Children In Need
 

I know it's only a week away but could we, as a forum, arange something to raise some money for the charity. In the approaching 2 years I've been a member on here I don't think it's ever been suggested.

Not only is it making a worthwhile contribution to the charity, it could also raise the profile of accyweb. If we can come up with an innovative idea we could approach the LET and Observer asking them to run a story on it.

My suggestions would be a 24 hour sponsored online-a-thon or a sponsored log-on-a-thon or something like that.

Stupid idea or something that could work? Any ideas?

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They are not known for being timely with their stories so you might have to stick with the LEt as you also suggested.

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How about a sponsored move-athon. Everyone comes and helps me move house next Friday and I'll give a couple of quid to children in need :D

PS There is no LET nowadays :)

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What a cracking Idea Tinks...........now I have my thinking cap on!! :rolleyes: hmm

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i will kindly donate the use of my left foot for those children in need....












of a kick up the arse :D

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aaahhhhhh chav1 your so caring lol
great idea tinks

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sod teh children , i think its about tiem they bought that teddy a new eye hes had to make do with that makeshift eye patch for way too long :mad:

http://eur.i1.yimg.com/eur.yimg.com/i/uk/pr/c/pudse.gif

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pmsl!!!!! ...................

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There is a Children in Need quiz on the Accrington Cricket Club next Thursday,teams of 4.It's usually about a tenner a team,all proceeds to the charity,has been a really good night for the last 7/8 years,kick off will be about 8 I think.Get yer butts down there for my team to kick!

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..... :rofl38: Thanks guys, I thought so too .... obviously not that good of an idea though ;) A similar thread may be greeted with more enthusiasm should another member decide to to adopt the idea next year.

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Start the preperations now and by the time it comes around then more money could be raised.

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Problem is every man and his dog wants your money on Children in Need day and my pockets are only so deep before you reach the hole at the bottom of them :)

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I think she wanted us all to fund raise!!! not dig in your own pockets.....calm down - calm down :rolleyes:




Tinks remember what I said about originality Darling?? No-One will thank you for it :D

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Excellent ideas - how do you reckon they'd work? I'm up for it.

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I'm calm........ and skint :D

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...... :rofl38: You bloody tight wad!!! :D

It's not your money though, you get people to sponsor you ;) :)

Dunno, really. The 24 hour one could have been fun. See if we could have lasted on here for 24 hours. It could have gone in the papers to encourage people to come onto accyweb and have a look how we are getting on, hopefully gaining more members for the site whilst raising cash for Children In Need.

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That is actually a very very good idea :D

All we need to do is get some sponsor forms going, get some publicity on it, then we open a 24 hour thread for children in need where we all have to keep talking so that people know that we are still awake lol.

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Well ....... I don't want to put her on the spot :) ..... but if enogh interest is shown I was hoping Gayle would have some ideas on that. I've never done any fundraising before so not sure how to go about getting the publicity for it and other stuff.

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Another idea - the most users ever online was 965 - if we were to set a time and try to beat that number - all putting in £1, we'd have almost £1000.

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Only thing with that is some of them were visitors, and won't pay the pounds.

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Love that idea too, Gayle :)

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To make it easier to collect money you can set up a page on Just Giving - Accy web sponsorship page

Justgiving - Donate to BBC Children in Need

Then people can pay the pound by paypal or credit card direct into the account.

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Well then we would have to beat it with members we have at the mo 4,189.

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Fantastic Idea then Gayle....I just didn't know how we would get around the payment thingy...;)

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That looks really easy to sort out Gayle.

We could do both, a sponsored 24 hour online-a-thon for those who want to take part and the £1 from those willing to give it. Surely we could get to a grand. :D

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Are the mods able to email all members - past and present - to let them know that we're trying to break the record?

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Wouldnt Someone Be Able To Arrange A Special Bank Account Through Thier Own Bank Just For The Occasion So As All Monies Could Be In One Place
I Dont Know.. Just Throwing Ideas Around

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It is - I used it for my sponsored diet and they sort everything out for you. At the end of the time period you get a letter from them saying they've send the money on. Plus, I think that you get the tax on it as well so every £1 actually donates £1.20 or something like that.

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Hopefully the public could play a big part in getting to the big 1000, what are the press like for ideas like this Gayle? Will they be willing to run a decent piece on it?



I don't think we'd need to cherokee it's all there on the web page, I think

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You never know. We could send them the info (most of them read the site anyway), 'fraid we'd have to hope for the best. Think we should also get the mods to send emails to all the members to encourage them. Plus, we should all make a point of sending an email to at least five people to spread the word.

