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General => The Shed => Topic started by: daveyboi on September 28, 2010, 23:55:24
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Hi Everyone
I just wondered if we are going to repeat last years charity gift for Christmas again this year?
Betula's good idea from last year along with Flighty raised money for Thrive.
If any one has ideas for doing another similar thing this year please post your ideas.
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I think it's a very good idea so count me in please.
Thrive was a good choice last year but I'll go along with whatever is decided on.
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Count us in
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Count me in! I'll be happy to go with whatever charity is decided on, be it Thrive again which is my good cause or a different one.
I've got a Just Giving account so I'm quite willing to set up a new page for this year.
Daveyboi I hope that you had a good birthday yesterday, which seems to have been overlooked here on the forum!
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count me in too :)
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Yes please.
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I was thinking about doing it again this year so my heart lifted when I saw these posts this morning.
Thrive is fine with me ;D
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Thanks for the birthday wishes Flighty.
I am heartened to see we are going to be able to do this again this year.
I myself am quite happy with Thrive unless someone has another suggestion that suits the majority of us.
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I suggest that we give it a few days to see what others think then unless anyone else wants to do it I'll start a new thread with the details on what we're doing and how to donate, and ask SamLouise to make it a sticky topic.
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Yes Happy Birthday from me too.
Should just tell our new members that last year members of this forum raised money to give to Thrive at Christmastime and it was amazing how generous our members were.
I like Thrive as they are all about gardeningand growing stuff which is what we are all about so it seems the most logical charity to donate to.
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I support Perennial. Id like to see them get a donation this time.
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Have you got a link for them ? :)
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http://www.perennial.org.uk/ (http://www.perennial.org.uk/)
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I'll be happy to put in a bit - would it be possible to split it between these two suggestions, which both seem eminently suitable?
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The link for Thrive for anyone not familiar with it.
http://www.thrive.org.uk/
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Count me in. I have followed the work Thrive do and had hoped to volunteer last year, but it's unfortunately too London/South centric. I like the idea of something more UK wide.
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Count me in :)
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us, too ;D
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Stick me down for half a bar and happy birthday DB, lets get sticky Sammy. ;D ;D ;D
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How do I get money to you..Paypal ?? XX Jeannine
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No, Flighty sets up a link...........sure he will explain it when he comes on next. :)
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Yes last year we had a page on the UK Just giving site which allows you to collect for charities and they also get the tax back making it even more if you tick the right box.
This explains how it works
http://www.justgiving.com/about-us/how-it-works/for-fundraisers (http://www.justgiving.com/about-us/how-it-works/for-fundraisers)
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Jeannine I'll be setting up a page on JustGiving where you'll be able to donate by credit/debit card or Paypal account.
Davyboi note that only UK tax payers can claim GiftAid!
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Need to edit your link it broke because it spreads over two lines Flighty
Yes I meant to state it is UK tax payers that get the Gift Aid only
I would not like to suggest naughty ways around that for none tax payers ;)
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Davyboi my link won't work so I've taken it out!
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For anyone not around late last year this is what we did then
http://www.allotments4all.co.uk/smf/index.php/topic,55872.0.html
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Hi all..............anymore suggestions please.......will have to put a time on it so we can get started so all suggestions in by 9am Monday morning please ;D
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Nice bump there Betula ;D
I guess you and Flighty should consider a poll after the deadline to find the outcome.
Look at my bad english lols
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I have been thinking how we could make this a little more interesting and have come up with this idea....
I am going to wrap up 6 small Christmas Gifts to be sent to 6 of the first 49 that donate this year.
To make it a truly fair random choice of who will receive these surprise Christmas presents I propose that each of the first 48 people that donate can choose a number between 1 and 49 (first donation first choice! one choice per person!)
Then the six that will receive the surprise gifts will be the winning numbers from the Lotto main draw on Saturday the 11th of December which should allow enough posting time for them to arrive in time for Christmas.
The winners can elect to have the present delivered to their local Post Office or other address if they wish.
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What a great idea.It is very generous of you ;D
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I'm happy to go with either of the charities suggested
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I'm happy to go with either of the charities suggested
Same here.
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May I join in too.
X Chas
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Hi
I am in another thought for charity http://www.erskine.org.uk/news/general-news/ Especially as another of our boys was blown up at the weekend, and there was no mention of his comrades who were injured with him!
Anyway I hope you will think favourably on my suggestion.
Erskine On Gardening Leave
Erskine and ex-Service charity Gardening Leave have entered into partnership for a new project aimed at helping ex-Service personnel afflicted by combat-related stress.
Based in the Old Garden Centre, Erskine Estate, Bishopton, Gardening Leave will run the horticultural therapy project whilst Erskine will assist in recruiting suitable volunteers to assist the qualified therapist.
Gardening Leave Horticultural Therapy, not previously been used by the military in the UK, aims to provide a relaxed comfortable environment where veterans are able to feel optimistic about the future and able deal with their problems in a positive way. The Erskine facility is now the third site that will offer Gardening Leave’s services, with two others located at Hollybush House, Ayr and the Royal Hospital Chelsea, London.
Anna Baker Cresswell, Chief Executive of Gardening Leave, said “I am very much looking forward to working with Erskine and to expanding the work of Gardening Leave so that more veterans can benefit from the structure and routine exercise we provide.”
Erskine’s Chief Executive Jim Panton said: “Erskine cares for 1370 veterans every year and we are delighted to be involved with the Gardening Leave project. This partnership will allow the exceptionally high standard of care we are renowned for at Erskine to be extended to even more veterans.”
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There have now been several charities put forward all of which are worthy causes but to donate to more than one is problematical, as is choosing one over the others!
Reading through Jazzidoodles comment I noticed that Gardening Leave is mentioned which is a small charity started in 2007 to help improve the mental and physical well-being of ex-service personnel using horticultural therapy in walled gardens.
http://www.gardeningleave.org/
I'd like to suggest that this year we support this charity as a suitable cause, and hopefully it's one that members will feel happy donating to.
Clearly we need a consenus on this within a few days otherwise I feel that it's possible that we'll end up not bothering at all.
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I am happy with that.......
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I reckon that http://www.gardeningleave.org/ is the one the forum should donate to this year.
if jazziedoodle or flighty want to set up a paypal scheme.........................
we can easily donate to it.
;)
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Perennials the one Id like the forum to support. Were in a recession and there are people in dire straits financially that deserve help. Flightys choice was successful last year, spread it around a bit this year.
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There have now been several charities put forward all of which are worthy causes but to donate to more than one is problematical, as is choosing one over the others!
Its not. Split however much is raised between the charities that werent considered last year.
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OK folks when I have worked out how to do it I am going to set up a vote system.
If the money is split each charity could end up with very little money .
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OK folks when I have worked out how to do it I am going to set up a vote system.
If the money is split each charity could end up with very little money .
For a charity a little money is better than no money
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Betula thanks.
Tonybloke thanks, and it'd be set up using JustGiving so that people can donate using credit/debit cards or their Paypal account.
Weequinie I thought that the idea is to donate to a single charity. To donate to several would involve setting up JustGiving pages for each one, unless you can suggest how else it would be done and who would then organise it as I don't think that I would. Incidentally I've put forward GardenLeave as a neutral suggestion as I've never heard of it until reading Jazzidoodles comment earlier.
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OK when we vote the clear winner gets all.If there is a draw so to speak then we share.
This is as democratic as it can be :)
Hope that is ok with the members who wish to take part.
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OK with me!
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Betula thanks.
Tonybloke thanks, and it'd be set up using JustGiving so that people can donate using credit/debit cards or their Paypal account.
Weequinie I thought that the idea is to donate to a single charity. To donate to several would involve setting up JustGiving pages for each one, unless you can suggest how else it would be done and who would then organise it as I don't think that I would. Incidentally I've put forward GardenLeave as a neutral suggestion as I've never heard of it until reading Jazzidoodles comment earlier.
Just because youve never heard of it doesnt make it any more neutral than any other. But you know what, if youre going to be dog in the manger about organising it because it ends up as not your choice forget about my suggestion. Ill carry on supporting Perennial but Im out of this.
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I agee it would be easier to choose just one, and obviously anyone can donate to the others (instead or as well) if they want to. A vote seems the best way forward, so thanks, Betula, for agreeing to set it up.
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That seems the best way to sort it out Betula.
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I agree that it should be just one charity and then they will get a decent sum of money to do something with. This went so well last year without any problems.
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Thanks for the support ladies,it did go well last year.
Weequinie I will put the charity of your choice up for voting and I hope you realise it is hard to please everybody when doing something like this.
I hope you change your mind and join in in the sprit it has all been started.
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what ever the charity..I would like to take part too ;D
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Likewise. ;D ;D ;D
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Weequinie I resent your remarks as I've not said that I wouldn't organise it if it wasn't a charity of my choice!
I'm more than happy to do so for whichever one is chosen, and donate to it.
My reluctance to organise it would be if our donation was to be split between several charities, and I ask again how would that be done?
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Surely the charity that received the money last year shouldn't be in the vote this year and a new charity should get our money.
If anyone wants to give to the one that was run last year they can but hopefully a new charity will/should be supported this year by A4A.
Sinbad
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Blimey, who knew that the idea of doing good and donating to charity could stir such harsh words?! If it ain't broke, don't fix it! Along with most other people, I'm of the idea that it should be one charity we all donate to and I'm also happy to go along with the majority of whichever charity that turns out to be. Well done Betula & Flighty :)
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SamLouise thanks!
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Agreed with the last three! Let's get on with it...
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blimey I didn't mean to put the cat amongst the pigeons!
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Jazzidoodle you didn't, and I consider that your comment was helpful so thanks! :)
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It all seemed so simple last year and I don't recall any arguments. ::)
Putting it to the vote seems the way to go.
G x
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Hi,
I agree with a vote and all the money goes to one charity. I may not be correct here, but I think the just giving site takes a small percentage to cover it's running costs? if so splitting the donation would be diluting it even more.
Thanks for organising this Flighty & Betula
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Froglets thanks! Yes, you are correct about JustGiving.
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Yes count me in .
I shall go with the choice , the gardening sounds a very very good choice to me lets hope it comes out on top. ;D