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womens charity drive.north west
Hi I once saw an advert for a charity event where women drive ' unusual' vehicles such as fire engines and raise sponsorship. Does anyone know of any charities that have this available ?? thanks
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Anyone heard of Going for Gold?
Had a phone call from this outfit offering to set up envelope distribution for "scrap gold" which they would value and pay our small charity? I was a bit busy at the time, took phone number etc. But it sounds a bit odd to me?
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Doing the Edinburgh Moonwalk looking for sponsorship
Hi all I am currently training to do the Edinburgh half moon, I done the full moon 2 years ago and finished in just under 7 hours. This time i chose the half moon as i think it would really kill me to do the full thing! I am looking for sponsorship and if any of the lovely people on here would like to donate my just giving…
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ME/CFS fundraising site based on money-saving methods
There's a new fundraising campaign for biomedical research into ME/CFS that is giving weekly moneysaving tips via a daily blog with the idea that if you save some money using that tip, you donate part of the saving - it's at www[dot]justfourquid[dot]com. For example, if you save £10 you might give £5. It seems to be a…
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Save-to-give charity campaign
There is a new charity fundraising campaign run via a blog that gives a moneysaving tip each week and asks people to donate part of the saving that they make to charity - e.g. if the tip saves them a tenner they might donate a fiver. They're in Week 4 now - they had a week of reviewing the household bills with links to MSE…
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Sponsorship
Hi, I am in the process of trying to find some sponsorship for myself and also the Ice Hockey team that I play for. We are based in the North East of England I was just wondering if anyone would know of any companies would would be looking to sponsor a team or an individual. The sponsorship would not be vast amounts of…
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Who Can I approach for Help?
My future daughter in law is recovering from leukaemia, just approaching one year since her bone marrow transplant. She hasn't worked since diagnosis, has no savings and some debt. She lives with her parents. She would love to move in with my son, who lives on the south coast, and get financial help with some sort of…
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Watch Big Brother and help MacMillan!
Every time you watch a Big Brother video on the Virgin Media website they will make a donation to MacMillan. Watch your favourite Big Brother clips without any guilt. Please let everyone know. It's for such a good cause.
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Daily email reminders
I’m hoping to tap the knowledge of readers to this forum by asking for any website that provides a regular reminder of an action that benefits a worthy cause eg a click to donate site. The reason being is that I run a website http://www.helpfromhome.org/ which is trying to provide suggestions to make it easier to volunteer…
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Use of Term Charity
Hi Wondering what the rules are on someone using the term charity to describe fundrasing efforts for a good cause but not actually a charity? I know that some people jsut use the term off hand but wondering if there can be any repercussions etc? Just want to know position so I am able to advise - I feel its misleading to…
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Race for Life- Please Sponsor me
Hello Everyone, On June 28th I will be taking part in Race For Life along with my best friend and her mum. We will be running at Cassiobury Park, Watford. Currently we are deperately short of sponsors, so I would would be grateful if anyone could help out; no matter how big or small the donation, every penny counts! My mum…
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Tesco Charity of the Year 2009 - Muscular Dystrophy Campaign
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sending unwanted clothes,etc abroad to poor people
I am doing a clear out & have lots of my children's old clothes, shoes, toys etc. I want to send these to a village in India where I have been & seen poverty. If I send it directly to the people, I know it will get to them but how do I do this?
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Voulunteering from home
I've noticed on this forum many people trying to get an idea of what volunteering opportunities there are out there. Has anybody considered doing voluntary work from their own home. Part of my spare time at home is taken up by volunteering my time for charities or worthwhile causes. To this effect, I just wondered whether…
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Rogavi Website
Not sure this is a strictly money saving venture, unless you win on the site, but I was wondering if anyone had heard of this site, whether it is a con or whatever and whether they know of anyone who has won anything on it. The basic idea is that you buy tickets online for various charity raffles, with some good prizes. I…
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Is it possible to set up a charity shop as an individual ?
Just wondering if it is possible to set up a thrift/charity shop as an individual not being a registered charity and giving the profits to a few charities or benevolent groups.I am interested in helping dog rescue groups locally by running a little shop based on selling donated items along with a bought in range of gifts…
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Raising money for Momentum x Please sponsor me x
Hi Folks, Tomorrow along with 11 colleagues i will be white water rafting down the river tummel (Pitlochry), after a lot of trying we are still short of our target so very desperate for sponsors. I would be very grateful if anyone can help out We are raising money for Momentum Momentum works in partnership to enable and…
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Bone Cancer Conference
The Bone Cancer Research Trust are holding their annual conference at St. Albans, Hertfordshire on Saturday 27th June 2009. Anyone affected by or interested in primary bone cancers are more than welcome. Details on the BCRT website http://www.bcrt.org.uk/conference.shtml
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help for heroes
can anyone rememberthe website of the soldier/officer who was on the TV this mornng who is doing a major walk on crutches for charity. I would rather donate there than anywhere else.
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Charity Bike Ride - Any Advice?
Hi there, myself and a couple of friends from university are planning a bike ride during Easter 2010 from Newcastle down to the South Coast. We're expecting it could take around a week possibly allowing a rest day in the middle somewhere. The intention is to raise a nice sum of money for a couple of charities. I was…
