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Charity sweets
Yesterday my wife bought a small bag of chocolate raisins from a Macmillan Sweets4 box left at her hairdressers. She didn't think twice about the £1 donation, Macmillan is a very worthy cause. It wasn't until she got home that she found out only 10 pence of that £1 actually goes to Macmillan. What a swindle by Sweets4,…
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Help needed to find free goody bag fillers
Im organising a charity funday. We are hoping to sell goodybags for a small fee (50p) to help raise money on the day. We have 150 goodybags to hand out on the day, and ive been trying to find companys that could send me free samples. Ive tried the bodyshop, avon, Dove, Johnson and Johnson, all have said no. Does anyone…
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Urgent advice - now sorted thanks
We have to finalise where to donate inheritance donations. We have just met A young woman local to us had bad accident brain damaged etc. She was written off a year ago but can now walk and talk - amazing progress. However she cannot get in the bath and hasn't got a shower so not good for a 21 year old. She is on a local…
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Free Support Brokerage Course
Hi All, Hopefully this is the right forum to post this in! it's very short notice but we're a small charity doing a free course for both disabled and non-disabled people wanting to get into support brokerage. (for more find our course on CharityJob) A £50 deposit is required, but will be refunded to you upon completion of…
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Funding for Wages/Travel
3 years ago I set up The Dorset Destroyers Wheelchair Rugby Club. It is now so successful that we are one of the Top 5 in the country with 21 players. www.thedorsetdestroyers.co.uk Then because I felt that there was not enough disability sports in Dorset I set up Disability Sports Dorset to get 20+ disability sports set up…
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Fundraising for DWED (Diabetics With Eating Disorders) - please donate!
Please consider donating! Trust me this is going to be bloody hard! I am very very addicted! Determined not to cheat though! https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/puttingdownthepepsimax :D Hope this is okay to post & the right place, if not then mod/admin feel free to move.
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Fundraising for Manchester attack victims & families + Children's Hospital
https://www.justgiving.com/campaigns/charity/redcross/manchesteremergencyfund "Manchester City Council has launched the We Love Manchester emergency fund, an appeal in partnership with the British Red Cross, to support those affected by the attack and their families. Please donate now to help those bereaved or injured. In…
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Donating Teddy Bears
I have a lot of teddy bears in good condition that my son does not play with anymore and are just in a box in the loft. Does anyone know any charities or places I can donate them? I'd hate to throw them away!
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Live Aid - Where's our money gone?
According to this our money has gone to fund a dictators army http://www.spin.com/featured/live-aid-the-terrible-truth-ethiopia-bob-geldof-feature/ - making a bad situation worse :(
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Second job, higher rate tax, gift aid
Hi, I work as a doctor who earns just under £40k, and am starting to do some ad-hoc locum work at the weekends through a locum agency. As this will be a second job, my earnings will be taxed at 40%. I'm blessed with a good financial position and can afford to donate some of my income at present to charity. The extra…
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daughter fundraising for three months in india tackling womens issues
https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/Restlessdevelopmentkatiedavies21
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Parent association charity
We have a registered PTA charity and our school is being threatened with closure. Does anyone know if we are allowed to use money we have raised through school events to help our 'save our school' campaign?
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10k Race For Life
Its that time of year again I am taking part in the 10k Race for Life. I lost my sister to cervical cancer 10 years ago and this disease is still happening today. If you would like to sponsor me my, link is below. Many thanks. https://fundraise.cancerresearchuk.org/page/sarahs-fundraising-page-2513
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Energy saving light bulbs
I've got quite a few unused old energy saving light bulbs and no longer need them. Is there a charity that would accept them or can they be donated to a good bank. It's a shame to just throw them out if someone could make use them.
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Baking For Charity
Hi everyone! I'm super new to this forum, but figured I'd ask a few questions as you all seem very friendly. :wink: We recently did a charity cake auction at work for Parkinson's UK, and raised £220.01 (£22 for my cake) by baking big Easter-related cakes for people to bid on as a group of 15. After this, I really got the…
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Help with fundraising ideas please?
Hello. First time posting. My little girl goes to Cubs and has come home with a fundraising challenge for a local little girl that we know that needs treatments, therapies and equipment for quadriplegic Cerebral Palsy and brain damage. I need some help with ideas because she has been give £1 to spend on something that she…
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How to directly help someone?
Having worked for several charities both big and small, I've seen how much money is spent on wages / admin, or totally wasted on needless things. I'm not bashing all charities as some are run amazingly, but I have become more skeptical than I used to be. How can I help someone directly and be sure they receive something…
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Charitable trust status
Help appreciated on clarifying my understanding on just what is a charitable trust. Am currently going through a head-banging exercise with Lloyds Bank trying to open a Treasurers' Account. According to Lloyds website, a Treasurers' Account is for 'a non-profit organisation such as a charity, church, club or society, our…
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Mobile phone 'recycling'
Evenin! I have a stack (~15) of ancient phones & their chargers plus various accessories that I need to get rid of. A few work, most don't, and none of them are smart phones. I've read the MSE Mobile Recycling page and, despite the official stance being "don't donate to charity, flog it instead and done the proceeds along…
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Charity by doing a survey! (5 mins)
