PLEASE SPONSOR US!

biondino

Well, it's that season, and I notice that several Commuting regulars have sponsorship links in their signatures. As do I! So I thought it was worth having one master thread where people could tell the forum about their fundraising efforts, and where posters who'd like to donate could see all the options and, hopefully, everyone could benefit more or less equally rather than some being more exposed than others.

I'm still working on my sponsorship page (the one in my sig is functional - and the guy I'm sharing it with, Russ, is also a bikeradar poster, though not usually over these parts) so someone else can take the top spot in the thread!

Jen J

What a fabulous idea!

http://www.justgiving.com/jenjackson

biondino

I go to sponsor you and discover I already did! Damn, I'm generous 8)

(I was a bit put out that Action Medical research, the charity I'm supporting, don't use Justgiving, but it's just as straightforward to donate via their own site so please don't be put off)

whyamihere

http://www.justgiving.com/whyamihere

Thanks to those of you who have already donated, I appreciate it greatly.

lost_in_thought

Ooooooh I've got one too!

http://www.action.org.uk/sponsor/oliviadgrace

But TBH I'm more doing it because I want to do a 100-miler in Essex with other cyclists... :oops:

Jen J

biondino wrote:

I go to sponsor you and discover I already did! Damn, I'm generous 8)

(I was a bit put out that Action Medical research, the charity I'm supporting, don't use Justgiving, but it's just as straightforward to donate via their own site so please don't be put off)

You were my first :oops:

Do Action Research get to claim the tax back as Justgiving do?

Payday next week - I'll sponsor you then...

biondino

Jen J wrote:

You were my first :oops:

Do Action Research get to claim the tax back as Justgiving do?

It'll always be special, Jen...



*touching moment*



Yes, they do, as I understand it! I'll go and sponsor Russ now and report back.

(edit: yes, they do get Gift Aid. Also, I appear to have sponsored myself rather than Russ :oops: Ah well, it all goes to the same place.)

(edit #2: thanks Liv )

NGale

http://www.justgiving.com/nicolagale007

Doing the Great South Run in Portsmouth this October in aid of Help For Heroes. any amount sponsored will be warmly received

jimmypippa

OK...

I, and a hundred "odd*" colleagues are doing the Manchester-Blackpool bike ride this year.

Hopefully my sig should now have the link...

stuaff

This is going to be expensive reading...as promised a while back, you've now got some of my money in the pot biondino. You too, Jen. You'll both earn it I know! The rest of you, probably at some point, OK! I'm seriously thinking of doing one of the London-Paris rides next year, so I might well be tapping you lot up at some point, best to get the karma points in !

biondino

Thanks Stu!

itboffin

I think it would be appropriate for you all to add the sig line...

"A lot of fab work for charity" Nice!

Jen J

StuAff wrote:

This is going to be expensive reading...as promised a while back, you've now got some of my money in the pot biondino. You too, Jen. You'll both earn it I know! The rest of you, probably at some point, OK! I'm seriously thinking of doing one of the London-Paris rides next year, so I might well be tapping you lot up at some point, best to get the karma points in !

Thank you

biondino

Is Mr S Hall one of you lot? Thank you if so!

Just a reminder to anyone else who is being sponsored - please do put the details on this thread and watch your total shoot through the roof!*

*I may be exaggerating for effect here. It's called marketing, work with me on this

navt

Chiltern 100 (miles, that is). June 28.

roger_merriman

well this is I

http://www.justgiving.com/rogermerriman

off with some of my wifes work friends.

Roastie

Shouldn't this thread be stickied?

linsen

www'justgiving.com/lindseylee

Not a bike ride per se but Naomi house is a children's hospice and looks after the terminally ill.

It is a 26 mile walk from Winchester to Salisbury. Hoping my fitness from teh cycling will get me through :shock:

Many thanks in advance for your generosity!

biondino

Gah! Sorry Linds, there is "a problem with my credit card" apparently. I'll try again later, possibly after a call to Barclaycard.

linsen

oops!

Thanks anyway - you could always give me the money on Friday x

biondino

Am on the phone to them right now after an attempt to pay for lunch yesterday when I took my parents out also failed...

Hah - I have made too many online transactions recently and this brought up their fraud alarm bells! Perhaps they thought "Planet X" sounded dodgy... Actually they said Paypal transactions set off their warning system, which is interesting.

Anyway, it should be fine now.

linsen

Thank you Mr Blondie - you are very kind :-)

girv73

Well what a good idea

I'm doing three events this year with the intention of raising money for RNIB.

My wife was diagnosed with particularly aggressive proliferative diabetic retinopathy four years ago and has been through the mill since then with tests, worrying about retinal bleeds and a vitrectomy op (removing the goop from inside your eyeball). Throughout this the local RNIB officers have been a constant rock of support and advice.

I'm entering the 30 mile Craigavon Cycle Trail on 9th May (done!), the 60 mile Bangor Coastal Challenge on 21st June and finally, the big one, the 90 mile Lap The Lough event on 30th August. I've never cycled that far before so they all will be tough challenges!

I've loads of updates on my blog at http://www.rainmiles.com/

If you're feeling generous and have any spare change left over after sponsoring the other good causes on this thread, I'd really appreciate it if you could throw me a few quid over at http://sponsorjohn.com/

Thanks

Bassjunkieuk

Might as well chip in here.......

I'm doing the Capital to Coast again this year, well actually later this month :-)
60 miles cycling down from Esher to Hove and if it goes anything like last year then I'm in for a real treat :-)

It's all in aid of Norwood's which is a leading UK charity supporting children and adults, coping with learning disabilities and social disadvantage, to reach their full potential in life.

I'm also going to be taking a big dose of MTFU pills before I set off this year and hope to complete the route none-stop (except for red lights, junction of course!) as opposed to having a rest at the half way stop like last year!

Sponsorship link is in my sig and all donations are gratefully welcomed :-)

Citizen Smith

Doing BHF London to Brighton for the 1st time - all donations greatfully received:

http://www.justgiving.com/simonjhughes

biondino

Done (and not just to bring this thread back to the front page )

fnegroni

I will take part in the London to Paris bike ride in September 2009, in support of The PSP Association.

More information on my blog: http://psplondonparis.blogspot.com/

PSP, or Progressive Supranuclear Palsy, is the illness my wife's dad, Kishin Chand Jajani, died of, after many years of suffering.

By taking part in the London to Paris bike ride challenge this year, I hope to raise awareness of the illness, on top of raising funds for The PSP Association who has supported us through many years of suffering.

Citizen Smith

Blondie - you got some of my moolah as well!

biondino

Beautifully incestuous, isn't it

Thanks!

Harry B

London to Paris (unsupported) for Macmillan Cancer Support

http://www.justgiving.com/thetwodaves