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Never Done Anything Like This So Wouldnt Know Where To Start Tinks
All Ive Done Are Charity Nights For Air Ambulance

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Will it just be the one page for accyweb? Each member taking part wouldn't have to have their own page would they?

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Me neither cherokee :eek:

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We could all dress our avatars up for the occassion too and do some good Signatures ........:)

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No, it would all be one page. So we'd be able to see it mounting up as we went along.

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So, if we wanted to do a 24 hour sponsored as well as the £1 (that bit needs a gimmick slogon :)) would your sponsors use the same webpage too, or would sponsor sheets still need making? Or do you scrap sponsorship and just hope that being on here for 24 hours will encourage 1000 people to part with a £1?

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I'd suggest this might be easier but if the idea is to get people online as well then they could just contribute a £1 to join in.

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Wouldnt It Be Everyone Who Wanted To Join The Page Have To Pay £ Beforehand

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This sounds like it could work :)

Would you have time to spare to sort out the webpage Gayle as you've had dealings with it before? I know your a busy lady if it's not possible I will have a go.

Publicity? Do you approach the papers with the story written out as you wanted it printed, like in the announcements and classified sections?

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HE HE HE! Just had a thought, I wonder if we can get Greg to mention it in his column in the Observer ;) He's mentioned accyweb before :)

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Done

Justgiving - Accrington Web fundraiser

Now all you have to do is set a time to start it all off and then we can start emailing people and sending something to the press.

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that sounds like a great idea tinks ..dont see why he wouldnt

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Aaargh - just found a flaw - the minimum amount you can donate is £2. How does everyone feel about that?

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Count me In .... it's for a good cause!!! :D:D:D


C'mon gang!!!!!!!! let's do it!!!

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count me in too..

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I can't see anyone complaining it's only £2 isn't it.

Thankyou Gayle :)

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I can probably find £2 if I check the pocket without a hole in it :D

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Another flaw - I thought you could donate by paypal but I don't think you can now.

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Hmmm that's weird I thought it would have been easier all round if it was done by paypal:rolleyes:

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Ahhhh yeah just seen that myself

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I'm thinking ....... There must be some way round it?

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hmmmm what about if someone sets up a paypal account then pays the moeny in?? would that work or not??:confused:

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Think about it and let me know - if we decide not to use the page I'll cancel it.

Thanks for the karma btw.

I'm off to bed now so I'll catch up with you in the morning.

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Thanks Gayle will have a brain stormer and a look. Realistically, most people hace a card of some sort it's just that people prefer to use PAYPAL. I'll happily be the 1st to donate if we can't find a PAYPAL alternative :)

Thanks and night :)

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Sorry, No.
Only Roy (Admin) can perform mass emailing.

:)

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When Gayle did her slim in ,,,i sent her a cheque,, would that be o. k. again?,Thing is i dont have her address anymore...She would have to remind me,:)

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Granny that would be great as long as it's ok with Gayle. Will you be joining us for the whole 24 hours? :) Go on you know you want to ;)

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does that mean popping in and out or sitting at the computer for 24 hours...:rolleyes: :p :p :p

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sorry folks good idea but its not going to work
1) Roy says this is not a charity site
2) you need Roy to ok it and he is in Siberia working
3) you cant start sending e-mails out in bulk as its classed as spamming people.
4) not everyone has a paypal account or credit card

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Ahhh no problem Mick ;) It seemed a good idea at the time.

Maybe next year we can get it ok'd with Roy in time. The publicity would be good for accyweb. :)

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Oh well, it was a nice idea while it lasted. :(

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I appreciate that but essentially all the fund raising was being done off site - we were just trying to attract new and old members to visit the site within a 24 hour period.

I can sort of see this but surely he's got the mods in place to ok things in his absence. Plus, as it is a community site and this is a community activity I'm afraid I can't really see the issue.

Fair enough but all we were recommending was that people visit the site - surely publicity for the site is a good thing.

We were trying to think our way around this but don't think it should be a barrier.

Having said all that - it's not my decision and if you say no then it's a no.

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Originally Posted by mick
sorry folks good idea but its not going to work
1) Roy says this is not a charity site

I appreciate that but essentially all the fund raising was being done off site - we were just trying to attract new and old members to visit the site within a 24 hour period.
I think you need to realise that, as good and worthy you may think 'Children in need' is, if Roy allows one charity, at what point and with which charity does he draw the line when the members become too frightened to come on because they are expected to dig deep whenever they do. ('Children in need' has plenty of places where payment can be paid I'm sure a link in your signature to some such would be allowed without being too intrusive).
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Originally Posted by mick
2) you need Roy to ok it and he is in Siberia working

I can sort of see this but surely he's got the mods in place to ok things in his absence. Plus, as it is a community site and this is a community activity I'm afraid I can't really see the issue.

