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Amazing Mother's day gift Sponsor a safe birth with Maternity Worldwide £15
For the ultimate alternative Mother's day gift, why not sponsor a safe birth for a mother and her baby in Africa? It can be a struggle to find a lasting and meaningful gift to give to someone you care for. A Safe Birth Certificate will continue long after the chocolates have been eaten and the flowers have died – your gift…
The Lowry Lottery
Hi, I'm trying to spread the word about a lottery we're running at work to raise money for projects working with children and young people. The Lowry is a registered charity (105962), theatre and arts organisation in Salford, Greater Manchester. Our learning team run some fantastic projects with young carers, looked after…
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…
Charity to donate pain killers to?
Hello, does anyone know any charities wanting pain killers, paracetamol, ibuprofen, aspirin etc? I have to buy them as part of my job, I give loads away to friends etc but is there a charity that need them?
school pta agm query
We have a school pta agm coming up and someone who is interested in running for chair but cannot make the agm, can they be nominated or appointed in their absence? Cant see anything on the pta uk site to advise.
Fundraising Inspiration
Hi all. I'm looking for some inspiration on fundraising ideas I can do for a friend. They already have a Go Fund Me page and my work are holding a cake sale, guess the sweets in a jar and are also donating our dress down Friday donations. I will like to do something as well but I'm stuck for ideas. I don't have a lot of…
Free Fundraising Software
I'm on the fundraising team for church that is aiming to raise £1.5 for a major redevelopment project. We are knocking down our community facilities as they are 100+ years old and aim to replace them with new halls, meeting rooms etc. We are at the centre of our town and local community services are being swept away by a…
Used postage stamps
It's the time of the year that I guess we're all receiving lots of cards with stamps on them, and I start cutting them off and wondering who to donate them to. Does anyone know of a charity that collects them at the moment? Thanks. PS I have done a search on this but the only replies are dated March 2013 and it would be…
Royalty-free background music for charity reception area
Our charity has a number of interview rooms leading off our reception area. We would like to play some music at the reception desk to partially prevent the possibility of what is being said in an interview room being heard by a client waiting in the reception area. [Yes, better sound insulation - I know!] We are looking…
Fake charities - beware.
Yetserday, I had a plastic bag put through my door from "Against breast cancer", - which I believe to be genuine and above board. Today however, I have had a plastic bag from a "charity" called "Do not delay!". I decided to investigate a bit further, and I think this one is a scam. There is a company name on the back -…
Big Issue Big London Night Walk
Inspired by the story of James Bowen, author of A Street Cat Named Bob, I have joined a group of like minded people and signed up to do the Big London Night Walk on March 3rd to raise funds for the Big Issue Foundation. If anyone would like to make a donation, our JustGiving page can be found here:…
Office collections
Hi everyone, I work at a large office in Derbyshire and would like to organise a bit of a spring clean event where people could bring in things that they wouldn't traditionally think they could donate to a charity shop. For example I will be asking for eye glasses that can be collected and recycled. I know that most…
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…
Any Plastic Bottle Lid charities?
Hi All In my company we have been saving all our bottle lids. The charity we were saving for had met their quota so we now have boxes of lids to donate. Is there a company taking them and donating? (preferably to cancer research) I founf only 1 only and they will donate £30 per 500kgs! Mean we have about 30p worth.. Thanks
charges for Debit card use.....
Why does Capita charge an extra 15p on debit cards - to pay for the Post Code Lottery ? Greed springs to mind No other company, that I can think of - adds charges to debit cards ......
If you would like to.....
Hi again, I have just recently set up just giving page for Multiple Sclerosis Society. I will be covering about 94 miles cycling 2 of which are off road. If you would like to sponsor go to just giving and search Timothy Knights and the page is titled Timothy's The Rocket sportive, Rough Ride sportive, Witshire…
Foodbanks or just practical food help in the community
I'll preface this by saying that our local food bank who was probably set up for all the right reasons has, in the last year, trebled its salary costs and now, for the first time, expenditure is exceeding income. The salary costs now represent approximately 66% of their total income compared with 23℅ there or thereabouts…
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…
Charities that successfully fight hunger?
I need help finding a charity, and I'd like to donate to one that fights world hunger. I tried Heifer, but when I asked them to show me evidence that their program had a long-term impact, like more than 10 years, they couldn't provide any. The just sent me info about people their program had been to within the past few…
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…

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