Wow! Where to start with the JustGiving Awards? The was the first event of this type we’ve done and I think it’s fair to say we were all a bit nervous going in, but couldn’t have been happier coming out. It was such a pleasure to meet so many of you and we were literally overwhelmed by the feedback that you had for us both during and after the event, and the surprising and exciting connections some of you made on the night. A big thank you to everyone who came, Major Phil Packer for providing what turned out to be just one of many inspirational speeches throughout the evening and the staff at RIBA for taking care of us so well. But for now, all that remains is to announce the winners…
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February 5, 2010 at 3:32 pm • Filed under News from JG Towers • Tagged Alice Halstead, Colin Clerkin, Colin's 365 Challenge, David Wood, JGAwards, Jon Morter, phil packer, Ragabonds, ratm4xmas, sarah hope, Si and Big Dave, Simon Painter, sophie atay, the JustGiving Awards, Tracy Morter
We’ve got three pairs of tickets to the JustGiving Awards to give away. The event is being held from 7:30 PM on the 3rd of February at a luxury location in central London. That’s one week from today (Wednesday), so for the sake of speed, rather than answering a competition question, all you have to do enter is e-mail competitions@justgiving.com putting ‘The JustGiving Awards’ in the subject line. We’ll then reach into our inboxes and pick three winners at random…
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January 27, 2010 at 3:46 pm • Filed under News from JG Towers • Tagged
On your marks. Get set. Vote!
Your nominations are in for the Incredible Achievement category at the 1st Annual JustGiving Awards. There’s been a heated debate here at JG Towers. There were a fair few storm-offs and at one point Heather and I nearly came to fisticuffs… JustKidding(TM) of course, we’re an amicable lot, but deciding between so many amazing JustGivers and coming up with a shortlist has been really hard, so before we reveal the final three nominees, a big thank-you to everyone who e-mailed us. So without further ado, the nominees are…
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January 27, 2010 at 1:42 pm • Filed under Inspiration for fundraisers, News from JG Towers • Tagged Alice Halstead, Incredible Achievement, JustGiving Awards, ride2recovery, sarah hope
Wow. Sometimes a JustGiving page just takes off and that’s exactly what seven-year-old Charlie Simpson’s sponsored bike ride for Haiti has done.
Charlie was really upset by the television footage of the Haiti disaster, so, in conversation with his mum, he came up with idea of cycling around South Park near his home in Fulham, London as many times as possible. As Charlie puts on his JG page, ‘at least 10 laps, I hope!’. Charlie set himself a fundraising target of £500 for UNICEF - not an insubstantial amount for a seven-year-old.
The ride, which took place at the weekend, saw Charlie not only smash his distance target - with the final lap of the park taking him over five miles - but at the time of writing this post, his fundraising total is at an amazing… Wait for it… £112,285.07, meaning he’s beaten his target an astonishing 224 times over! And the donations are still flooding in…
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January 25, 2010 at 7:43 pm • Filed under Inspiration for fundraisers • Tagged Charlie Simpson, Cycling, Haiti earthquake, unicef
Just to give you a head’s up, we’ll be doing our first monthly maintanence of the year tonight (or rather tomorrow morning) from 12:00 AM to 6:00 AM. The site will be unavailable during this time while our systems and database administrators burn the midnight oil checking that everything’s running exactly as it should be. So spare a thought for them while you’re out partying or asleep.(We do our maintanence overnight as this is when our site traffic is lowest.)
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January 15, 2010 at 2:25 pm • Filed under News from JG Towers • Tagged scheduled maintenance