MachoMan09 wrote:What charity do you campaign for and why? A lot of the money you raise will be wasted. You'd be doing far more good if you went out into your local community and actually helped people directly, or did something practical/beneficial in your area, rather than begging people to give you a few quid to dress up like a twat and run about for a couple of hours.
Well mate i have my charitys and i have my reasons but i dont want this post to turn in to an oxfam appeal. If theres one thing i cant stand its people begging for money, the way i do it is simple. Decide an event or events, ask others to participate. Make a page on just giving, get a few friends to post a couple of facebook posts etc linking the donation page.
Anyone with any interest in the charity tends to donate, anyone with no interest in charity or no interest in my particular chosen charity swerves it and theres no pressure or sheets being thrown in their faces.
Ive seen first hand people be supported by charitys which are supported 100% on donations, if i raise 300 quid and get an event to aim towards then im happy!
My aim isnt to scrape people last tenner out of their pocket and im certainly not one for running marathons dressed as a penguin or anything like that. Lol.
Firstly my main aim is to find an event which is challenging, requires preperation, training and effort and if i can get others involved and make a couple of quid on top of it for charity then im happy.