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Asking for donations by email
Hi, I'm part of a small charity and we're currently writing around to companies asking for donations (of items/vouchers) for a fete we're holding. I take the view that you can never ask too many people for donations as most places say No anyway. Anyway as well as physically writing, as increasingly things are dealt with…
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Are Oxfam replacing Standing Orders with Direct Debit?
According to an unsolicited phone call I just received, Oxfam have recruited a company to replace all their donors standing Orders with direct debits. This company is asking me for my bank details to do this. They don't want me to do it through the bank because of admin costs. Sure it is above board, they could recite all…
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Knitted Dog/Kitty Blankets
Raystede Centre for Animal Welfare in Sussex is in need of knitted blankets for use in the kennels and cattery. Owing to a nasty tummy bug theirs had to be burned and now they need to be replaced. Any help would be gratefully received. No pattern needed, just general big squares/rectangles. Be as creative as you like!…
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Charities using Quidco?
Hi guys, I've read the small print on quidco but can't see anything about charities being able to sign up - should I just assume that they can?
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Doctor Who convention in aid of NI Children's Hospice (Belfast)
UT Events are proud to present Vortex lll, a Doctor Who convention to be held in Belfast's Europa Hotel May 1st. All profits will be going to the Northern Ireland Children's Hospice ( Charity Number X.N. 45696) Guest actors, hot from the sets of Doctor Who, will be taking to the stage to talk about their experience working…
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Charity Ball in Surrey
My name James Worlidge and on the 17th of April, my best friend of over 9 years and I will be running the London Marathon on behalf of ‘Action Medical Research’. ‘Action Medical Research’, is a beautiful foundation which works incredibly hard to save and change the lives of babies and children. For almost 60 years they…
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Free Fairtrade coffee with Oxfam!!!!
Spotted this great offer at Oxfam online shop. Get a free packet of Cafe direct coffee with orders over £10 on their ethical products!! Head to oxfam.org.uk/shop!
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Lisas Stars - Knitting Charity
I no longer work for LS. I now work for Upon Butterfly Wings. Please visit and see if you can help.
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Charity Auction Help please
I am trying to organise a charity auction so that my daughter can go to Sri Lanka to help in the tsunami disaster area, with i-to-i (https://www.i-to-i.com)for 3 months next January. She needs to raise £3000 and we are organising various events including a charity auction. We are writing to all the businesses in our area…
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Charity Collection Bags stolen
I can't believe the cheek of some people. I've just had 6 charity bags stolen from my driveway ready for collection tomorrow morning. They were for a legitimate charity. The people that stole them didn't take them all at once but took 4 and then came back for the last 2. What should I do now?? I've phoned the police so…
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Last Day To Bid on the MSRC Charity Auction
It's the last day to enter the MSRC Charity Auction for Multiple Sclerosis - bid for one of the five great prizes and help us help all those affected by MS! - find out full details at http://www.msrc.co.uk/index.cfm/fuseaction/show/pageid/2517
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cuddly toys
De-cluttering the house and have loads of cuddly toys. Does any one know where I could donate these to in the Derbyshire/Nottinghamshire area. They are in really good condition and would like them to go to new homes where they will be loved! Tried local charity shops but not interested.
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Paypal taking fees from donations
Each time someone donates to our charity via Paypal, they take a fee. I just wondered if this was normal, because I'd heard that fees should not be taken on donations?
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Help For Heroes
Morning all, I'm not sure if this is the right place to post, if not sorry! Over the weekend we were robbed. During the robbery they got away with around £300 from the Help For Heroes tins. We are trying to re-rasie this and would be eternally greatful if anyone would ind making a small donation. Your donation is made…
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Macmillan Cancer Support Will Event
Hello people Im not new to MSE and do know the rules so i wanted to see what you thought. At work we are having a Will Event Fund Raise to raise money for Macmillan Cancer Support. For every Will we do we will give £10 for each single Will & £15 for each mirror Will to Macmillan. (we charge £65+vat for single Wills &…
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stop charity bags being posted through my door
hi all (sorry if this is the wrong place to post this ) for weeks I've bin getting charity bags posted through my letterbox , is there anythink or any one who can stop this or not ???? I hope you can help. - thanks all :)
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Auction for Guide Dogs - Signed boots worn by Deco
We're advertising a charity auction on our website where people have the chance to own boots signed and worn by Deco (The Brazillian Footballer who plays for Portugal and used to play for Chelsea/Barcelona) Its on ebay under "Football Boots worn by Champions League Winner Deco" If anyone could be kind enough to spread the…
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collection tin for fundraising
Hi all, Does anybody know where i can buy cheap collection tins for fundraising. i have been searching the internet and have found that they are around £4 each and if buying a lot this will all add up. We are a new charity that is trying to raise 5,000 so we can get registered status so need to save on costs. many thanks…
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Any Free Anti-Virus for Charity / NFP Use?
Hello. I do IT support for a not-for-profit organisation and we want to provide a number of PCs for local residents to use. Naturally, we need to put anti-virus software on these PCs and I am finding that the free versions of such software are for "home / personal use only" and usually "on one PC". However, to keep costs…
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PURINA (felix) - Competition winner but no prize!
I won a competition with Purina and sent them my winning entry almost a month ago - I haven't heard a bean from them. I sent it Special delivery. When I rang them to ask what's happening they said they use another company to run their competitions and they would get someone to call me - that was 2 weeks ago now. I rang…