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Celia Hammond Animal Trust - first class service
Over the last few weeks I have been using the Celia Hammond in lewisham - London regarding my cat who fractured one of her bones in her leg. Has anyone used this charity? I ask because they have have been fantastic. Even though their waiting room is always busy from morning til closing time, the staff have been great o me,…
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Charity clothes textile recycling banks
I support a local charity which has the space for a metal outside clothes textile recycling bank. We are in the Walton on Thames, Surrey area and want to raise funds for our charity. Does anyone know of a company that will provide a free metal bank, collect the contents and pay directly to our charity? There are loads of…
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Book Collectors
Hi, Does anyone know any companies that buy bulk loads of books from charities? Kind regards Ashley
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give as you shop charities
I often use giveasyoulive/everyclick for routine online shopping. I've just bought a national express ticket and was going to use giveasyoulive until I spotted that the ticket price was £7 without giveasyoulive and £10 with giveasyoulive. For the higher price giveasyoulive would give up to 3.25% to my charity. I've also…
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Paracetamol - Anyone know a charity who would take them from a member of the public?
Hi, During the course of my job, I need to purchase paracetamol/ibrupofen. I have quite a lot of packs accumulated which I have no use for. I do give them away to friends etc but was wondering if anyone knows a charity who would accept them. I have looked at some of the charities that send stuff abroad but they will only…
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Acorns make a will month
Sorry if this is posted in the wrong place. But i'm looking at making a will and i have come across this deal that local solicitors are letting you make a will for £80. I'm not very clued up in this department and just wondered if anyone had any advice for me or is it just speak to the solicitors and follow the steps with…
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Items for goody bags
Looking for help finding items for a goody bag. The event will have press coverage as well as blogger and Social Media coverage too so there is an incentive for companies to be involved. Event is a masquerade ball for a charity called Angel Wings which is for anyone who has lost a child and needs help and support. We also…
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Charity work for 10 year old
Hi. My daughter is obsessed with animals. Does anybody know if there are any pet charities that would let her volunteer? My thinking is she's too young but there's no harm in asking :) TIA xxx
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Donating repairable electrical goods/furniture
Are there any charities which accept repairable electrical goods or furniture? I have a tuner amp where the speaker outputs sometimes fade or crackle -am told it is a soldering job and an old (looks as if it might be antique) small 3 legged occasional table on which one of the legs needs repairing and the top could do with…
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Money Moral Dilemma: Should I pay the charity for my cuppa?
This week's MoneySaver who wants advice asks... I volunteer for a charity once a week, where I regularly donate food, clothing etc. and offer my services in any way I can. Drinks and snacks are served and I usually have a cup of tea whilst I'm there. There's a tin asking for voluntary donations towards the cost of this,…
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Running Great North Run for Macmillan - sponsors greatly appreciated
Me and my brother-in-law are both running the Great North Run in September this year and are raising money for Macmillan Cancer Support. For anyone who isn't familiar with the Great North Run it involves us running 13.1 miles from Newcastle to South Shields, I took part last year and have to admit it was the most amazing…
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Most effective charities?
I was listening to the BBC world service early yesterday morning drowsing, and someone they were interviewing was talking about charity shortcomings, and they mentioned one of the more effective ones. I can't seem to remember which one. The search engine for the world service doesn't work well, can anyone find it or…
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Where to donate non-sellable house clearance items
Clearing my late Mother's house - a few boot-fuls of better quality re-sellable stuff has gone to the charity shop, but I still have a ton of things like crockery, cutlery, kitchen & cookware etc. which would be perfectly useable after a quick trip through the dishwasher, and I'm sure there must be someone that could make…
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printed shopping bags
Anyone suggest a good and well priced company to get reusable shopping bags printed for charity to sell?
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Ellie's 'Brave the Shave'
A friend of mine has a rare form of cancer (I think it is rare) and her daughter, who for her whole life has hated any of her hair to be cut so has very long and lovely hair, is going to shave it off and donate it to the Little Princess charity which makes real hair wigs for kids with cancer. She is also being sponsored,…
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Need to raffle off spare alcohol!
Myself and my partner volunteer for a charity close to our hearts and we have some spare alcohol left over from a fundraising event. Just wondering if there's a good way of getting rid of it without losing money on it! Obviously we can't sell it as we don't have an alcohol licence. We've put some of it on a raffle in…
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Air Amberlance
Hi all I am trying to lose the much needed weight once and for all Ive already lost 5 stone 2 1/2 since last September and to keep me motivate I decided to lose 1 stone to raise some much needed funds for Hampshire and Isle of Wight www.justgiving.com/michelle-claire thanx for reading
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100 club: best way to collect online?
Hello there, I've not posted on this part of the website before, but I volunteer for our local community centre and we're hoping to set up a 100 club for the centre. I've learnt a lot from other parts of the site over the years, so I hope someone here can help! (For those who don't know: a 100 club is a private (members)…
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Nerfdads wife charity cycle ride
https://www.justgiving.com/jayne-doe1/ 2/8 is when she will have a sore bum
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Raising £500 for Sparks children's charity
Gethin (my 6yr old) and I are trying to raise £500 for Sparks. Sparks raises money to fund pioneering children’s medical research. 1 in 30 children is born in the UK every day with a condition which may affect them for life. Sparks supports clinicians and scientists who have the skills, innovation and passion to improve…