There isn't a real issue Mick told you what is going on and even if he could make decisions while Roy is away he is trusted by Roy to respect his (Roys), decisions.

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Originally Posted by mick
3) you cant start sending e-mails out in bulk as its classed as spamming people.

Fair enough but all we were recommending was that people visit the site - surely publicity for the site is a good thing.

Of course publicity is good for the site, but as Mick has already explained, sending e-mails in this fashion is spamming.

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Originally Posted by mick
4) not everyone has a paypal account or credit card

We were trying to think our way around this but don't think it should be a barrier.

No need to think of ways around it if people want to contribute to 'Children in need' it would be difficult not to find a way to pay in any form.

Having said all that - it's not my decision and if you say no then it's a no.

No, and it wasn't Mick's or any of the mods decisions so why put pressure on them when it isn't needed? Mick gave you the answers now go work hard for 'Children in need' and good luck in your fund raising.:)

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:rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes: Oh well Gayle -Tinkerbelle, well done for using your originality - Now but it back in the closet and don't EVER use it again --- you naughty girls :D

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Well they do get 110 out of a 100 for effort though. :D

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Sounds ok in theory Willow but my intention was to bring in new accywebbers with the publicity, which I'm sorry Less if I'm wrong but I thought that could only be a good thing.

No one would be 'made' to donate. Children In Need, to me, is the one time of year were people do silly things for a charity. Hopefully the press would have run a story on the lines of, some accywebbers doing a 24 hour stint on the website do pop on and have a look what they are up to. There'd be no big Bob Geldof type 'GIVE US YOUR F****ING MONEY' thing going on. There would be a link to donate if they wanted to. In the process of popping on to see what we were up to the new members would hopefully read a few threads on the local issues and want to come bck on a regular basis.

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Tinks please don't get narked, I was not criticising the idea, Mick had posted an explanation Gayle broke it down and I thought that deserved further comment.

No-one can criticise the idea or the fact that it was suggested for the best of all intentions, but the mods gave you their answer and reasons for them, no doubt when Roy gets back you can ask him and he will give you a better explanation than anyone else can.

As I have already said, 'good luck with your fund raising' . Perhaps the suggestion Willow has come up with deserves further thought?:)

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It's ok Less I'm not getting narked. :) I've had a quick chat with Mick and he's explained Roy is out of the country. I agree nothing can be done without Roy's backing so it's out of the question this year.

It's just a shame I didnt think of it earlier.

The only thing with Willows idea is that it's not getting people onto accyweb to have a look at how we are getting on. There's numerous things we could do as a group, pram race, BUNGEE JUMP (suggested by MICK :eek: ) but accyweb wouldn't get the maximum publicity it could have.

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Bungee Jump? :eek: Mick can do that one on his own!!!:D

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Couldn't agree more Willow :eek: .... I'd pay good money to see it too :D :D

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Yeah right, there's no way you'd get me dangling from super strength knicker elastic! But If it only cost a pound every time I pushed Mick off the platform..........

Or perhaps we could have a sponsored human cannon ball?

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I will be a cannon ball for a day. :D

Just make sure the last time I am fired from the cannon its into the nearest boozer. :D

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:eek: Me neither! I wouldn't object to getting a push as long as it's in one of these :D

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Haha we could do a sponsored ROLL......we all get in one of those balls, someone rolls us off the top of the coppice and we have to see how far into Accy we roll ROFLMAO

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LMFAO!! I was thinking of something with a tiny little incline :eek: ....... a sleeping police man perhaps :o :D

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LOL you pussy!!!! live a little ( well not for long after being rolled off the coppice) :D

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It would be 'Accywebbers Roll & Fall' if it was a bungee jump and sphereing !! :D

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You wouldn't even get me rolling in a ball on the flat and level. :D

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Charity begins and ends at home with me im affraid.

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well I thought it was a great idea tinks ..
shame its not going to happen but good on you and gayle for the effort

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don't be afraid, just invest the money you save in a spell checker!:D

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oh my :eek:

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Well if that's a big fat no no you could still come to the quiz! 8pm on Thursday at Accy Cricket Club,auctions ,raffles etc etc. Go on,you know you want to!

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hi tinkerbell all my teacher at my scool are p,laying netball for children in need

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Nice one Boo :) Is it just your teachers versus each other or is it your class mates v's the teachers? For children in need you should get the boys playing netball in P.E. skirts that would raise a few quid :D