Would anyone be interested in this?

OH and I already sponsor 2 children each.

But have also been looking at sponsoring a family too.


It's a little more but i thought if we all sponsored the same family or or even 2 families then we might be able to make a difference.

How does it work kell?

it's just the normal way of doing it.

i thought if we all picked a family or two then every month we'd donate say £2 each. you;d send the money straight to them not to anyone else.

This is one place that does families

http://www.hopeafrica.org.uk/sponsor-a-family.php

World Vision only do sponsor children they no longer do family sponsors.

I just thought it would be a nice thing to do. as you get information and letters from them. or maybe another way of doing it.

I think its a really nice idea!

I think I will sponsor an old person too - its actually making me well up reading about them all

Thanks Lisa. I thought it would be a nice BANDA thing to do.

I sent some for the old man - or any old person, jeez i'm in floods here , good job Dan gone to get Izzy or he'd think i'm daft in the head

Have you done it already?

I did try and find something for families in this country, but no luck

Yeh just for the old man

You know we could set up a giving page http://www.justgiving.com/charities ?

EDIT Maybe not The greedy feckers charge £15 a month to have a just giving account! How is that good charity?! ANd
then 5% + VAT* charge on each donation made through our site
(*We charge VAT, as we provide a service in return for a fee. We're working with HMRC to see if we can change that.)

OMFG thats stupid.

there must be a way i know there is i just know there is!

That you can find the details of a family and send it direct to them or hand deliver it yourself.

its really bugging me that i cant find it

http://www.charitygiving.co.uk/charges.asp

that one is free pretty much - I know they all charge a bit of course - ^^^ thats acceptable, the other one is disgusting!

thanks Lisa.

I would like to set one up. will have a read. if you dont mind either would you help me set it up?

i'd like to put it on my facebook page too.

awww brill idea - isn't there anything for children and families in this country?? Thats why im dubious about some of these charities because of their "admin"charges. keep us updated Kelly x

To be honest I think I'd rather give to African families anyway, there is NO ONE in this country who suffers poverty and hunger anything like they do in Africa.

Kelly it says ''Donations you receive through your fundraising page can be split between up to 5 charities'' which would be ideal for BANDA as a giving page because everyone can support different charities. I've added Hope Africa, they say to just contact them to add more charities (if and when we decided to add any?)

I started an account on there for BANDA, which you are more than welcome to use on FB - as we can have more than one person managing it ''To grant permissions to a user please search for the user below. To create a personal user account go to our registration page, to register your details (you will need to logout from this account first)'' So you would need to create a personal account and then I give you access to that banda account

Do you think that would work? I think so but its up to you

fantastic - am animal charity would be lovely too

MiniMeg wrote:

fantastic - am animal charity would be lovely too

Not the bloody RSPCA though - they are a terrible charity!

http://www.charitygiving.co.uk/banda

well i already have a standing order for them and The Blue Cross. What about the PDSA??

Sponser 3 kids as well! One in Indonesia..one in Honduras...and one in war torn Palestine. All of them GIRLS, as I feel it's the women in these impoverished countries who suffer the most! I want to help empower and educate these young girls. Too often I see women and children are the victims of mostly a male dominated society in these countries left abandoned..beaten/abused and starving. Always give back..it's good for the soul! xxx

Lisa - just read my reply back, hope you didnt think i was flinging a sarky one back at you

great idea Lisa. off to go step my user name up

Ok i have a personal account now. what do i do now lol

i think this is a lovley idea xx

Kelly & Row wrote:

Ok i have a personal account now. what do i do now lol

Let me know your user name and I'll add you to the account!

MiniMeg wrote:

Lisa - just read my reply back, hope you didnt think i was flinging a sarky one back at you

No!

x

this is something i dont do, sponsor a child or donate to charities. x