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Flighty
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Posts: 2,680
Christmas donations to Gardening Leave
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on:
October 13, 2010, 07:07:12 »
Daveyboi* recently wondered if members would like to make Christmas donations to a suitable gardening charity as we did last year.
Following lots of comments, and various suggestions, a poll was taken and
Gardening Leave
-
http://www.gardeningleave.org/
- chosen as this year's good cause.
If you would like to donate you can do so via this
JustGiving
page -
http://www.justgiving.com/Michael-Rogers1
- using credit/debit cards or a
Paypal
account. If you pay UK tax please click the
GiftAid
box when you donate.
If you have any problems or questions then please comment here or PM me...Flighty.
*Daveyboi has made a generous offer of a small gift to some members who donate details of which can be seen here -
http://www.allotments4all.co.uk/smf/index.php/topic,63330.0.html
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, is my blog.
I support the Gardening with Disabilities Trust,
http://www.gardeningwithdisabilitiestrust.org.uk
daveyboi
Hectare
Posts: 1,567
Have fun enjoy your allotment
Re: Christmas donations to Gardening Leave
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Reply #1 on:
October 13, 2010, 09:31:42 »
I must stress this was
Betula's Good Idea
All
credit must go
in that direction
to Betula
for the original suggestion and running the just giving etc last year along with Flighty.
I only was asking if it was happening again this year ......
Thanks must also got to TonyBloke for organising the poll and to all those who gave last year
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Daveyboi
Near Haywards Heath Southern U.K.
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betula
Hectare
Posts: 5,839
Re: Christmas donations to Gardening Leave
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Reply #2 on:
October 13, 2010, 10:54:17 »
I think it is great that more people have become involved this year. ;D
Thanks for the lovely words but it takes all of our membership to make it work.
I feel very proud to be a member Of A4A.....we have some great people.
Also proud that we can in our forum name make a donation to others who hopefully will experience all the delights that we do in growing.
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ceres
Global Moderator
Hectare
Posts: 3,140
Re: Christmas donations to Gardening Leave
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Reply #3 on:
October 13, 2010, 11:26:58 »
Good to see the forum thinking of others less fortunate in these tough times, and spreading it around a bit this year. Keep up the good work! :)
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Flighty
Hectare
Posts: 2,680
Re: Christmas donations to Gardening Leave
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Reply #4 on:
October 13, 2010, 12:42:01 »
I would like to point out that the
JustGiving
link shows my name as I've had an account there for some time, and I certainly get no so called
kudos
for having my name on the webpage.
Another point is that
Gardening Leave
is one of nearly 7,500 charities, including
Perennial
and
Thrive
, that are happy to use
JustGiving
as although a small fee is charged that is re-invested to raise even more money so that the charity actually ends up with 119% of your gift as you see here
http://www.justgiving.com/about-us/what-it-costs/
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http://flightplot.wordpress.com
, is my blog.
I support the Gardening with Disabilities Trust,
http://www.gardeningwithdisabilitiestrust.org.uk
cornykev
Hectare
Posts: 9,893
Sunny Cheshunt just outside North London
Re: Christmas donations to Gardening Leave
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Reply #5 on:
October 13, 2010, 16:00:38 »
Three cheers for our Four Musketeer's, hip hip. ;D ;D ;D
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betula
Hectare
Posts: 5,839
Re: Christmas donations to Gardening Leave
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Reply #6 on:
October 13, 2010, 19:55:22 »
LOL @ Kev ;D ;D ;D
Felt I must post as I am amazed that we have raised £90 already.
Thank you so much.
All donations very welcome big or small ........it all adds up.
Oh and don't forget the lovely surprise pressies.
It feels like Christmas already ;D
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cornykev
Hectare
Posts: 9,893
Sunny Cheshunt just outside North London
Re: Christmas donations to Gardening Leave
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Reply #7 on:
October 13, 2010, 20:06:59 »
Once my new credit card arrives, ( lost mine the other day) I shall make my donation and lets hope as Grawrc said before, everybody who voted, and more, chip a bit in. ;D ;D ;D
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Last Edit: October 13, 2010, 20:10:30 by cornykev
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SamLouise
Global Moderator
Hectare
Posts: 2,258
Re: Christmas donations to Gardening Leave
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Reply #8 on:
October 14, 2010, 11:14:55 »
I'm going to make my donation nearer to Christmas so it feels more Christmassy to me ;D ;D
I do have a question, silly as it may seem, I have been wondering. Is there a cut-off/closing date and if there is and people donate for 2-3 months leading up to it, does the charity also receive the little bit of interest the donations must generate?
