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I have now set up this JustGiving page, which will remain open until early in the New Year, where members can donate to Thrive, the charity using gardening and horticulture to change the lives of disabled people.
https://www.justgiving.com/a4adonations12/
Please donate the amount you want to give, however small, and after doing so you'll see that you can add a message to your donation, change your name or even make it and the amount anonymous if you wish.
Don't forget the Gift Aid if you're a UK taxpayer.
Any problems please either comment here or, if you prefer, send me a PM.
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Thanks Mike for setting this up
And we are off
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Ordinary lives, ordinary people
Rebecca; a lovely teenager with a sweet smile is the youngest of three sisters, it’s just that she has Downs syndrome. Before coming to Thrive she was struggling with school and unsettled at home. Thanks to Thrive’s practical approach to learning in a garden, Rebecca has become a happy and enthusiastic member of her gardening group and she has built up her skills. She now loves being "one of the girls" and talking about school and what she’s planning next for her garden
Tom was 18 when a car accident nearly killed him. Thrive’s therapists understood Tom’s needs and set about teaching him how to overcome his disabilities. Through Thrive’s "Working it Out" Programme Tom gained a City and Guilds Level 1 Certificate in Work Based Horticulture. Today Tom has a job he loves as a gardener, he is independent and he will be 25 in November 2011
Kenneth Macdonald was a high flyer.But his life changed dramatically when he was badly beaten by thugs on a trip back to his native New Zealand to see his sick mother. Kenneth’s brain injury meant that he was in hospital for three months and faced a long period of rehabilitation following the horrendous attack.
"No one will employ me now in a stressful job," he says matter-of-factly. "But Thrive has given me a chance to re-train and do something completely different."
For more information about Thrive their website is at http://www.thrive.org.uk
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Wow.....donations already.What a great start. :icon_cheers:
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Lovely, lovely, lovely. Thanks to all involved in the set up :) I get paid on Wednesday, I'll do mine then!
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We are up to £75 already :blob7:
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Well done to all those who have got this up and running, I will donate when I get back from my holidays. :wave:
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Just a wee bump to bring this up front!
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£95 plus Gift Aid...so exciting to get off to such a great start.
Thank you so much.
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£95 plus Gift Aid...so exciting to get off to such a great start.
Thank you so much.
Yes a good start thank you everyone.
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A little daily bump .... :blob7:
Thank you everyone
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I got an email this morning asking if I would pass this message on -
Thank you very much for choosing Thrive to benefit from your 2012 Christmas charity gift.
Gardening brings profound change to people recovering from stroke or living with heart disease, also those coping with physical disabilities, sight loss, recovering from an accident or coping with early stage dementia - Thrive really can change peoples lives.
Everyone at Thrive really appreciates your support. Thrive relies on charitable donations to support our work and to have groups like yours spreading the word undoubtedly works.
Best wishes, Tina Rhodes, Fundraising Assistant.
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Thanks, Flighty, nice of them to e mail :happy7:
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It's £135 plus gift aid now.
Fantastic! :thumbsup:
G x
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Nice to see how well we are doing :happy7:
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WOW we are doing well and members are being most generous..... thank you
Please do not feel you have to match the amounts being given so far even small donations add up.
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We are up to £165 now :blob7:.
Dave is right...............any donation is more than welcome and we are very grateful for every penny x
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Saturday night bump
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Snow down south already.............Christmas on the way LOL
One of the daily bumps........ :wave:
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The daily bump :wave:
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The daily bump :wave:
Guess it is my turn for a bump :hello2:
However many thanks to those who have contributed already we are doing well yet again.
I miss Stopp's bump icons this year though.
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£175 :wav:
Looking good. :wave:
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Been thinking of ways we can make our bumps more interesting.
Anybody care to add a joke or perhaps a verse they like???
I thought this may ring a bell with a few of us
A's for arthritis;
B's the bad back,
C's the chest pains, perhaps car-di-ac?
D is for dental decay and decline,
E is for eyesight, can't read that top line!
F is for fixtures and fluid retention,
G is for gas which I'd rather not mention.
H high blood pressure--I'd rather it low;
I for incisions with scars you can show.
J is for joints, out of socket, won't mend,
K is for knees that crack when they bend .
