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Donate £10 to Lumos and have dinner with JKR

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fromorbit · 01/06/2025 13:38

JKR has made a very generous offer on Twitter:

J.K. Rowling
https://x.com/jk_rowling/status/1929113511004664078

I mean this, by the way. Donate £10 to lumos, I'll draw three names out of a hat and we'll have dinner. It could be KFC, but the wonderful JamesChiavarini has just suggested his restaurant, so it might be there instead (travel and accommodation on me if you're not in London).

Offer stands! Applications close at midnight on Monday. A £10 donation means your name will go into the draw.

https://wearelumos.org/how-you-can-help/donate/

If your name’s chosen and you’re outside London (or the UK) I’ll pay for travel and accommodation.

Once donations have been verified with Lumos I’ll select three donors’ names at random (can’t promise a literal hat, but who knows).

I’ll match the total sum donated to Lumos between first offer and midnight Monday.

And once my three fellow diners have been chosen, we’ll have a vote on whether we’re having KFC or going to Il Portico.

Additional offer from John Boyne:

John Boyne

£10 donated to Lumos. Whoever has the good fortune to win the raffle and have dinner with you, I'll donate £1,000 to the charity of his or her choosing.

This was inspired by JKR's ongoing twitter spat with Jolyon:

I've never sought to auction dinner with myself at a Michelin-starred restaurant with ‘a selection of wines from [my] own cellar’ as you have, Jolyon, but if anyone wants to bung Lumos £10, I'll draw a name out of a hat and we'll split a KFC bargain bucket.

https://x.com/jk_rowling/status/1929113511004664078

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GreenFriedTomato · 03/06/2025 19:12

The raffle donations finished Monday at midnight iirc

anyolddinosaur · 03/06/2025 16:38

but that would mean any donaion at this time being treated as a raffle entry. If I write to them and say please dont enter me in the raffle can I then gift aid it?

MounjaroMounjaro · 03/06/2025 14:58

I've donated. I'd love to send my Harry Potter loving captured daughter along. I'm really worried about her.

musicalfrog · 03/06/2025 14:57

Enrichetta · 03/06/2025 14:51

This would be terrible as they would lose 20% they would otherwise have got back from HMRC. This seems very odd.

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Not really. There are rules they have to follow by law.

The donations would not otherwise have come in, so they are still winning.

Enrichetta · 03/06/2025 14:51

NotNatacha · 03/06/2025 14:40

Interesting, thank you.
There’s no mention of any raffle on the Lumos website, though. I wonder if it’s usually there and they have turned it off, as you suggest.

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This would be terrible as they would lose 20% they would otherwise have got back from HMRC. This seems very odd.

NotNatacha · 03/06/2025 14:40

mollyweasleyspinnie · 03/06/2025 14:36

You can’t claim gift aid when there is a raffle or prize involved iirc. They may have turned it off due to this.

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Interesting, thank you.
There’s no mention of any raffle on the Lumos website, though. I wonder if it’s usually there and they have turned it off, as you suggest.

mollyweasleyspinnie · 03/06/2025 14:36

Enrichetta · 03/06/2025 11:39

I donated yesterday and asked for gift aid information but so far haven’t received anything. I was surprised that there was no option to have the donation treated as gift aid as there normally is when making donations to other charities. An additional 20% is a lot, so I hope all our donations can be ‘upgraded’.

You can’t claim gift aid when there is a raffle or prize involved iirc. They may have turned it off due to this.

Enrichetta · 03/06/2025 11:39

I donated yesterday and asked for gift aid information but so far haven’t received anything. I was surprised that there was no option to have the donation treated as gift aid as there normally is when making donations to other charities. An additional 20% is a lot, so I hope all our donations can be ‘upgraded’.

WarriorN · 03/06/2025 10:29

Small fantasies of a KFC with JKR helping me get through the week <sighs wistfully>

anyolddinosaur · 03/06/2025 10:27

Donated. If selected could I instead send someone who is not a TRA but a "bekind" - JKR and pals might succeed where I have failed in helping them see the light.

