To be amazed by the 99 year old who has raised four million quid

[RainbowBabyDreams]

Positive news at last

I think this is amazing! Yes he's not out there shaking the collection tin but this fella has absolutely captured a lot of people's imaginations and has so far raised almost four million quid in the space of about three days.

He's walking laps of his garden in batches but he has more energy than me for heaven's sake!

www.justgiving.com/fundraising/tomswalkforthenhs

He’s amazing what a lovely guy he is too, I keep refreshing his justgiving page to see where he’s at

16M now

Nearly £17.5m now.

I'm obsessed by this - I'm checking his just giving page about 20 times a day.

Just Giving need to pay the credit card charges but it’s also worth remembering they need to pay employees and they have put a lot into the development of their service. They also claim the gift aid in behalf of charities if they are registered to which all takes work. I work for a charity and their reporting side of things is far better than other sites enabling our accounting and record keeping to be far more efficient. Some UK charities do choose to pay the monthly £15 option to get access to the best reporting options, saves money in staff time.
They do offer the option for donors to pay extra to cover the fees.

What will the money be spent on though and will it all go directly to the NHS?

Simultaneously admirablenand depressing. It should never have come to this.

It'll go here @RosesandIris

www.nhscharitiestogether.co.uk/

It says so on his JG page.

Thanks Harry , that's helpful

Absolutely amazing! I keep checking too!

He's got to get to £20m today surely.

Sport Relief etc must be embarrassed 😁

He’s making so many people feel good and empowered. If one man who is 99 years old can do this, it gives hope to all of us. What an amazing legacy he’s leaving. His family must be so so proud.

It seems JG are asking people to donate a bit towards their running costs when normally it is automatic, suggesting that they won't be taking a cut.

He’s just broken £20M!

Simultaneously admirablenand depressing. It should never have come to this

Eh, what are you about? He's loved doing it, we've loved donating, the charity will love receiving - everyone's a winner

Amazed at how well his daughter has done from it 🫢