Charitable souls of The Wanderer...

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...lend me your ears. Or in this case, more your eyes. And then your wallets.

On 7th October I shall be eschewing my usual seat at Anfield in order to take part in an altogether more worthwhile event; I will be throwing myself off the Tyne Bridge. Before the cheers break out, I shall have to inform you that I shall be attached to a rope, given that I am abseiling my way down/off this monstrous piece of engineering, all in the name of charity.

I am raising funds for ATE (Active Training and Education) which is a charity that my girlfriend volunteers for. The basic script is that they run residential holidays for children aged 8-16 from all backgrounds and from all across the UK, and are looking to build/buy their own centre in order that they can do this all year round. For all the info, there's a thread on RAWK clicky here, or for more info on ATE themselves go to www.ate.org.uk

My company will be doubling any money that I raise for charity (it's their bicentenary year so they're feeling generous), so if there are any generous souls on here it's nice to know that your money will be going that little bit further as it'll be matched pound for pound by my miserable bosses. Oh, and my girlfriend's doing it with me, and she's a Bolton fan, so you can pretend you're sponsoring her and not me if you want!

Anyway, cheers for your time.

[boltonboris]

I'll fetch the scissors...

[communistworkethic]

jump off with the rope round your neck - it's been a while since liverpool had a martyr, well at least a week anyway

[superjohnmcginlay]

You want paying for something thats fun? Scrounging scouse git.

[communistworkethic]

abseiling's not really very difficult is it? You're not even suggesting you're acrophobic!

[keveh]

Where do I sponsor you?

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Where do I sponsor you?

We only agreed to do this when spaces became available yesterday, so it's all a bit of a hastily cobbled together effort at the moment. The only problem with doing one of those online payment page thingies is that they charge over 6% on each payment, and I'm not sure if we'll be able to work that with my company and their pledge to double all the funds raised. I'll be speaking to them about it as soon as I can.

[Lennon]

Wow, a scouser asking for your wallet. What a turn-up for the books.

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abseiling's not really very difficult is it? You're not even suggesting you're acrophobic!

Well it's not something I've done since I was about 7 on a school holiday thingy, and I can't say that I'll particularly like looking over the edge of the bridge when it comes to do it, but I'm not going to say I'm a huge vertigo sufferer or anything just to elicit donations.

[communistworkethic]

abseiling's not really very difficult is it? You're not even suggesting you're acrophobic!

Well it's not something I've done since I was about 7 on a school holiday thingy, and I can't say that I'll particularly like looking over the edge of the bridge when it comes to do it, but I'm not going to say I'm a huge vertigo sufferer or anything just to elicit donations.

your non-scouseness is getting the better of you

[Abdoulaye's Twin]

Where do I sponsor you?

We only agreed to do this when spaces became available yesterday, so it's all a bit of a hastily cobbled together effort at the moment. The only problem with doing one of those online payment page thingies is that they charge over 6% on each payment, and I'm not sure if we'll be able to work that with my company and their pledge to double all the funds raised. I'll be speaking to them about it as soon as I can.

why not use PayPal then? works out less than 6%

[communistworkethic]

Where do I sponsor you?

We only agreed to do this when spaces became available yesterday, so it's all a bit of a hastily cobbled together effort at the moment. The only problem with doing one of those online payment page thingies is that they charge over 6% on each payment, and I'm not sure if we'll be able to work that with my company and their pledge to double all the funds raised. I'll be speaking to them about it as soon as I can.

why not use PayPal then? works out less than 6%

even after the 5%, the cahrity gets £12 for every £10 donated due to the reclaiming of gift aid.

Unless your company operates a chariatbel trust which it does its matching funds through, there shouldn't be an issue with them matching the basic donations, as you have evidence of the amounts pledged and paid.

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even after the 5%, the cahrity gets £12 for every £10 donated due to the reclaiming of gift aid.

So long as the people sponsoring you are UK taxpayers, yes.

Unless your company operates a chariatbel trust which it does its matching funds through, there shouldn't be an issue with them matching the basic donations, as you have evidence of the amounts pledged and paid.

Hopefully they'll not have a problem with it - waiting to hear back from the people now.

[communistworkethic]

even after the 5%, the cahrity gets £12 for every £10 donated due to the reclaiming of gift aid.

So long as the people sponsoring you are UK taxpayers, yes.

oh aye I forgot - scousers, they'll all be on the dole tax dodgers

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oh aye I forgot - scousers, they'll all be on the dole tax dodgers

Well I've got mates who are students and people who live overseas who'll be donating, so they won't get the gift aid bit.

Stupid tart who administers all this charity waffle at work is away today and not back till tomorrow. Helpful

[bobo the clown]

I've got an idea ... just don't do it. Then you save the petrol cost, save the hotel bills, cost of meals and any associated expenditure & donate that money to charity instead.

It'll probably work out to be more than you raise.


Glad to be of help.

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I've got an idea ... just don't do it. Then you save the petrol cost, save the hotel bills, cost of meals and any associated expenditure & donate that money to charity instead.

It'll probably work out to be more than you raise.

Glad to be of help.

Well there'll be no hotel cost as I'll be staying at my girlfriend's place, seeing as she lives up in the north east, and thus food will also be of minimal expenditure. Travel costs will be relatively small, and I'm donating money to the cause anyway. But thank you for your concern.

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Annoyingly we can't do the online option as the funds in order to be doubled have to go through the company account thingy, which is irritating and somewhat officious, but I had kind of guessed that'd be the case.

If anyone does want to sponsor, though, they can do a cheque payable to the company which i can then bung in along with whatever cash I raise through family/friends/colleagues, etc.

[bobo the clown]

I've got an idea ... just don't do it. Then you save the petrol cost, save the hotel bills, cost of meals and any associated expenditure & donate that money to charity instead.

It'll probably work out to be more than you raise.

Glad to be of help.

Well there'll be no hotel cost as I'll be staying at my girlfriend's place, seeing as she lives up in the north east, and thus food will also be of minimal expenditure. Travel costs will be relatively small, and I'm donating money to the cause anyway. But thank you for your concern.

OK, to put it another way ... if you fancy sliding down a bridge with the aid of a rope, be my guest.

If you fancy getting money for a charity, be my guest.

I just don't, ever, see the link between someone having an adventure & justifying it because it's "in the name of charity".

It's not an attack on you, but the whole scene.

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I just don't, ever, see the link between someone having an adventure & justifying it because it's "in the name of charity".

It's not an attack on you, but the whole scene.

I'd generally agree with that (and some 'events' really do smack of people wanting to do something they enjoy/do anyway and get cash for it), but it's a method of getting people to cough up though, isn't it? I could come on here or RAWK or into the pub and say that this charity need a donation, and I'd get the square root of feck all. Suddenly if I'm walking across burning coals/throwing myself out of an aeroplane/jumping off a bridge/whatever then people are more inclined to donate. It's a strange world, but it's also the way it works.

In other news pledges are going well, and with my work doubling taken into account I'm past the £250 mark already, which is great