TSR anti-bullying society

I'm thinking of organising a sponsored event for Childline. Any suggestions? (And would you be up for it?? :p:

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Reply 322

hmmm --- what exactly do you mean? what would be have to do??

sponsored event -- hmm--- have to think about it [as in what we could do]

Reply 323

I'm thinking something simple:

Marathon/half-marathon
Sponsored swim
Cycle
Long walk/trek
etc...

I figure that if we can come up with a good idea which a lot of people can get involved in, then we might be able to raise quite a bit. I'm really up for it!

Reply 324

not everyones nearly fit enough for that, personally at my current fitness, I could maybe do 5 miles if I had to and then die.
You do realise that to run the marathon for a charity you have to raise a certain amount of money for them to give you one of their allocated places. I suppose its plausible to get all TSR users to donate something, and send 1/2 people who are up for it. With the number of users around even if a tiny proportion donated a relatively small amount of money - say 50p - you could raise alot of cash. How to coordinate is a admistrative nightmare though - I sense a challenge!

Reply 325

I'm up for it. However I too am rather unfit at the moment :frown:

and we definitely want something that a lot of people can get involved with - both friends in the real world and people on TSR. As you say it wouldn't be easy to do a marathon because there are limited places available, but how about a cycle or walk across the UK? We don't necessarily have to make it a race; just an enjoyable challenge where a few of us get together and do something to support a great charity! And of course we could organise it all ourselves.

What do you think?

Reply 326

bronsonbear

James Gurung

I'm thinking of organising a sponsored event for Childline. Any suggestions? (And would you be up for it?? :p:

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oh dear, normally i would be up for it but i'm currently trying to raise funds of a differnt kind for a gap year placement in peru :s-smilie:

! but after that i would be :smile:

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So what make you two (or others!) such passionate anit-bullying campainers?

To answer my own question (if anybody is interested!) I do all can to prevent bulying becasue i know what it's like to be on the recieving end, like most. Similarly to you WS I was bullied for a long time (over 4 schools) for absolutely no real reason/no fault of my own, and belive it still affects my life now, though i try not to let it.
I suppose you're right, we can't wipe out bullying, but that doesn't mean we shouldn't try bl**dy hard! Being an empathetic person, it hurts to much to know other go through bullying not to do anything about it really.

How long has this society been around?

Reply 329

Enchanté

James Gurung

I'm up for that! ;yes;
I mean when I finish my exams and 6th form i'll be waiting around till August for my results then September, sounds a good idea. :smile:

Reply 330

The society has been here for sometime now i think!?

well - i am terribly unfit as well! hehe --- but i like the idea of getting TSR members to donate 50p --- considering the number of users here - that should raise quite a bit!
We would have to figure out where the money goes -- as in who is collecting

Reply 331

wackysparkle

The admin side of things won't be a problem at all. We can easily create an account on http://www.justgiving.com. The main challenge is getting five or ten people to actually do this cycle/walk/???

Reply 332

well sorry but i think i am out! --- too much on really at the moment ---
why couldn't you just make it a "donate 50p to a charitable cause?" and stick it up on TSR?

Reply 333

Off topic - Why was the other thread closed - in About? What exactly is happening? we seem to have got precisely nowhere :frown:

Reply 334

i think james wants it to remain as it is right now - and just help out when we can at the H&R dept -- i guess its okay -- but i still wish we had our own seperate forum --- it would better the place a bit - and seperates the issues a bit more -- coz right now -- there are dozens issues that are all over the place!

Reply 335

So basiclly all that debating and idealistic campagaining got us nowhere. Quality.

Reply 336

Wangers

So basiclly all that debating and idealistic campagaining got us nowhere. Quality.

I disagree. It was an interesting discussion and we got our opinions heard. In the end, however, there was a substantial consensus against the idea of creating a new forum, and a number of mods/admins were in this majority. If you go back and read through all the posts there, as I have done today, I hope you will agree that the idea of having a new sub-forum was flawed.

Sorry for closing the thread. I just felt that the discussion was over, and there was nothing more to be gained. I hope, however, that over the course of 100+ posts :eek:

it raised awareness of this society and how serious bullying can be. :smile:

Reply 337

Im sorry

im just frustrated today.

Reply 338