Reply to: Any thoughts on doing something for chariddy?

[NotAllThere]

My wife requested that I set up a page for Cats Protection Bromley Branch if people wanted to give to her charity after her death (we got our cat from them).

Can I get a cat from our local shelter... and backdate it 5 years?

[Gibbon]

Yep, and try and make it something you enjoy, or have a connection with.

We set up a regular payment to the RSPB as behind us is a massive nature reserve which we regularly take the kids and dog for a walk around

That'll be Rothwell Country park then. BTW I moved near you last July. I support the Canal trust as that's where I walk/cycle. Also kidney stuff.

[Hobosapien]

How much to permaban Atwat? Set a high price as I reckon there are hundreds of CUK posters who would fund this. I managed to get 333 to sponsor me for an Ironman in 2012.

Nice idea, a sponsored silence of the most riling members that allows the mods to abuse their power legitimately.

Similarly, how about pledges to try to coax back old classic members who may well be lurking.

[BrilloPad]

How much to permaban Atwat? Set a high price as I reckon there are hundreds of CUK posters who would fund this. I managed to get 333 to sponsor me for an Ironman in 2012.

[Andy2]

I will donate to pretty much anything. I have one rule:

The management costs do not exceed 15%.

This means that I do not donate to any major charities, but have to put research into smaller ones that use more of my money to help people than to fundraise.

This requires my time and effort, which I view as a much more productive activity than doing laps of my paddock or jumping jacks.

surely there should be a website somewhere listing the charities and their admin costs

[cojak]

Just donate. You don't have to do anything specific.

Donate from your Ltd and you can even get tax relief on it.

If the big names don't float your boat then chucking a tenner a week, or even a month, at your local food bank will make a real, immediate, difference to someone's life.

Yep, I'm ok with that.

[SueEllen]

That's where you're going wrong, diet coke! You need proper coke with all the sugar and it helps to swallow a packet of Mentos at the same time

"Proper" coke is "diet" thanks to UK government regulations.

[darmstadt]

If I drank a litre of diet coke I reckon I could do maybe 10 loud burpees, but God only knows how anyone can do 1000 a day!

That's where you're going wrong, diet coke! You need proper coke with all the sugar and it helps to swallow a packet of Mentos at the same time

[OwlHoot]

Don't fancy having to do 1000 burpees a day for 10 days.... that would make me

If I drank a litre of diet coke I reckon I could do maybe 10 loud burpees, but God only knows how anyone can do 1000 a day!

[clearedforlanding]

I will donate to pretty much anything. I have one rule:

The management costs do not exceed 15%.

This means that I do not donate to any major charities, but have to put research into smaller ones that use more of my money to help people than to fundraise.

This requires my time and effort, which I view as a much more productive activity than doing laps of my paddock or jumping jacks.

[SueEllen]

1000 burpees a day for 10 days

Mate just did that for bone cancer charity

Mmmm can I do 2 for 2 days?

Hate the fecking things...

[Whorty]

My wife requested that I set up a page for Cats Protection Bromley Branch if people wanted to give to her charity after her death (we got our cat from them).

Don't fancy having to do 1000 burpees a day for 10 days.... that would make me

[SimonMac]

Just donate. You don't have to do anything specific.

Donate from your Ltd and you can even get tax relief on it.

If the big names don't float your boat then chucking a tenner a week, or even a month, at your local food bank will make a real, immediate, difference to someone's life.

Yep, and try and make it something you enjoy, or have a connection with.

We set up a regular payment to the RSPB as behind us is a massive nature reserve which we regularly take the kids and dog for a walk around

[DaveB]

Just donate. You don't have to do anything specific.

Donate from your Ltd and you can even get tax relief on it.

If the big names don't float your boat then chucking a tenner a week, or even a month, at your local food bank will make a real, immediate, difference to someone's life.

[oracleslave]

1000 burpees a day for 10 days

Mate just did that for bone cancer charity