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My story

 

For my 30th birthday in November I am setting myself a 'spend only a tenner for a week' challenge!

Marc has agreed to join me. The money we save will be going to Cecily's Fund, an amazing charity helping orphans and vulnerable children in Zambia go to school. It is the first donation on this page.

It would be wonderful if you could join the challenge too! But if its not your scene it would be lovely if you could sponsor me. A £25 donation enables a child to go to school for a whole year.

You can donate through this page. Its simple, fast and totally secure. Your details are safe with JustGiving – they’ll never sell them on or send unwanted emails. Once you donate, they’ll send your money directly to the charity and make sure Gift Aid is reclaimed on every eligible donation by a UK taxpayer. 

The rules of the challenge!

We start on day one with a tenner each and it has to last us a week. Rent, household bills, and travel don’t count. The £10 basically has to cover food and discretionary expenditure, like newspapers, drinks etc. We are allowed to use stocks from the cupboard (and use some stuff thats been sitting there for months) but we are NOT ALLOWED to stock up espcecially! Normal shopping patterns must apply pre-spend-a-tenner-week! 


This is not a hair-shirt type challenge! I am intending to have fun!

There are lots of activites planned for the free week. All free - or nearly! Art galleries, films,pancakes (very cheap!), a clothes and books swap evening...Many of them rely on other people being willing to join in the challenge! Ten friends have signed up to join us. But I am hoping you might join us too..

Nontheless, having a birthday week with no fancy expenditures will seem all the more worthwhile if I can raise some money for Cecily's Fund! I am hoping that the group will raise £2000 - enough to send 80 children to school for year.

Please help if you can!

xxx

Veronica and Marc

 

 

fantastic endeavour - sorry was not able to join in.. Donation by Dom 06/12/09  

£30.00 + £8.46 Gift Aid

£10 not spent, £££££ saved!! well done all! Donation by Anstice Oakeshott 05/12/09  

£100.00 + £28.21 Gift Aid

Hey V, Happy Birthday and hope the challenge went well xxx Donation by Helen Gilbert 30/11/09  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

Hi Veronica - great idea. Good for you. Good luck with raising your target. Donation by Alice Welbourn 30/11/09  

£25.00 + £7.05 Gift Aid

Well done and welcome to your thirties - it's a fun decade I assure you! x Donation by Derek Munn 29/11/09  

£30.00 + £8.46 Gift Aid

Congratulations! Hope you celebrated in style afterwards x Donation by Lindsey Fountain 29/11/09  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

Well done V. Donation by Ruth Stanley 28/11/09  

£25.00 + £7.05 Gift Aid

Hope its going well V and a very, very happy birthday to you! xxx Donation by Kayte Rath 26/11/09  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

Keep up the good work! Donation by Torsten and Mark 23/11/09  

£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid

Have lots of free fun! Donation by Richard Sederman 22/11/09  

£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid

Sorry this is so late - hope you survived! Donation by El Briggs 19/11/09  

£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid

V, you rule! So impressive, good luck with it. Also, have loads of clothes that I'd be willing to offer to your swapshop.... xxx Donation by Mags Milan 16/11/09  

£25.00 + £7.05 Gift Aid

good luck! just try not to think about chocolate and you'll be fine! Looking forward to seeing you on Sun 29th! xxxx Donation by Nicola Spencer-Jones 15/11/09  

£25.00

Good luck V, really great you are doing this! xx Donation by Marie Noelle Loewe 13/11/09  

£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid

Great idea! Happy birthday Veronica and have a fun week! xx Donation by Vicky Birch 13/11/09  

£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid

good luck + happy birthday!x Donation by Sarah Darvell 11/11/09  

£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid

Good luck and happy birthday week :) Donation by Debbie Moss 11/11/09  

£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid

Good luck! Donation by Simon Butler 10/11/09  

£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid

Well done love - good luck, I don't think I could do that!! Hope to see you both soon x x Donation by Katharine Dugdale 06/11/09  

£25.00 + £7.05 Gift Aid

Happy Birthday, and best of luck. XX Donation by Samantha & Chris Rees 06/11/09  

£25.00 + £7.05 Gift Aid

Great cause and a very original fundraising idea! Good luck guys x Donation by Sophie Nicolson 06/11/09  

£25.00 + £7.05 Gift Aid

Good luch Veronica- great cause, and Happy Birthday! xx Donation by Bethan Twigg 06/11/09  

£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid

hats off to you Donation by edward millard 05/11/09  

£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid

Marc and Veronica, I admire yor courgae and generosity of spirit and thought. Keep it up. Donation by Mohammad Rafiq 05/11/09  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

Lots of luck for the week! Donation by Kylie Norton 05/11/09  

£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid

Best of luck! Donation by Petra 05/11/09  

£10.00

I spend about 125 pounds a week, so I'm donating 115 for my 'spend a tenner' challenge! Donation by Marc Monsarrat 05/11/09  

£115.00 + £32.44 Gift Aid

Donation by Barney Milner 05/11/09  

£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid

Good luck Veronica and have a great 30th to remember. Donation by Cath Turner at Sahir House 03/11/09  

£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid

Wow Veronica - I have two months to try and think of something half as worthy to do for my 30th. Good luck! Donation by Louise Holly 02/11/09  

£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
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