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Couple of charity tax related questions
My DD1 wants to go on Operation Wallacea (http://www.opwall.com/ ) with her school next summer. Estimated cost is £2k. About £1k to Operation Wallacea for local accomodation, meals, between £600 and £900 for flights and £100 - £200 on personal kit (rucksack, boots, wetsuit). We had the first meeting last night with the…
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Donate Piano to organisation / charity in Devon?
Hello Can anyone help me find an organisation to donate a Piano to? It is located in mid Devon and would need collecting. Any ideas appreciated. Many thanks
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MSE charity application
I'm not sure if this is the right board to post this so feel free to relocate it. I put in an application to the MSE charity for the OU course: You and Your Money. I'm on a low income and not eligible for other funding, so requested for a grant to cover about 90% of the costs that would be incurred. Today I got an email…
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Raising money for Medequip4kids
I have never done this before but while browsing the site i thought I would put this up as it might help. I hope it's OK to put this here but feel free to ignore if not. Hope i haven't broke any rules. I am raising some money for http://www.medequip4kids.org.uk/events.asp?id=437 Charity Registration No. 1102830 by taking…
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Anyone know where to get laminating sheets
We have recently run out of laminating pouches what we use for our charity certificates anyone know of any deals on them anywhere please.Thanks for any advice. The Anthony Booth Trust
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Your thoughts please on fundraising idea
Hi, my partner and I support various small charities, and we do the usual fundraising things like boot sales, sponsored events etc., but had the idea to 'steal' a suggestion from Jamie Oliver and hold some charity suppers. The idea is that we host a supper, probably three course meal with BYO wine, asking for donations at…
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Kilimanjaro 2010!!
Hi all - Myself and my two friends are planning on climbing mount Kilimanjaro next year to raise money for a charity close to our hearts. My boyfriends 21 year old brother, and our friend, Trooper James Munday was killed in Afghanistan in October last year, he was a keen climber himself so we thought this is the best…
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want to open my own charity shop
i want to open my own charity ship and i would like to hear from people who have done this, as i would like to get enough information as possible. also does anyone know of a reputable company that will help with my buissness plan? appreciate any information.
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Save the Children and get a £5 Ikea Voucher
:T Just drop off five or more books at your local IKEA store between 28 September and 11 October and not only will they give you a £5 gift card to spend on anything you like, the books will be sent to our Save the Children shops. The profits from the book sales will create vital funds needed to save children's lives.
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FEEL GOOD WITH MACMILLAN’s WORLD’S BIGGEST COFFEE MORNING
This year to inspire EVEN MORE people to take part in Macmillan’s World’s Biggest Coffee Morning (last year supporters raised a fantastic £7 million!), some of their lovely supporters have donated some amazing Feel Good experiences to be won…but only when you register to take part. From coffee up up and away in…
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Do any charities accept cloth nappies?
I have some spare cloth nappies that no longer fit my son. Some are't in 100% condition but are too good to throw away and was wondering if anyone knew of any charities that take them?
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Do you have unwanted shoes, coats, meds, blankets?
Hello I was linking someone to this charity which takes unused medication and saw they are currently in need of unwanted shoes (adults and childrens), blankets (any size), winter coats, hygine items etc for Kosovo. the link is http://www.hopeandaiddirect.net/wishlists/
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charities that collect?
I have 3 or 4 black bin bags of things that would be good for a charity shop, including a baby bumpa seat and a bn folding bed chair thingy. If i had the energy or inclination I would ebay and post stuff, but i dont so i would like to give them to a charity shop to benefit instead. i knwo last time i tried to donate non…
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Rethink Tea Party - Getting Tea, Coffee, Raffle Prizes etc?
Rethink are one of the UK's leading mental health charities, providing support for people with severe and enduring mental health problems. They're asking people to organise tea parties this autumn in order to raise funds and awareness. You can find out more here:…
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Coin Counter
I work for a charity and very often we get large amounts of coins that is my job primarily to count. These amounts can be generated from street collections (= masses to count!) to the change boxes you see in the newsagents (potentially masses to the amount of 1ps we get!) Anyway my boss has agreed that it would be better…
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Foodbank
Hello Moneysavers This is a toe-in-the-water post, as I'm currently trying to support a friend in setting up a foodbank for her local area. As part of this process, we are looking into initial funding. And I know this is very cheeky, but I wonder how many Moneysavers would be prepared to contribute £1 towards helping a…
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Flora "cooking for schools" tokens (a request please)
After last year's "cooking for schools" offer, Flora are running the same campaign and it's just re-started. Last year loads of MSErs very kindly PM'd me their spare codes which added to my children's school's total. This boosted our school's total significantly and meant the school was able to purchase bowls, spoons &…
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Baby clothes appeal!
This isn't technically a charity but I will post it anyway in the hope that people might be able to help :) As some of you might know I have a friend (in fact my maid of honour!) who is currently stationed in Afghanistan as part of the British presence there. She's not part of the fighting troops per say, but is there to…
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On the Fourth Plinth
Hi, I'm a MSE forum user (for 2 years) by another name. In the early hours of Tuesday 8th Sept 2009 I stood on the fourth plinth in Trafalgar Square for 1 hour. I promoted 11 charities in this time that are close to my heart. I highlighted their current campaigns and would like to invite MSE users to lend their names to…
