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Question: Please choose one of the following for a donation.  (Voting closed: August 12, 2015, 00:01:00)
Cancer Research UK▸ (United Kingdom) - 5 (17.2%)
Oxfam - 1 (3.4%)
PDSA - 4 (13.8%)
Railway Children - 16 (55.2%)
Mind - 3 (10.3%)
Total Voters: 29

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« on: August 03, 2015, 23:13:25 »
The Summer 2015 Prize Quiz winner Adelante_CCT has kindly donated his winnings to charity. Between us we decided to poll forum members to chose a charity. I've added another fiver to the pot so there's ^25 to the charity that polls the most votes.

Obviously I can't list all the charities in the UK▸ (United Kingdom) so I've picked 5 from a broad spectrum of campaigns.

Cancer Research UK
Oxfam
PDSA
Railway Children
Mind

I'll make the donation online once the poll closes and then post a screengrab of the payment confirmation in this thread.
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« Reply #1 on: August 03, 2015, 23:24:59 »
Thank you, Adelante_CCT - and bignosemac.  Smiley

You'll have another fiver in the pot from me, too: I've voted for Railway Children, simply because it's an excellent railway-related charity. Wink
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« Reply #2 on: August 03, 2015, 23:39:25 »
Thanks Chris. Pot is now ^30.
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« Reply #3 on: August 03, 2015, 23:50:05 »
Make that ^35, let us know where to transfer the ^5 to.
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« Reply #4 on: August 03, 2015, 23:58:40 »
Quote from: Ollie on August 03, 2015, 23:50:05
Make that ^35, let us know where to transfer the ^5 to.

Thanks Ollie. PM sent.

Looks like I've started a thing!
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« Reply #5 on: August 04, 2015, 07:27:27 »
 I would also like to add an additional ^5, likewise BNM if you could let me know how to get this too you that would be great.

Yes the railway children does seem an appropriate charity for this to go towards, so that gets my vote too.
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« Reply #6 on: August 04, 2015, 07:31:08 »
I will chuck a ^5:00 your way let me know where you want me to send it  BNM.
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« Reply #7 on: August 04, 2015, 09:46:27 »
Happy to throw another ^5 into the pot....Paypal seems easiest? Let me know?
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« Reply #8 on: August 04, 2015, 10:41:38 »
These are all worthy charities in my opinion. My personal choice was Mind only because I have done fund raising for another Cancer related charity (McMillians) who I think do an amazing job.

For anyone looking to collect money for a charity I would recommend "Just Giving" which allows donations either by debit card or text message. I've included the link below not because I am attempting to solicit any donations from forum members but because I wanted to show what is possible if you spend 10 minutes setting it up. One of the main advantages of this approach is that the funds go directly to the charity you select thus relieving the person who sets it up of any further responsibilities in terms of collecting monies. My only connection with Just Giving is that I am satisfied user.

https://www.justgiving.com/David-Bareham/

I apologize for taking this thread on a tangent but it seemed relevant .
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« Reply #9 on: August 04, 2015, 11:05:02 »
Quote from: BerkshireBugsy on August 04, 2015, 10:41:38
I apologize for taking this thread on a tangent but it seemed relevant .

Admin hat on. We have to be concerned at indirect or direct charity (or indeed other business) promotion, especially in a public area.   Having "firstgreatwestern" in our domain name, we could be seen as using their name for commercial reasons ...

I'm leaving this thread open and running, but please let's not follow that tangent.  And a "Thank you" to the prize (and other) donors to the good cause(s), and to those who work to promote good causes.
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« Reply #10 on: August 04, 2015, 16:54:05 »
.....and another ^10 from me (^5 from me and ^5 from my wife Wink )
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« Reply #11 on: August 04, 2015, 18:37:02 »
I've been away all day today so apologies for not replying to those who wish to donate to the poll winner. Each of you that have offered to add to the pot will be contacted by PM this evening with details of how to forward your donation.

By my reckoning, with the fivers from Adelante_CCT, Western Pathfinder & ChrisB and the tenner from SandT Engineer, I make the current total ^60.
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« Reply #12 on: August 04, 2015, 19:07:20 »
BNM has PM'd a 7 digit account number - don't pay until you get an 8 digit account number from him
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« Reply #13 on: August 04, 2015, 19:16:37 »
I've sent another PM to those who offered a donation after Ollie. With the correct account number. Sorry about that. Been a long day dining on the Pullman.

I received CfN's and Ollie's fivers fine.  Smiley
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« Reply #14 on: August 04, 2015, 19:54:04 »
As I'm no longer a moderator I'm back to the 10 Personal Messages an hour limit. Can't reply yet personally to those who recently transferred. But I can confirm two recent payments received.

The total now stands at ^100 as SandTEngineer has upped his contribution to an unbelievably generous ^50.

Could I ask a mod to amend the poll title to remove the amount as it is ever changing.  Grin
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