I asked for gift aid information, hope everyone else has.

Judellie · 02/06/2025 21:10

Done. Dinner with the Queen herself would be amazing!
I once won a Sorting Hat at a twitter party run by Kap toys in 2018. My daughter was absolutely thriled when she opened it that Christmas!

Elmrosie · 02/06/2025 20:59

MassiveWordSalad · 02/06/2025 20:47

Ahem.

Anyway, despite the name, I would not be eating salad at a fancy restaurant, no matter how massive it is 😁

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🤣🤣🤣🤣

MassiveWordSalad · 02/06/2025 20:47

CriticalCondition · 02/06/2025 17:58

Do you think the restaurant could put A Massive Salad and Roast Chicken (7 ways) on the specials menu? Just so the MNers can reveal themselves to eachother. They don't have to actually order them, just point them out and eye eachother meaningfully. Grin

Ahem.

Anyway, despite the name, I would not be eating salad at a fancy restaurant, no matter how massive it is 😁

Elmrosie · 02/06/2025 20:46

Green, purple and white with witch hats.

lifeturnsonadime · 02/06/2025 20:42

Thanks for posting OP. I've also donated. Now what would I wear?

myplace · 02/06/2025 20:36

@Snapespeare thats wonderful. I’m married to a magpie. He tries so hard but, just accumulates.

Acquires item A. Acquires item B as it’s is an obvious companion piece to item A. Item C is similar, but not the same so must also be acquired. Item D is tangentially related to item B. And on it goes.

By the way, can whoever wins fess up so we can all book the same night? I could justify splashing out for that!

Orangemintcream · 02/06/2025 20:30

Would love to be one of the lucky three.

Would also love it to be a Mner.

FoxAches · 02/06/2025 20:30

Done. Amazing woman.

DialSquare · 02/06/2025 20:27

Boiledbeetle · 02/06/2025 20:25

I have absolutely no clue! Either a present from someone or possibly from when I bought odd (and this definitely falls in the odd category) books from Past Times many years ago.

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Brilliant!

Boiledbeetle · 02/06/2025 20:25

DialSquare · 02/06/2025 20:22

I’d love to know how you ended up with that, Boiled!

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I have absolutely no clue! Either a present from someone or possibly from when I bought odd (and this definitely falls in the odd category) books from Past Times many years ago.

DialSquare · 02/06/2025 20:22

Boiledbeetle · 02/06/2025 20:14

I'll admit I've not read any of the Harry Potter books and I originally thought I didn't own any, however I have discovered I own one, in Latin. Alas, I don't read Latin so my Harry Potter book reading will remain at zero!

I’d love to know how you ended up with that, Boiled!

HaddyAbrams · 02/06/2025 20:17

Snapespeare · 02/06/2025 19:46

I initially thought they would fund my retirement (rolls eyes) longer explanation is that I like how they've passed through many hands, the spines are slightly different colours and I like the maximalism of them - quick reply is I'm autistic, I magpie.

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Fair enough!

butmumineedit · 02/06/2025 20:15

Yes please, would love to win this, 2 fold reasons as have adopted children and I just adore JKR and the fact that she stands up for us women - we need more women like her

Boiledbeetle · 02/06/2025 20:14

I'll admit I've not read any of the Harry Potter books and I originally thought I didn't own any, however I have discovered I own one, in Latin. Alas, I don't read Latin so my Harry Potter book reading will remain at zero!

Donate £10 to Lumos and have dinner with JKR
Snapespeare · 02/06/2025 19:46

HaddyAbrams · 02/06/2025 19:33

Why do you have so many?

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I initially thought they would fund my retirement (rolls eyes) longer explanation is that I like how they've passed through many hands, the spines are slightly different colours and I like the maximalism of them - quick reply is I'm autistic, I magpie.

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