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I'd go for Thrive too although but will abide by the decision of the majority so count me in too :)

Evening all,Thank you so much for all the encouragement. :)

Davy,Mike and I put a lot into it last year and Mike is right we did have problems.So  much so that I was not too keen on doing it this year as it is meant to be serious but fun.

I am happy to do it again as the lads are but only if it is  a gardening charity as per my original idea.

So send in your ideas and we will put them to the vote.

Sorry to sound so serious but if we get loads of agitates I will not carry on,not good for the nerves.

It is encouraging to see some of the newer members taking an interest,

I think we should stick to a gardening charity as per the original idea.

I personally did not notice there were issues last year and I am sure that we can manage to keep it interesting and fun and reassure Flighty and Betula to keep on with the "Good Idea"

I do hope so. It would be nice if we had it as an annual event.

No ,Mike and I did not go on about it as you were so great last year with your secret Santa. :)Why spoil it?

Anyway, lets forget all that now and try to make this year a bumper one.

Please let us know any Gardening charities that you like and we will put up a poll.

Flighty's right about the hassle last year, lets just keep it simple. :-\ ;D

Quote from: cornykev on September 28, 2011, 20:27:06
lets just keep it simple. :-\ ;D

That sounds good to me as at my age I have difficulty with anything complicated  ;D ;D

Life's to complicated to make it complicated. Simple is by far the best ;D.

Well, I'd like to start the ball rolling by nominating SamLouise's-Garden-Replenishment-Fund.  I can confirm it is a very worthy and just cause.  I even have bank details that donations can be made straight into  ;D :P

Ok, I'll behave.  I shant nominate any because I'm happy to go with whatever is decided (but agree it would be best for us to donate to an allotment/garden related charity)

Well yesterday (just about) I was looking at http://www.earthworksstalbans.co.uk/
as they had suffered two arson attacks this year. I looked at a local news site as well and it seems there has been other arson attacks on community buildings around the area.

However I did think afterwards surely they would be insured so maybe not such a desperate cause after all.

We will see what other charities are suggested but if no others come to light maybe we should go with Thrive this year.

Well I've submitted my vote, don't ask me what it was cos I aint telling, its private.   :P

Are you the comedian on here by any chance????? ;D

 

Quote from: cornykev on September 29, 2011, 05:26:54
Well I've submitted my vote, don't ask me what it was cos I aint telling, its private.   :P

Well I've just voted and I can tell what you voted ;D ;D ;D ( BTW not some freeky mod. power)!!!!

Well it hasn't taken you long PP to work out who the comedian is ;).

For all newbies this is the link to Thrive.

http://www.thrive.org.uk/

I like their work and they are a favouite of mine.

However to keep it fair please nominate any Gardening related charity you want to have a chance.

I will put up a poll next week  ............Friday next week to give plenty of time for members to see this thread.

No more suggestions so far...............

Anybody ?

In my other life I worked with adults with severe learning difficulties so Thrive sounds good to me but will abide with the majority ;D.

Really surprised that no one has made any comments on http://www.earthworksstalbans.co.uk/

I think it is looking like Thrive this year and we will not need a poll which will diminish the fun

So get your thinking caps on in case there is another worthy cause out there.

On a side note did we get an update on the willow planting from Gardening Leave?

I did have some pictues but lost them when my old computer went down.

Quote from: betula on October 01, 2011, 12:02:54
I did have some pictues but lost them when my old computer went down.

That is a shame but at least they bothered to update you.

I know we had the debate last year about just giving but I wondered if we might consider using Virgin Money Giving this year if we choose Thrive in the end ??