hi trig i will be there to support you mate and make a donation

Count me in Trigsy.

I have now set up the details regarding the Charity swim in memory of John Pauls.

Anybody wishing to donate using the Charity site can simply click on
www.justgiving.com/GedShannon and follow the donate link.
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I managed to complete the John Pauls Memorial Charity swim last night, supported by an audience of Biohazard, Archer, Scubaone, Mac, Trish, Leaky and Katie Current. Thanks a lot for that, it spurred me on.

Sponsorship money has already exceeded anything I imagined. I am using a specialist internet charity site, called justgiving, for donations. The beauty of using this method for donations is that anything you may donate through the site is given an extra 28% from the taxman which really boosts the the total. In addition, anybody in the higher tax bracket of 40% can claim 18% back from the taxman, effectively reducing their donation. Justgiving handle everything and I don't have to handle the cash.

My chosen charity is the North West Air Ambulance service.

If you haven't already donated, and would like to do it through the charity website, please click on the link:

www.justgiving.com/GedShannon

You will be able to donate through the site any time until about 8 August.

Even if you do not wish to donate this, or any other, way please have a look at the site to see how we are doing.

You can also sponsor me in the traditional way by ging me donations direct, but there are no tax benefits in this.

Thanks

Triggerfish

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Well done trigs, fantastic effort.

Bandit

Thanks Terry. A few others have had the same problem as you.

If you look at my posting of 10 May and click on the link it should work without a problem. I don't know why the other one doesn't.
Please try again as donations via justgiving attract 28% gift aid. Direct donations do not.
Cheers

I know some of you asked to be kept up to date about the fund raising through the Just Giving site. I've looked at the standard email they send and I think it is too impersonal and formal. You will have got a standard email from them when you donated through the site, believing it was from me, so you'll know what I mean.

Several club members also paid me directly and I thought I'd let everybody know how the fundraising is going.

Over £616 has been raised so far, including gift aid, and there may be one or two more donations to come but I'm not sure. Donations can be made through justgiving until 9 August and I will of course accept direct donations. It is better though to contribute through the justgiving site as this attracts generous gift aid.

I am staggered by the generosity of so many people. The idea of the swim was mainly meant as a memorial to John Pauls and the fund raising was an afterthought. It occurred to me at the time that if we raised about £100 we'd have done well.

The amount raised showed how much people thought of John, although I must pay tribute to a number of people who donated very generously even though they never knew him.

Thanks very much everybody, and thanks again to those of you who turned up on the night of the swim to give me encouragement to keep going.

If any further donations are made before the closing date I'll let you know the final amount in August.