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Originally Posted by lindsay ormerod
Larger business get loads of begging letters every week and most of the time our hands are tied because we have shop forums that elect a charity for the year and all we raise goes to that. I know it's hard to appreciate that big firms don't have the cash but trust me, they don't !  |
We're not talking though about nationwide businesses like Boots or Game shops Lyndsay, just those locally where they spend huge amounts of money on marketing to attract out-of-towners, and have had money incestives offered from our council tax to widen their business.
Non trade organisations only pay £10 ... not even necessary to have a float to be honest. Remember was involved in promoting The Hyndburn Pathfinders in a carnival ... a theatre group from the ashes of the Arts Club (which did have a float one year), and just had a group walking in pantomime gear ... me in fishnets of course.
Think we could have done an Ossy Players one if we had really thought about it .. not exactly short of money.
As West Ender said ... just apathy ... nowt to do with money.
Hek ... we could have had an Accyweb one !! Which blockbuster movie would we have chosen ??... would have been great fun. I know retrospective thoughts are easy aren't they....
