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Charities
Archives for December 2016
Discussion List
Donating toiletries
Does anyone know of any charities that would be happy to receive toiletries? I've sorted out loads at home including around 10 bottles of Lynx deodorant, (MiL won't stop buying for DS). Some toiletries are new, (including, ahem, some taken home from hotel rooms), some not, but they all have plenty in them, no half…
Re-home a present for a sick child for FREE
Did you or your children receive a gift that wasn't too your taste, a duplicate or you simply have too much? Post Pals is asking people to re-home a gift with a seriously ill child, their sibling or parent to make them smile. Simply log onto https://www.postpals.co.uk, read the children stories (most have cancer, going…
Struggling for funds for a charity I run
Hi! I run a charity called Airway Stenosis patients' association (ASPA), but finding it hard to raise money as tracheal Stenosis is such a rare disease. So far we've donated an ice machine for over £3000 to a hospital in London. I'm currently writing to airlines for support, as the charity links in with airways. 🙈 Should I…
Fundraising prizes
Hello! Im fundraising for a local hospice and have a massive target to reach, as well as doing collections and sponsored things I'm also planning a charity night for March and was going to do a raffle in between with the raffle tickets where by you can have the prizes printed on the ticket in booked of like 20 and give…
Train a nurse
The charity site 'Good gifts' is asking just £525 to put an African through a three year nurse training programme. However, it offers no contact with the recipient of the award meaning there is no feedback whatsoever. Indeed you cannot even be sure you are paying for the training of an extra nurse or one that would have…
LadbrokesElfie
Help raise money for St Luke's Hospice with the LadbrokesElfie competition, and you might even win a £500 voucher too! St Luke's Hospice look after people who's illnesses are no longer curable, supporting the patient, as well as their family and friends in order to give them the best quality of life while they can. To…
Campaign
Hello, please would you take a moment to view my campaign on go fund me ljvparkinsons many thanks
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