Yet Another Charity Begging Thread / Banger Rally Plymouth To Mali

[TheAnimus]

So, I don't think I've ever had to resort to posting these on hexus before now, but its proving a bit tough in this current economic climate (damn I hate that phrase) to gather much dosh.

As I'm having to resort to going online, and raising some dosh for some good causes.

http://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/fund...l=BangerTheory

Basically myself and a friend are driving from Plymouth to Mali, or as close as we can safely and legally get in this ever changing world.

We are doing this in a 1991, Mk2 Golf, with some other people from this site here:
http://www.dakarchallenge.co.uk/chal...ktu+challenge/
Its a rally, but there is no first place, merely the taking part that counts.

We set off on Boxing Day, and you'll be able to follow all our progress on our twitter feed
http://twitter.com/#!/TeamBBT
So think of this as a charitable donation to get me driving through a mine field, in through active al qaeda hotspots and border guards with itchy trigger fingers.

I'm currently trying to design a power system to take juice from the car (which I think is overcharging the battery and likely to kill it before we even get to Morocco!) to an old gopro which I want to set to take a time lapse every 10 seconds of our trip.

I'll keep this page updated with news and stuff over the coming months, but right now my left arm is feeling very dead, apparently I needed a booster to my yellow fever n Hep B.

The charity I'm supporting is one that I have a personal connection with and know first hand how much difference the littlest donation makes, so please every little helps.

TLDR; donate here

[kalniel]

As I'm having to resort to going online, and raising some dosh for some good causes.

Can you elaborate (when your arm recovers!) on what these good causes are etc? Thanks

[TheAnimus]

Oh sorry should have mentioned that!

First of 100%+ of your money goes to the charity, the only people removing it are virgin money. I'm am not one of those types who does a skydive which costs £400 and deducts it from the charity money.

Every penny goes there, plus the gift aid, less the virgin fee (which is lower than just giving). If you want to make a incredibly generous one, PM me, and we'll do it with paper just to keep that 2.5%

The Charity in question runs a series of hospice care in Cornwall. I've paraphrased a small paragrpah on the vm link, which i'll paste below:

Cornwall Hospice Care is a charity which I have a personal connection with, as such I'm well aware of how much help, even the smallest donation can be. Cornwall hospice care is an independent Cornish Charity, uniquely placed within the community and committed to the delivery of excellence in Specialist Palliative Care across Cornwall.

The service is free of charge to the patient. However their charitable nature means they require heavily on financial and voluntary support from the general public.

Best of all many individuals who are admitted to the hospice return home to carry on living their lives independently with continued support from the hospice in partnership with other agencies.

[Saracen]

Can I make it clear .... in general, before posting threads like this, please clear it with the Admin team.

Animus is a good guy and I see no need to remove this, but in general, where they're posted without permission, we do reserve the right to remove it. If there were to be an epidemic of such posts, we would likely do so.

So if you plan on doing it, please query it first. Don't just assume that because you see such posts from time to time, there is blanket permission to post them. They're decided on a case by case basis, and if you see them, it implies clearance was sought and agreed.

[TheAnimus]

So, we leave tomorrow, after much blood sweat and tears we've fully equipped the 20 year old banger for desert travell

But oddly not one person from hexus has donated at the time of posting this.

The charity I'm driving for is one that makes an incredible difference in peoples lives, and sadly requires a lot more support than it has been able to obtain lately.

So please if you've been given a tenner by Granny or whoever, consider bunging a couple of pounds here:
http://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/fund...l=BangerTheory

In the meantime, you can check our progress on our facebook page:
http://www.facebook.com/bangertheory

Also we are doing stupid requests for donations, Lee has kindly donated in expectation of a dukes of hazard style window entry in the desert.