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Hmonty · 26/04/2001 08:46

I was a bit bored at work yesterday (hence the number of postings I made!) and so was surfing a bit. Came across something that might be of interest. Have you heard of the web site www.free2give.co.uk? It is sponsored by some top, online retail companies ie Amazon, WHSmith, Wtaerstones etc. Basically if you buy through them via this site they will donate a percentage of your purchase to the charity you select. The percentage can be upto 10% I believe. It costs you nothing and you go to the standard retailers site so you're not charged more than usual for the priviledge. The charities that benefit are broken down into different sections. I looked at the children section and there are a fair few ie NSPCC, Tommy campaign, BLISS etc.

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Sml · 26/04/2001 08:49

Thank you for that info, will definitely try them out.

Kate71 · 29/04/2001 15:00

As campaigner for the NSPCC, I thought I'd let you know about the Children's Manifesto. It is produced by the NSPCC, Barnardo's and the Child Poverty Action Group and sets out a blueprint for Government on Children's issues.

These charities are asking all parliamentary candidates to campaign for five specific measures that will help children. These are;

1.Independent children's commissioners to be powerful champions for all children in the UK.
2.The systematic review of all child deaths to prevent children dying from abuse or neglect. Every week 1-2 children die from abuse or neglect.
3.The minimum income necessary for all families to ensure health and well being of their children. One in three children in the UK lives in poverty.
4.Independent counselling schemes in all schools to provide emotional support for all children who need it.
5.The right to an advocate to uphold the interests of children in care. They have no completely independent person to address their complaints.

We read a lot about tax cuts and Europe but little on child welfare. Isn't this more important? When candidates come round, please would you ask them if they support these measures? Then find out whether they would be prepared to lobby Government to turn them into policy.
For more detail see www.nspcc.org.uk

Lizzer · 29/04/2001 15:13

To add to your message Kate71, I was really impressed with the NSPCC's £2 a month Full Stop campaign you can set up on their web-site, takes two minutes...
Also, another of my favourite websites is www.thehungersite.com where you can click to donate FREE food, paid for by the sites sponsors - you are only allowed one click per day, but it's usually the 1st place I go to...

Kate71 · 29/04/2001 20:00

Lizzer tried the hunger site, not sure how it works but I gave it a click!

Lizzer · 30/04/2001 11:50

Hi Kate71,
Yeah you really have to read the jargon, but basically the sponsors of the site pay for one cup of food per click, the idea is obviously for the sponsors to get more custom from the various links on the website, but it's great as you don't have to go to them at all and you can still donate 1 cup a day for free, so you can do 365 cups a year in theory, but even if you just have it in your list of favourites and click when you remember it's still helping. By the way what are you doing for the NSPCC? I'm just about to start working for their 'partners and parenting' program in schools as a volunteer group facillitator, just finished the training and I'm really nervous about starting in 2 weeks!

Lil · 30/04/2001 14:43

Kate 21 I would love to help the NSPCC but I thought it involved rattling collection tins, which is not my thing! how can an average mother like me help?

Kate71 · 30/04/2001 18:04

Lizzer the 'partners & parenting' sounds really interesting.

Lil,I don't do much. Campaigning does not take long. They send me issues to raise awareness of and I send letters to my MP, coucillor or the local paper and in this case a note to Mumsnet.
'Campaigning not only raises awareness of key issues, but it also lets other people who care about ending cruelty to children know that there are others out there who share their concerns.'

www.nspcc.org.uk/howyoucanhelp/campaigning
I must learn to make links.

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Hmonty · 04/09/2001 08:40

I've just returned from France with a fistful of coins that I can't exchange back to sterling. We're not likely to go again prior to the introduction of the Euro but it seems a shame to just chuck the coins away. Does anyone know of a charity that collects foreign coins? I've got plenty stashed away that I could donate.....

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Twink · 04/09/2001 11:40

Hmonty, National Children's Home collect foreign coins. Also, if you fly British Airways, they have envelopes in the seat pockets for them, in aid of UNICEF - apparently they've raised over £10 million from the campaign !

Jodee · 04/09/2001 13:10

If anyone's interested, I've just received in the post a Christmas catalogue from a company called Fundraising Direct, which guarantees that 25 per cent. of the value of every order placed from the catalogue will be given to the charity/community project of your choice, which I think is great. They have a website, www.fundraisingdirect.co.uk. which gives you the phone no if you want to request catalogues.

Bells2 · 17/09/2001 12:42

I have a 2 year old Mamas & Papas 3-1 pram which I would like to donate to a worthwhile charity. It is in perfect condition. Just wondered if anyone had any suggestions as to which charity would likely benefit from it the most?

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Hmonty · 17/09/2001 14:56

While I remember.....I eventually took all my foreign coins to the local Imperial Cancer Research shop and they were very happy to take them. (Also changed all my old notes at the nearest exchange and came out with £88. Not bad for something clogging up a desk drawer!).

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Jj · 17/09/2001 19:07

You can ring a women's shelter and ask if they could use it. I've done that with stuff and for some reason felt better than when I've had the Salvation Army (or whatever) come pick it up to sell in a resale shop.

Suew · 17/09/2001 19:27

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Bells2 · 18/09/2001 06:33

Thanks for the suggestions. The only womens refuge I can find listed in the Yellow Pages is in Colchester and can only receive stuff on weekdays. Will keep looking for one in London as I'm not sure I'll be able to make the trip.

Suew · 18/09/2001 08:45

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Bells2 · 18/09/2001 09:02

Cheers Suew - will do that. Omitted to notice your ref to the HV in your previous post.

Emmam · 29/10/2001 10:26

Thought you might be interested in this:

(Perhaps someone clever can set up the link to the website to make it easier for everyone - I can't do it!)

Thames Water have set up a website in association with Water Aid and will donate up to 150,000 pounds (which will provide safe drinking water for
life to 10,000 people in Africa and Asia) if they have 2 million visitors to the site. It only takes a few seconds to visit the site and click on the 'Click Here" message at: www.givewater.org

Thanks

Twink · 29/10/2001 12:50

Please will you all visit ! Water Aid are a really deserving cause, and as a Thames Water employee I can assure you it's not a con. Also, you can click every 24 hours too and it's counted as a 'new' visit.

Twink · 29/10/2001 12:59

First attempt at doing this:

www.givewater.org.uk

So if it works it's thanks to SueW for her instructions !

Robinw · 30/10/2001 06:58

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Twink · 30/10/2001 12:42

RobinW, if I've really got this sorted then clicking here should take you straight to SueW's instructions !

Robinw · 30/10/2001 18:06

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