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Update: the competition deadline has been extended to 23rd August. Take a couple of hours this weekend and have some fun with a camera and your text code! The sooner you get a video up, the more views it’ll get by the end.

Fundraisers! With JustTextGiving by Vodafone you can now create your very own text code and get people to donate to your fundraising page just by sending a quick text! Best of all, thanks to our friends at Vodafone, charities will receive 100% of donations via text!

To celebrate the launch of JustTextGiving, we are running a creative video competition. Just think of a fun and inventive way of fundraising with your text code. Will you print it out on your running vest? Will you write it on your forehead for a week?! Just watch our video, create a short video response with your idea, and get all your friends and family to view it. The video with the most views by 23^rd August will win a £500 donation to their fundraising page and be featured on our blog. Two runners-up (picked by a panel of judges) will win £200 donations too. It could make a huge difference to your charity… and a bit of fun for you!

Watch our video below to get some inspiration and enter the competition! You don’t need to have a text code to enter the competition, but if you have an active page and you’d like to create one, click here for some help setting it up.

How to Enter

First of all, head to YouTube and view our video – http://youtu.be/sTFl0fuam_k

1. Click the Comments box below the video on YouTube (you’ll need to sign in), then click “Create a video response”

2. Click on the “Upload a Video” tab, then click “Start”. You can either upload a video you’ve created, or just record one on the spot from your webcam.

3. Include the following text in the video description: “This is my entry for the JustTextGiving video competition. I hope you enjoy it, and please share it as many people as possible to give me a chance to win a £500 donation to my fundraising page – the more views, the more likely I am to win! <your JustGiving fundraising page URL>”

4. Get family and friends to view and share the video with as many people as possible!

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