 14 years old. and till this day one…
Broadband & wi-fi
Hi – I hope you may be able to help. As a registered charity, the our Trust is looking to install broadband and wi-fi into a new charity run facility in Harrow; would you happen to know which providers we should be looking to approach, i.e. Sky, BT, others to gain the best deal for charities, both in terms of cost and…
Help with Free food parcels
Hi, I'm trying to make my very small income stretch and food is one of the biggest outgoings aside from utilities. I've been searching online to see if I can get any free food from e.g. a food bank locally but not having any joy. It would really help to take some pressure off if I can get some help in this area. I'm based…
Charity Recycling
Hello I am involved in a church and due to our roof falling in we are thinking of fund raising ideas. A member of the congregation suggested that due to the amount of old mobile phones and ink cartridges in the congregation, we could collect them and receive money for them. Does anyone know of a good organisation which…
Should a TA be a charity?
Should a PTA be a charity? I am now vice chair of our PTA and was kinda recalling something it the past about only being able to raise so much before having to be a charity? We raised almost 7000 last year and they want to aim for 10000 for a mini bus is there a limit and what are the benifits of being a charity?
Help getting public liability insurance for a one off charity event
Hi, I'm putting together a kids fun day for charity and I need personal liability insurance as I don't think I'll be covered by the venue as it's my event and I can't go under the charities either apparently as I'm not an employee. Can anyone give me any advice where I can get some? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Fundraising by PTA at Secondary School
Hi Ive been heavily involved in fundraising events at my son's primary school - now he is at secondary school I want to continue raising funds - however as children come to school by bus/ walk - there is no interaction with parents in the playground ..... What have PTAs oragnised at secondary schools (small and large…
Advice needed
I am organising a charity ladies pamper evening and thought it would be a nice touch if we were able to give out goody bags to those who attend, does anyone know where I can get cheap girlie items to put in them please? Need around 100. Any suggestions greatly appreciated.
Help Needed For Charity Ball In November
Hi Can anyone give me advice on the best approach to get high quality items for auction. We have arranged a charity ball in aid of Mencap at the Lowry hotel in Manchester. Really struggling to get items of any value for auction on the night. We have a target of £15000 on the night and at the moment this isn't going to be…
any advice on door to door distribution work?
Hi does anybody know of any charities that require door to door distributors for either leaflets or those stickers that you stick on bags of used clothes? I suffer a lot from anxiety and other mental issues and need to do quiet work, and door to door distribution would greatly suit me. There are so many charities out there…
Help With Charity Auction Food Please
Hi, i am looking into holding a charity auction for CRUK. We have just been to see our first venue and it has given us plenty of food for thought (please note we have never organised anything like this before) The venue can hold 300 people comfortably and they are offering a 3 course carvery for £13per head. It is an…
Loose Change Collection at Home
Hi All, I am currently trying to organise a loose change campaign for a charity I am involved with, where we will supply a small home collection box for people to collect their loose change, then every few months they will donate the contents to the charity, with gift aid hopefully. A search of the internet has found that…
What to do with old videos?
Hi, slightly odd question but...I'm clearing out all my old video collection. I have about 50 videos, all in good condition. I asked at my local charity shop and they said they won't take them, only DVDs. It seems such a shame to stick them all in the bin. I wondered if anyone knew a charity that might be interested in…
Where can I donate my old beanie babies?
I used to collect ty beanie babies and must have between 25 and 50 lovely ones stored away in a box on top of my wardrobe. I googled to see what people did with their old collections and saw some from the US sent them to the troops to give to children in war-torn countries. I would like to do something similar, perhaps…
my 7 yr old son raising money for save the children.
hello as the title says my son is raising money for save the children, he chose this charity himself. he started with no money, he did a sponsered silence and raised 5 pounds, used that to buy cake mixes, made and sold them, bringing the total upto 13 pound. he ha s asponsered walk planned on 25th september. he will be…
BAMHAG Charity Ball 2011 - 27th October
Thursday 27th October Guests welcome from 7.00pm, seated by 7.30pm The Midland Hotel, Bradford Tickets £35 (Discounts available) Please don't let this local charity go under, PLEASE buy a ticket and spread the word! 3 Bradford City players will be attending. Due to being a new member I am unable to put a link to our…
any ideas where I can donate stuff to please?
I have a brand new IKEA double mattress topper pad (about 2-3" thick); 2 IKEA used but good condition blue poang chair cushions and headrests and a new, sealed bag of waterproof bed/chair pads (elderly pet was incontinent but I did not use them prior to his passing away). I have tried Red Cross, a homeless charity in SE…

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