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Last Edit: October 14, 2010, 11:16:57 by SamLouise
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betula
Hectare
Posts: 5,839
Re: Christmas donations to Gardening Leave
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Reply #9 on:
October 14, 2010, 11:38:41 »
This tells you all about it
http://www.justgiving.com/about-us/what-it-costs/
I am presuming they do not hold on to the donations,I think they get passed on as they come in.I am not sure though,Flighty may know.
It is a very popular way of donating with many fund raisers.
I think this is the very best way to donate when the gift is being given under a collective such as us on this forum....we can all have a share in the fun of seeing how much we have raised.Otherwise it would be just another advert for a charity.
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Flighty
Hectare
Posts: 2,680
Re: Christmas donations to Gardening Leave
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Reply #10 on:
October 14, 2010, 13:00:55 »
SamLouise
the page will be open for donations until early in the New Year.
That's not a silly question at all! Regarding when the charity gets the money details are shown here -
http://www.justgiving.com/about-us/how-it-works/for-charities
Clearly if any charity didn't feel that fund raising in this way wasn't cost effective then they wouldn't do it.
Thanks to everyone who has already donated for getting it off to a great start with £130 raised. I emailed
Gardening Leave
to let them know what we were doing and they are most appreciative. :)
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Flighty's plot,
http://flightplot.wordpress.com
, is my blog.
I support the Gardening with Disabilities Trust,
http://www.gardeningwithdisabilitiestrust.org.uk
tonybloke
Hectare
Posts: 5,811
Gorleston 0n sea, Norfolk
Re: Christmas donations to Gardening Leave
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Reply #11 on:
October 16, 2010, 13:03:51 »
Sorted!
thanks Mike for setting this up. ;)
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betula
Hectare
Posts: 5,839
Re: Christmas donations to Gardening Leave
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Reply #12 on:
October 17, 2010, 22:32:13 »
Oh wow...we are up to a £180 now. ;D ;D ;D
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betula
Hectare
Posts: 5,839
Re: Christmas donations to Gardening Leave
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Reply #13 on:
October 18, 2010, 13:33:31 »
I was thinking this morning..................oh er,other half always says it is dangerous when I start thinking LOL ;D
I noticed on Gardening Leave's web site that they welcome donations for a specific item.I rang them up asking if there was anything they particularly wanted.I mentioned the amount we raised last year.
They do have a wish list and someone is going to call me tomorrow to tell me what is on the list.
I would like to see what members think about what is on the list as hopefully it could be something specifically from us.
My own thoughts were maybe a bench or something like that but have no idea what is on this list till tomorrow.
Just thought it would add to the fun. ;D
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grawrc
Global Moderator
Hectare
Posts: 6,583
Edinburgh
Re: Christmas donations to Gardening Leave
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Reply #14 on:
October 18, 2010, 13:54:13 »
Seems like a good idea. How much did we raise last year? I've forgotten.
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betula
Hectare
Posts: 5,839
Re: Christmas donations to Gardening Leave
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Reply #15 on:
October 18, 2010, 13:59:13 »
Around £200 Anne.I thought that was brilliant for our first effort and hopefull we will match that amount this year. ;D
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Flighty
Hectare
Posts: 2,680
Re: Christmas donations to Gardening Leave
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Reply #16 on:
October 18, 2010, 15:43:33 »
Betula
well done that's a great idea, and I'll be happy to go with whatever the majority wants to do! :)
Last year's total was just over £200 plus the GiftAid.
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Flighty's plot,
http://flightplot.wordpress.com
, is my blog.
I support the Gardening with Disabilities Trust,
http://www.gardeningwithdisabilitiestrust.org.uk
grawrc
Global Moderator
Hectare
Posts: 6,583
Edinburgh
Re: Christmas donations to Gardening Leave
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Reply #17 on:
October 18, 2010, 17:57:45 »
So it looks like we're on target to do better this year. That's really good.
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cornykev
Hectare
Posts: 9,893
Sunny Cheshunt just outside North London
Re: Christmas donations to Gardening Leave
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Reply #18 on:
October 18, 2010, 18:48:35 »
£190 now, my credit card arrived today, can I still have 31 please DB. ;D ;D ;D
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betula
Hectare
Posts: 5,839
Re: Christmas donations to Gardening Leave
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Reply #19 on:
October 18, 2010, 18:51:11 »
Hooray for kev's credit card ;D ;D ;D
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