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Good use of donations to charities
In what ways can you find out how well charities use the donations they receive?
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GOSH - Great Ormond St Hospital
Donations to Great Ormond Street Hospital will help provide critical care for young children and pioneer new treatments for childhood illness. donate.gosh.org Great Ormond Street Hospital Children's Charity Registered Charity No. 1160024
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Single bed going spare
Does anyone know a charity that is taking beds in the YORK (North Yorkshire area). That is, they will collect.
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Special Needs group need support
Hi Thank you for taking the time to read this post. I volunteer with a group working with adults with learning disabilities and special needs. The group embarked on a short film project and have worked hard getting it 75% done......then a backer pulled out. A kickstarter crowd funding campaign has been started to save the…
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Pretty Muddy
I am doing pretty muddy, race for life this year, thought would give something different a try. I have done the usual race for life 5k and 10k every year for the last 9 or so years, as I lost my sister to cervical cancer. If you would like to sponsor me my page is:- https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/Sarah-Dolman1 Many…
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MSE News: Projects to help people with money management to benefit from £7m
Efforts towards improving the money management skills of people across the UK have received a multi-million pound boost...Read the full story: 'Projects to help people with money management to benefit from £7m' Click reply below to discuss. If you haven’t already, join the forum to reply. If you aren’t sure how it all…
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Wrestlers Against Cancer
There is a page on Facebook called Wrestlers Against Cancer that is raising money for Cancer Research UK. They have regular online raffles which consist of a load of wrestling related prizes, so could be a good one for presents for kids birthdays and christmas. The last raffle just finished, but when they get to 3000 likes…
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"Worldwide Cancer Research"
I have one of their little boxes i put spare change in an then occasionally send them a cheque. However since they do occasionally call me to ask about this, got me to wondering if they are one of these charities that spend a disproportionate of money on admin etc. I appreciate it costs to raise money, but how can i check…
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Concern Worldwide payment errors
The charity Concern Worldwide has advised that it has taken payments of 100 times the usual amount from 24,700 UK donors in error, and has recommended that those affected should contact their bank to reclaim the payment through the Direct Debit Guarantee to ensure the fastest return of the money.…
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Charity Gift Vouchers
Does anyone have any experience of using the 'Charity Gift Vouchers' (vouchers4charity) website? Is it legit? Sounds like a great idea, that charities get a percentage from the value of high-street gift cards that you buy, but the old-fashioned look of the site makes me nervous about giving them my details, and they don't…
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Fundraising for a person
Hi there my son was diagnosed with a brain tumour in January and has recently had a bleed to the tumour, which he has recovered from but has left him paralysed on one side. He has just got home after 7 weeks in a hospice where he was given end of life care. While he was in the hospice we have raised over £8000 with gift…
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Elite 2016 Grand National sweepstakes donations.
ChrisV GD chose the RSPCA as her charity. I have set up a page for donations on Virgin giving. Minimum donation is £1 DONT FORGET GIFT AID! http://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/elitegn2016 Well done everyone :T
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Farleigh Hospice
For the elite who chose a horse on the grand national sweepstake. Thank you :A https://www.justgiving.com/Redrose1414
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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…
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Classifying and distiguishing expenses vs admin
Over the years, I've noticed that many charities doing work overseas - particularly larger ones - tend to classify costs relating to [necessary] flights, accommodation and overseas expenses while on the ground, as part and parcel of monies spent on that particular/those particular countries in which the charity is working,…
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raising money for a sensory garden
hi all, I work for a fantastic wee company in Norfolk, UK that provides care & support to a fab bunch of people. The people we support have all kinds of conditions that impact on their daily lives. Some of these conditions can be life limiting or life threatening, some have mobility issues, some sensory and so on.…
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Febreze Freshness Rewards Contest: Win prizes for your charities
I spotted this, this morning and thought Charity board followers might be interested :) Recycling organisation Terracycle is running a contest awarding prizes to charities in exchange for recycling cleaning product bottle caps, spray tops and more. If you run a charity or organisation you may want to ask your fundraisers…
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Election Stationery Idea
Fact: there’s an EU referendum coming up, where I will be using it as an opportunity to help charities. How?: I have a pre-existing arrangement with my local election office to take all the election stationery (pencils, rulers etc) off their hands. I then find a charity that wants the stationery, which I’m always able to…
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The ultimate alternative Mother's day gift, why not sponsor a safe birth for a mother
For the ultimate alternative Mother's day gift, why not sponsor a safe birth for a mother and her baby in Africa? We will send your loved one a personalised certificate with your message and you will have helped to save the life of a mother and her baby in Africa. It can be a struggle to find a lasting and meaningful gift…
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5 times the smiles
Posting here because the chazzer board doesn't get the traffic, and strictly speaking it is a Grabbit as the offer expires on Monday.... Donations to the Smile Train will be multiplied by FIVE! Secure linky. Plus of course you'll get the tax back at your marginal rate = total no-brainer. Please be generous!
