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Brighton, 9th Nov 09, Ten-Hour Fundraising Karaoke! Refugee Action & Lucky Voice.
[FONT="]Refugee Action, in association with Lucky Voice, present a ten-hour marathon of karaoke![/FONT] Fancy doing a marathon without having to do any training? :rolleyes: Fancy raising lots of money for people fleeing war and persecution? :A Fancy yourself as a blatantly over-looked rival to Mariah/Elton? Can…
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Sahara Challenge 2010
Join North West children's charity, The Children's Adventure Farm Trust, on this amazing trek through one of the most breathtaking deserts in the world - The Sahara! Your challenge is to trek through this ever-changing landscape, and to climb to the top of the Chigaga Dunes, where you will witness the desert sun-rise! The…
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Running for baby Shannon (FSiD)
Hi Everyone, I have been lucky to get a place through FSiD in the 2010 Marathon. I am running my first Marathon in honour of my daughter who fell fast asleep when she was just 50 days young. It would have been her 8th birthday on the day of the Marathon (25th April 2010) and cannot think of honouring her memory in a more…
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Sophie Atay Appeal
I don't know if here is the right place to post this but this little baby girl has about a week now to get to America for treament so time is running out to reach the amount needed for her to do so, her condition is deteriorating every day. If anyone would like to give a donation through the Just giving site here is the…
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Time for a Cuppa Day – 01st February 2010
Hi All Round up your friends, family, colleagues and neighbours and take time out on Time for a Cuppa Day on Monday 1st February 2010 and help support people affected by dementia! Register your party before 1st December 2009 for a chance to win Tea for Two at The Ritz, London! You can hold an event as big or as small as…
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Are there charities that give mobile phones direct to people?
There seem to be a lot of charities that take mobiles for "cash" reward but I can't find any that will give mobiles to people that need them. Is it just too expensive or something or do any exist?
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charity shops that turn away/dump donations
Mainly a rant but am badly losing the will to shop in and donate to charity shops anymore, have started going to the local recycling areas and frequently find a lot of items dumped by charity shops, still with price labels attached (that have the shop name printed on them) also a local charity that gets furniture…
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How on earth do you encourage people to volunteer?
I am sure that this topic will have cropped up here before but as I'm new to this thread, does anybody have any creative ideas on how you can persuade 'ordinary people' to volunteer in their local communities? Wherever you look it's the same willing faces time and time again, and eventually as age overtakes them, nobody is…
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Alternative to Kiva
I'm a big fan of micro finance and have been on the look out for an alternative to Kiva where the loans were transacted in British sterling. At last, I've found one. It's called Deki and operates just like Kiva, but in good ol' Blighty money. Just thought people might like to know that, in case you thought Kiva was the…
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Making A Difference Awards
Just thought people might like to know about a Making A Difference competition run by Community Channel / Media Trust for initiatives or charities that are making a difference in UK society today. The winners were announced last Wednesday out of over 100 entrants and you can see the winning projects here. Apart from the…
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Christmas shoebox appeal!
I was in the supermarket the other day and saw that surprisingly it's already christmas. There's silly old me thinking it's only just October but nope, there's christmas displays already. This year if you're planning to do a shoebox appeal there'll be loads of ideas and chat in this thread. I'm doing mine for link romania…
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Charity walk
I'm preparing to do a long distance walk for charity. It will be just me doing the walk although people can join in for bits of it if they choose (at their own risk). Will I need any specific insurance? I am walking along the southern coast of England and will be keeping to footpaths. Any advice would be very helpful.…
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Zoë's Place Baby Hospice-Light up a Life
By supporting a light on our Christmas tree at the baby hospice, on our special tree in Lime Street Station & at Belle Vale Shopping Centre, you are illuminating the life of a loved one, whilst helping to continue the specialist care needed for our babies. Tags bearing the name of your loved one will be placed on our tree…
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Raising money for the Alzheimers Society
Hiya, have checked with Sue and it's ok to post this. My sister is doing a trek to Peru in May and is busy fundraising. All the money raised is going straight to the Alzheimers Society. She's doing this because our Nan suffered from this terrible disease until she passed away with pneumonia which is a common cause of death…
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Twitter/Facebook/Blogs donate by message! Today only!
This is more of an American thing but helping cancer charities where ever they are in the world could prove to be beneficial worldwide. http://beatcancereverywhere.com/about.html This is only running for a day and there's currently 13 hours remaining with only 6000 mentions currently so if anyone would like to help I know…
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BLESMA British Limbless Ex-Service Mens Association
hey guys just wondering if you could take a look at this and maybe donate 50p - £1 for a awesome cause http://www.justgiving.com/shaun-collins/ many thanks
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£1 off if you donate goods to Shaw Trust!
I had some barely worn boys' shoes to give to a charity shop, so took them into The Shaw Trust, and they gave me a £1 voucher off anything they sold! :j It didn't seem to be time limited, although I did find something to buy today. :o Here's a link to their shops.
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Charitable Freebies
Hi, Hopefully I'm OK asking this here it is freebee related. Does any of you valiant MSers have any ideas about how to get charitable donations for free (well obviously if they're donations). I work for a local Charity community group and we're trying to get donations for our christmas fair. The likes of raffle prizes,…
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Outsourcing Christmas Cards
I work for a regional charity that has grown significantly over the past couple of years. Historically we have managed the sale of our christmas cards in house. This has worked fine until this year when we have sent out 21,000 brochures to our database and are now inundated with orders. The whole process is very labour…
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What is Gift Aid?
Hi I wish to make a regular monthl;y donation to Cancer Research, but during completion of details, it asks whether I would like to Gift Aid. Would someone mind explaining this please? What impact would this have on me? I'm paying normal tax through PAYE. Thanks