L 's for libido, what happened to sex?
M is for memory, I forget what comes next.
N is neuralgia, in nerves way down low;
O is for osteo, bones that don't grow!
P for prescriptions, I have quite a few, just give me a pill and I'll be good as new!
Q is for queasy, is it fatal or flu?
R is for reflux, one meal turns to two.
S is for sleepless nights, counting my fears,
T is for Tinnitus; bells in my ears!
U is for urinary; troubles with flow; V for vertigo, that's 'dizzy,' you know.
W for worry, now what's going 'round?
X is for X ray, and what might be found.
Y for another year I'm left here behind,
Z is for zest I still have-- in my mind!
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Love it :blob7:
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Bump-biddy bump, biddy bump, biddy bump, well, goodness gracious me :toothy10: :blob7:
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£185 and counting.... Can we get it up to £200 by Monday?
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Two members were sending cheques direct so it's likely that the total is at least £200.
Many thanks to everyone who has donated so far.
If anyone is looking for gardening Christmas cards Thrive have some good ones -
http://www.thrive.org.uk/products/christmas.aspx
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Yay! Good news!
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Good Morning bump :wave:
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I just noticed that the first post is not showing at the top of the second page as it used to do for a sticky...
Is this something the mods can do or is it for Dan to look into?
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I have had a look in profile settings and I cannot see how to change it for our personal settings. I think that it is to do with the new forum and that is down to Dan, but I am the least techy of the mods so there may be someone else can help.
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I've just donated a few shillings, keep it going folks. :wave:
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Fiver off two hundred pounds......thanks Kev and thanks everybody :toothy10:
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Fiver off two hundred pounds......thanks Kev and thanks everybody :toothy10:
Hope we can make it £200 by tonight
Thanks everyone
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Evening all :wave:
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Morning. :wave: :coffee2:
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Evening :hello: :wave: :spam1:
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The Christmas cards that I ordered from Thrive arrived this morning and with them was a letter which included -
...Your support with the Christmas collection from the A4A community is greatly appreciated by everyone involved in our work...May I wish you all the very best for Christmas and the New Year...
My own thanks go to everyone who has donated so far.
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Flighty that is nice to see appreciation for all those who have donated
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Xmas cards look good, (Hope I will get one), will donate soon I hope, but money is a bit short this year. Hopefully will win the lottery tonight, dream on, and then I will donate. Not sure I want to give bank details on the internet, even though overdrawn at bank. How does this work, please.
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I think we have definitely got up to £200!
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Xmas cards look good, (Hope I will get one), will donate soon I hope, but money is a bit short this year. Hopefully will win the lottery tonight, dream on, and then I will donate. Not sure I want to give bank details on the internet, even though overdrawn at bank. How does this work, please.
As much as I want to get members of A4A to donate you should not do so if you can not afford it.
To donate go to ....
https://www.justgiving.com/a4adonations12/
Please donate the amount you want to give, however small, and after doing so you'll see that you can add a message to your donation, change your name or even make it and the amount anonymous if you wish.
Don't forget the Gift Aid if you're a UK taxpayer.
However if you wish to not use your bank details on the web you could always post a donation either direct to Thrive or if you pm Flighty you could post it to him and he will add the donation for you.
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Please do not let anyone be put off because there are some biggish donations, but it just happens that the people who have donated maybe feeling a bit flush at the moment. It is not necessary to put how much you donate, and 5 X 2 = 10 and that is worth just as much as 1 x 10 (or at least it was when I was at school!)
There are 12,000 members of this forum, imagine if they all gave a quid!!!
A lot of people are feeling the pinch this year, and if it is not easy for you to donate, then please do not until the time is right for you! (Come the revolution!!!)
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You can easily give a pound or two by just sending a text.
I will give the details tomorrow.
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You can easily give a pound or two by just sending a text.
I will give the details tomorrow.
AS promised the details are as follows.
Create a new message to be sent to 70070
In the message put:
To send one pound put THRI65 £1
To send two pounds put THRI65 £2
To send five pounds put THRI65 £5
Please note the amount you donate will be added to your bill or taken from your credit balance of your phone.
