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I need a venue in Victoria - URGENTLY!!!!!
Posted by Derazeh about 1 year ago
Last active about 1 year ago
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Disaster may have struck my charity fundraiser!! We were meant to have the use of a civil servants club in the area, free of charge, which made it sooooo very attractive. It appears they may be backing down on our booking, so I need to find a back up plan QUICK! It needs to be near Victoria, and it needs to hold 10...
Who in London will take my second-hand kitchen stuff?
Posted by jd28 about 1 year ago
Last active about 1 year ago
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Having just got married I have a kitchen-ful of quite, er, well used stuff (saucepans, plates etc) which I shall be joyfully slinging out to make room for the lovely things we have been lucky enough to be given. We don’t have a car, so can’t lug to the Oxfam shop, but I wondered if anyone knows of any Lo...
need a photographer today at 6:30 for an event in Farringdon
Posted by yossarian about 1 year ago
Last active about 1 year ago
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My girlfriend’s company is having a charity event at their workplace and have just been let down by the photographer who was shooting the event. Does anyone have a contact who can turn up at 6:30pm TONIGHT for free and shoot the seminar? If so email for details.
Sponsor a London Runner, ah, go oh...
Posted by zcrookesy about 1 year ago
Last active about 1 year ago
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At the risk of raising the Official Charity Fatigue Alarm, I am calling FCers to show their mettle and sponsor their fellow FCer, ComradeM by sponsoring his efforts in next months London Marathon. What do you need to know? - ComradeM is blogging while he runs. Seriously, he thinks this is possible. - He is runnin...
Does anyone know anything about writing straplines?
Posted by KungFuLuLu about 1 year ago
Last active about 1 year ago
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A work-related ‘help me FridayCities!’ post: I work for a very tiny charity that supports local peacebuilding projects in conflict areas. We have in the pipeline a new snazzy website to tell the world about these amazing and inspiring people trying to make our world a nicer place, and we think it needs a...
What's the best way to get rid of STUFF?
Posted by mindybathshebajolene about 1 year ago
Last active 8 months ago
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I need a clear-out. My house has too much stuff in it. But everytime I start on this project I find I don’t know what to do with the stuff I want rid of. The council charge to get rid of big stuff – and then’s there’s stuff like books and unwanted crockery. I don’t have a car, so neit...
Donations for a Charity Auction!!!
Posted by Derazeh about 1 year ago
Last active about 1 year ago
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I’m shamelessly using this post to collect as many FREE things as I possibly can. I’m co-hosting a charity auction in honour of my friend that passed away from Lymphoma/Leukemia in March this year. He was only 32, so it’s been very hard on everyone that new him. The auction is being held for fam...
Who fancies working with the homeless this Christmas?
Posted by unknown about 1 year ago
Last active 11 months ago
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For the past 4 years I help out with Crisis man their homeless shelters around London working with the homeless. It was suggested to me by my aunt when I was away from my family at Christmas and I promise it’s truly addictive! The whole atmosphere of happy smiling faces is an amazing experience – on b...
What good cause can my company can help out this christmas?
Posted by griff999 about 1 year ago
Last active about 1 year ago
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Hello Long time lurker, first post, be gentle… I organise the community events for my department at work. We’d normally have a big piss up at christmas and spend tens of thousands on turkey and champagne, but this year my boss is keen on doing something a little more altruistic. She wants us to sp...
Help Little Nina to enjoy Christmas this year
Posted by Biscuits about 1 year ago
Last active about 1 year ago
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My lovely, lovely flatmate and bosom friend Nina has gorn and broken her wrist – curses in triplicate. Yesterday, her consultant signed her off work for ten weeks. This is particularly irksome as she is a professional SELF-EMPLOYED violinist, so isn’t eligible for Statutory Sick Pay. The financial imp...
After some freebies...
Posted by olib about 1 year ago
Last active about 1 year ago
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Hello, I’m running an event for volunteer youth leaders; who run weekly activities for young people. This is our way of saying thanks to them, and in the past we’ve given them some freebies (everything from pens, to teabags, to lipbalm, to condoms). If anyone has any promotional tat (preferably ...
Charity eCards - save trees, give to charity AND forget about rushing for the Christmas post
Posted by Cornflakegirl about 1 year ago
Last active about 1 year ago
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This Christmas, you can give to charity, be environmentally friendly and send extremely stylish e-cards to all your mates. Charity e-cards is designed especially for small charities who would normally find it too expensive to access the Christmas card market. 50% of the price goes to the charity and there is also...
Anyone like to give an e-card this Christmas?
Posted by whenthiswasfields about 1 year ago
Last active about 1 year ago
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This Christmas, you can give to charity, be environmentally friendly and send extremely stylish e-cards to all your mates. Charity e-cards is designed especially for small charities who would normally find it too expensive to access the Christmas card market. 50% of the price goes to the charity and ther...
Oops, forgotten Mothers day again?
Posted by Cornflakegirl about 1 year ago
Last active about 1 year ago
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Don’t worry, if your mum is IT savvy you can send her a very cool card by email. Its printable, so she can still stick it on the mantlepiece. Its only a pound – and half the price goes to charity. Instead of grumbling about you failing to send anything in the post she’ll be dead chuffed about what ...
Do something nice when you buy HP7
Posted by bagelmouseuk about 1 year ago
Last active about 1 year ago
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This isn’t offering something exactly, so mods please feel free to shift this into whatever category… but lovely lovely lovely London booksellers Crockatt & Powell have decided not to get involved in the great Harry Potter discounting bunfight – they’re selling it full price but they̵...
World Animal Day Concert
Posted by MonkeysAhoy! about 1 year ago
Last active about 1 year ago
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A professional singer friend is putting on a charity concert in support of World Animal Day, and is looking to promote the event around London. All proceeds go to Naturewatch, and she’s offering a free Indian head massage to anyone who comes from FCL (she’s a professional head massager as well) – c...
Padded envelope armageddon
Posted by Knid about 1 year ago
Last active about 1 year ago
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I get about 8 jiffy bag style buggers every day, used to collect them when I was more ebay-active but quickly got swamped so now I’m chucking them out… but given the volume they take up that is landfill HELL – unless they have a load of autistic people popping all the individual bubbles in the bubb...
What have you witnessed in London today?
Posted by Carla 12 months ago
Last active 12 months ago
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From my third floor office window, I just witnessed about six half-naked men with tinsel around their tushes walking down Monmouth Street. They were shouting too. Something about charity, I assume. They had buckets. For money. At least two of them did not have the bums for bum baring walks in the cold. Half-...
Love Life, Live Life, Give Life,
Posted by jonnibgood about 1 year ago
Last active about 1 year ago
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Unfortunately, I recently received some sad news – my mum, Sharon Berger, was diagnosed with MDS, a rare bone marrow disease. MDS is a genetic blood disorder where the bone marrow does not produce enough healthy white blood cells and therefore the body’s immune system cannot fight off infections. To prevent ...
premiumTrafalgar Square Lion Bescarfing for Cancer Research 20th March 11 am
Posted by Beagleskin about 1 year ago
Last active about 1 year ago
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Stitch and Bitch London (London’s fiesty but friendly nomadic knitting group) and knitters worldwide have knitted over 300 feet of scarf for those chilly Lions in Trafalgar Square. On the 20th of March at 11 AM we will be bescarfing the Trafalgar Square Lions for your viewing pleasure. We are warming the lio...
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