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Not asking for money, just votes please
EASTON GYMNASTICS CLUB Please can people think about giving the Gym Club my son has been going to for years some Aviva Community Fund Votes. Today, 30th May, is the last day voting is open and we are slightly behind a couple of other clubs. :( I can't seem to put the full address for the votes, but if you google Aviva…
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Someone regarding an idea as "theirs" because it came through them...
I've done loads of voluntary work over many years now personally...but haven't encountered this particular scenario before now personally. The scenario being that someone came up with/pushed a particular idea of theirs for something that would be of benefit to the community....but then tried to act like they are "in…
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BT MyDonate - Putting Off Offseas Donors?
Every year my family does a walk for Kidney Research UK. The first year we setup an online donation site via the Kidney Research UK site, but people complained because it had zero functionality, was hard to use and didn't have any social connectors or ability to accept Paypal or text donations. The following two years we…
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Text to donate
Hello, can anyone recommend a company to set up text to donate with? I'm a fundraiser for Reading Mencap and have started searching but not really come up trumps with anything. Many thanks
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Nepal disaster and Facebook
It was good of Martin to mention the DEC appeal for Nepal in this week's email... My Facebook page bears an announcement that donations made through a special link will be matched by a donation from Facebook. Has anyone checked the small print to verify whether this really is a way to make every penny go further, or is…
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Mr Sainsbury
A couple of days ago I converted my nectar points into mosquito nets with the Oxfam promotion where the Government matches your donation. Yesterday I put Joe fuel in the car and this morning I have fed a family. Everyone should be doing it while Joe is giving 10 times points on fuel, 1 tank is more than half a gift
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Beanstalk Charity
I've been thinking of doing some sort of voluntary work again and have been looking at a few different options. I've just be listening to a lady on our local radio who was trying to get people involved in the 'Beanstalk Charity' which helps primary school kids who are having problems with reading. She said most of their…
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Unincorporated Charitable Association- members?
Hiya How many members do I need to set up an Unincorporated Charitable Association? Can they be my family members? what effect does in have on them in terms of tax etc? what risks are there for them? thank you :)
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Lost my parents to suicide
Good evening everyone. I have been a reader of these forums and the weekly email for a good while now, so hello everyone. This is not something I talk about too often, but in the summer of 2008 I lost 2 people very close to me through suicide, my parents. We will never know what was going on in their heads but they must…
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How long to keep client records?
Is anyone sure about this? We no longer provide mental health advocacy under contract, and the new contract holders don't want our files. Anyone know how long we have to keep the files for? (We think it's 6 years :( This does seem unfair - storage costs money and I know that most govt departments have severe difficulties…
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Elite Grand National Sweepstakes Donations
This thread is to enable members of the Elite thread who took part in the Grand National Sweepstakes to make their donations to the winners chosen charity. Well done vouchercrazy for being the winner of List 1. Vouchercrazy has chosen Menengitis research and donations can be made using this link…
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New Charity being formed
My wife, friend and I are setting up a new Charity to be able to fund a new Wheelchair Rugby team in Broadstone, Dorset. We need to raise funds so that we can get 20 wheelchairs and all the equipment, plus we need to be able to afford the Leisure Centre. The Charity will also be raising money for other new Disability…
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Animal lovers,can you help this wonderful cause ?
They do fantastic work and have just rescued another 4 abused elephants.So many more would be suffering in India if it wasn't for this charity. http://wildlifesos.org/ and for those with facebook https://www.facebook.com/wildlifesosindia which gives updates on the current rescue. Thank you.
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Sponsorship for London Marathon
Not sure if this is on the right board but my young niece Tasha is running the London Marathon for Leukemia and Lymphoma Research. We lost my Dad to vicious acute myeloid leukemia so this is a cause very close to the families hearts. This is Tashas first full marathon taking after her father who has over 100 under his belt…
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Sponsor a Child - Guatemala
After some recommendations. I have searched through a number of charities and am just trying to narrow down who to go with, with some recommendations. I specifically want to sponsor a child in Guatemala. I of course want the majority of money to go to the child/village but am realistic in the need for admin costs. I am not…
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Setting questions for a general knowledge charity quiz
Hi Folks I have been asked to set up questions for a local charity quiz. The categories range from Film & TV, History, News & Current Affairs, Science & Nature, and Sport. I don't want the questions to be too hard, and on the other hand make them too easy. I was wondering if it would be best just to copy some questions…
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Comic Relief fundraising - could anyone sponsor?
Hi, I am raising money for comic relief. I single handedly run a facebook group where I post deals and bargains for people to get the best deals, and if I can reach £500 by Friday I will host a 24 hour bargain marathon at the end of March - 10 posts an hour minimum for 24 hours straight. The group details are on the…
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Easyfundraising and John Lewis
Hi - Does anyone else have problems getting John Lewis to stump up for their donations via www. easyfundraising.org.uk? We've signed up our small local charity to this website and other retailers such as M&S, Boots, Ocado, etc, etc are really great - often paying on the same day you place the order. In my experience, John…
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Free/Discounted Mobile Phones?
Sorry if this is in the wrong place, feel free to move it. I volunteer for a charity project and something that continually comes up is the need for volunteer phones. At the moment, we can only communicate (outside of face-to-face meetings) with clients via the line manager to protect our personal contact details. This can…
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competition Rules
Hi, we are attending an event at which we can raise funds. We have decided to hold a competition where people guess how many candies are in a jar, and they win a computer. I have read lots of sites about rules around competitions, and I think we are OK with this, that we dont need any licence etc., am I right?