You will get a text back with a link in it if you want to gift aid it or add your name to the donation
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Just read in Grow your own magazine
"A big congratulations goes out this month to Thrive who's Herb garden and Old English garden in Battersea Park were named best community garden in the annual London in Bloom awards" , well done, Thrive :icon_cheers:
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That is great news :toothy10:
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Weekend bump............thanks to all who have donated. :angel11:
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Up to £211 now............ :blob7: :toothy10: :sunny:
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An afternoon bump!
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Good morning, world. What a beautiful, frosty morning with NO rain :wave:
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Another bump for our charity appeal :wave:
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Thank you for setting this up - a very worthy cause. Thanks for enabling me to add my few pence to the fund.
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Thank you so much................ :wave:
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Thank you so much................ :wave:
Delighted to be able to help someone else out - it's so easy and a nice way of giving to others at Christmas.
Here's hoping more people find the thread!!
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A rainy good morning. :wave: :coffee2:
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Hello, all you lovely people :icon_cheers:
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Thanks to all who have donated....we are slowly creeping up. :wave:
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To donate go to ....
https://www.justgiving.com/a4adonations12/
Please donate the amount you want to give, however small, and after doing so you'll see that you can add a message to your donation, change your name or even make it and the amount anonymous if you wish.
Don't forget the Gift Aid if you're a UK taxpayer.
However if you wish to not use your bank details on the web you could always post a donation either direct to Thrive or if you pm Flighty you could post it to him and he will add the donation for you.
Or to donate by text ....
Create a new message to be sent to 70070
In the message put:
To send one pound put THRI65 £1
To send two pounds put THRI65 £2
To send five pounds put THRI65 £5
Please note the amount you donate will be added to your bill or taken from your credit balance of your phone.
You will get a text back with a link in it if you want to gift aid it or add your name to the donation
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Saturday night bump :happy7:
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O MY Daveyboi. Thankyou for that. I've learnt a new trick -- that I can send money through my dumb phone! A little bit more for the fund and hope it goes well :drunken_smilie:
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Good Morning everybody :toothy10:
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A good evening bump
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Evening all. :wave: :coffee2:
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Another good evening bump :wave:
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Bump :happy7:
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Evening. :icon_cheers: :wave:
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You just beat me to it Kev x
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Maybe I should of run the Surprise Presents again this year to get more interest in this?
At least we have beaten the first year in the total now.
Thanks everyone
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I've still to send my donation in, I'm afraid it won't be much. So lovely to see people sharing, I've just been onto A4A donation page and I think a fantastic amount already given https://www.justgiving.com/a4adonations12/ well done all :sunny:
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Thanks to everyone who has taken part.Any donation more than welcome :wave:
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Many thanks to those of you who have donated so far. The total including Gift Aid is now nearly £300.
Please note that the JustGiving page will remain open until early next year, and that any amount from £1 can be donated.
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Late Afternoon. :wave:
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£263...............thanks everybody :wave:
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A chilly good morning. :wave: :coffee2:
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A wet good morning...... :coffee2:
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Cheers for the bumps - almost forgot this year!
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To donate go to ....
https://www.justgiving.com/a4adonations12/
Please donate the amount you want to give, however small, and after doing so you'll see that you can add a message to your donation, change your name or even make it and the amount anonymous if you wish.
Don't forget the Gift Aid if you're a UK taxpayer.
However if you wish to not use your bank details on the web you could always post a donation either direct to Thrive or if you pm Flighty you could post it to him and he will add the donation for you.
Or to donate by text ....
Create a new message to be sent to 70070
In the message put:
To send one pound put THRI65 £1
To send two pounds put THRI65 £2
To send five pounds put THRI65 £5
Please note the amount you donate will be added to your bill or taken from your credit balance of your phone.
You will get a text back with a link in it if you want to gift aid it or add your name to the donation
MANY THANKS EVERYONE
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We are standing at £288 now plus tax so we are doing pretty well considering money is short at the moment.
Remember every penny counts so if you want to make a small donation we would be very grateful. :wave:
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I've tried texting a donation [for the second time].Vodaphone sent me a txt asking me to put in the amount with a £ sign but I had - and saved the txt. Don't know how long it will take to show up.
