David Cameron in ice bucket challenge

[Platypus]

I've already done it but for MacMillan Nurses. Apparently theye've raised enough for 9 new nurses already

Indeed the MND charities are having a go at the cancer charities for "stealing" their idea. I heard that cancer charities have raised over £500,000 whereas MND charities have raised approx £50,000 and they ain't too pleased

[Batcher]

Indeed the MND charities are having a go at the cancer charities for "stealing" their idea. I heard that cancer charities have raised over £500,000 whereas MND charities have raised approx £50,000 and they ain't too pleased

I must admit I didn't know the MND charities were doing it as I had only heard about the MacMillan Nurses and I was nominated via Facebook for that. I only heard about ALS in the US doing it afterwards and thought of it as two different charities on two continents doing the same idea.

It may be that more people have been affected by cancer in their families than MND and can relate to the work the MacMillan Nurses do.

[vwdan]

So remind him to get his wallet out!

Just did mine and I did

[quackhandle]

CLient co are doing a mass IBC, but then one of they guys posted this...

qh

[d000hg]

The idea is that you either do the challenge and donate a smaller sum, or you forfeit the challenge and donate more. However, I was nominated yesterday and I'm not even sure the person who nominated me for it has any clue WHAT it's for at all, so I highly doubt they donated...

It's good for awareness I suppose, but that does fall down somewhat when people forget what they're doing and it just turns into another schoolyard dare.

Can one do the challenge spontaneously as a way to nominate others, or are you supposed to wait to be nominated?

Also, I thought you were allowed to pick the charity of your choice?

[TheFaQQer]

Indeed the MND charities are having a go at the cancer charities for "stealing" their idea. I heard that cancer charities have raised over £500,000 whereas MND charities have raised approx £50,000 and they ain't too pleased

Macmillan were doing it weeks before the yanks copied it for ALS.

[TheFaQQer]

Can one do the challenge spontaneously as a way to nominate others, or are you supposed to wait to be nominated?

According to the article linked to in the original post,

Of course to nominate anyone, you must have already taken part in the campaign yourself – and this Brand did with typical flamboyance.

so you don't have to be nominated, you just have to have done it before you can nominate anyone else.

[OwlHoot]

Russell Brand is a tw@

End of!

WHS

Maybe he could be persuaded to try a liquid nitrogen ice bucket challenge