Can't afford to run it through twice so watch the txts for me and see if it goes up...... :happy7:
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I've tried texting a donation [for the second time].Vodaphone sent me a txt asking me to put in the amount with a £ sign but I had - and saved the txt. Don't know how long it will take to show up.
Can't afford to run it through twice so watch the txts for me and see if it goes up...... :happy7:
It should appear on the donation page more or less instantly but allow a few minutes at busy times.
Make sure you have the space between THRI65 and the £ sign ... note it is thri65 not thr165
If it has not arrived by now I would try creating a new message rather than resending the other one.
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£294...... thanks so much to you all.
Get a little thrill every time we go up a notch x :toothy10:
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Thanks everyone it's now £314, which including Gift Aid takes it up to £373.
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It is slowly creeping up.. :icon_cheers:
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I don't really understand my mobile phone, only used for emergencies, hope I have texted £1, sorry it can't be more. Anyone know the number to check my credit on my phone, vodafone, as have lost the booklet. OH helped me to do this, so hope it works. So many good charities this year, poor donkeys, Salvation Army and homeless people. Good luck with these donations everyone. :sunny: :sunny: :sunny:
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Thank you one and all :wave:
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Sorry Borlotti I can't help with the phone number to check. But looking at the Just giving page https://www.justgiving.com/a4adonations12/ a £1 donation was made by mobile phone yesterday by an anonymous giver. It might be yours?
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A good evening bump x
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Thanks everyone, it's now £320 plus £60-25 Gift Aid.
The JustGiving donation page will stay open until the end of next week
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Happy Christmas everyone. :wave:
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Hope you have all enjoyed the Christmas season........many thanks for all donations so far :coffee2:
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Up to £340 now :toothy10:
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Afternoon Bump :wave:
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Evening BUMP lols :blob7:
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We are fast approaching the New Year when Flighty will close the 2012 appeal.
Thanks to everyone who has taken part this year :wave:
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Morning. :wave:
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Last day of 2012...........hope the New Year will be kind to us all.x
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To donate go to ....
https://www.justgiving.com/a4adonations12/
Please donate the amount you want to give, however small, and after doing so you'll see that you can add a message to your donation, change your name or even make it and the amount anonymous if you wish.
Don't forget the Gift Aid if you're a UK taxpayer.
However if you wish to not use your bank details on the web you could always post a donation either direct to Thrive or if you pm Flighty you could post it to him and he will add the donation for you.
Or to donate by text ....
Create a new message to be sent to 70070
In the message put:
To send one pound put THRI65 £1
To send two pounds put THRI65 £2
To send five pounds put THRI65 £5
Please note the amount you donate will be added to your bill or taken from your credit balance of your phone.
You will get a text back with a link in it if you want to gift aid it or add your name to the donation
MANY THANKS EVERYONE
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Thank you everyone for your donations
Nice to see we have raised over £400 (including gift aid) for Thrive in this difficult year
I wish you all the best for 2013
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I received an email from Tina at Thrive yesterday to say...Thank you again for the Christmas donations from A4A members, can you please pass on our gratitude to them. Best wishes for 2013.
The JustGiving page will remain open to late on Sunday for anyone who would still like to make a donation.
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That was nice of them Flighty thanks for passing the message on.
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The time goes so quickly....strange to think we will be drawing to a close soon.
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Well done, everyone :icon_cheers:
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£345...thanks Kv........you are a star :wav:
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Last few days now folks :wave:
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One last reminder that I'll be closing the JustGiving donation page tomorrow evening.
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A final bump before the page closes ......
Thank you everyone
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£365 plus gift aid now :happy7:
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A big final thank you from me to all of you who have donated.
Have a good year everybody. :wave:
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Thanks for organising this, everyone. It helps to know that, even when times are hard, people still think about those less fortunate xx
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Many thanks to those of you who very kindly donated to this good cause.
The grand total raised, which includes Gift Aid plus a couple of direct donations, is just over £450.
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Many thanks to those of you who very kindly donated to this good cause.
The grand total raised, which includes Gift Aid plus a couple of direct donations, is just over £450.
Yes let me add my thanks to everyone and a big
THANK YOU !!
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That's great :blob7:
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Wow, brilliant :sunny: