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James Davidson is raising money for Great Ormond Street Hospital Children's Charity
“Jim Davidson's fundraising”

on 22 September 2011

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We are Great Ormond Street Hospital Charity. We stop at nothing to help give seriously ill children childhoods that are fuller, funner and longer. Because we believe no childhood should be lost to illness.

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<p><span style="color: #1c1c1c; line-height: 14px; font-family: Georgia; font-size: medium;"> </span></p> <div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; line-height: 19px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;"><strong>** PLEASE READ **</strong></div> <div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; line-height: 19px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;"></div> <div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; line-height: 19px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">Thanks for your image request - I'm glad you like the pictures.... Please keep reading - we are going to do some GOOD STUFF here!!</div> <p style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; line-height: 19px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">&nbsp;</p> <div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; line-height: 19px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">Every wedding I shoot I get requests for photographs from two or three suppliers - florists, make up artists, hairdressers, wedding planners, cake makers, caterers, magicians, venues, car companies and the list goes on.&nbsp;</div> <p style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; line-height: 19px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">&nbsp;</p> <div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; line-height: 19px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">I shoot 35+ weddings a year and each request takes a while to sort out, resize, email or burn to disc and in return. With the best intentions in the world of returning the favour with a link on a web page, this rarely happens.</div> <p style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; line-height: 19px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">&nbsp;</p> <div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; line-height: 19px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">So to sort the wheat from the chaff, and to shake off those who do not believe that good photography actually has a value, I am asking all suppliers to donate to the Great Ormond Street Hospital charity, in return for digital files.</div> <p style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; line-height: 19px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">&nbsp;</p> <div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; line-height: 19px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">In this way I hope that some benefit will come to someone somewhere who needs some help, the suppliers will get the images they really want and I can stop being grumpy about getting so many monday morning emails asking for pictures of a cake :)</div> <p style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; line-height: 19px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">&nbsp;</p> <div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; line-height: 19px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">Just make your donation, and email me (jim@jamesdavidson.co.uk) the numbers of the photographs you would like.</div> <div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; line-height: 19px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">A credit or a link is always welcome of course (I will happily reciprocate), but I'll leave that up to you, you've done your bit by donating.</div> <div style="outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; line-height: 19px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong>Suggested donations:</strong></span></span></div> <div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; line-height: 19px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">Selection of Web sized images with logo &nbsp;- &nbsp;&pound;5</div> <div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; line-height: 19px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">Selection of Web sized without logo &nbsp;- &nbsp;&pound;10</div> <div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; line-height: 19px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">Selection of Hi Res files with logo &nbsp;- &nbsp;&pound; 15</div> <div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; line-height: 19px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">Selection of Hi Res fiels without logo &nbsp;- &nbsp;&pound;25</div> <div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; line-height: 19px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">You can, of course, donate more!</div> <p style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; line-height: 19px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">&nbsp;</p> <div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; line-height: 19px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">Huge thanks in advance for your understanding and more importantly for your contribution.&nbsp;</div> <p style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; line-height: 19px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">&nbsp;</p> <div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; line-height: 19px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">James</div> <p style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; line-height: 19px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">&nbsp;</p> <div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; line-height: 19px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">Donating through JustGiving is simple, fast and totally secure. Your details are safe with JustGiving &ndash; they&rsquo;ll never sell them on or send unwanted emails. Once you donate, they&rsquo;ll send your money directly to the charity and make sure Gift Aid is reclaimed on every eligible donation by a UK taxpayer. So it&rsquo;s the most efficient way to donate - I raise more, whilst saving time and cutting costs for the charity.</div> <div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; line-height: 19px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">So please dig deep and donate now.</div> <p><span style="color: #1c1c1c; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; line-height: 14px;"> </span></p> <div class="frp-message clearfix dotted-border-blue" style="outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 10px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; display: block; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; min-height: 100px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial #43d7e8 !important;"></div> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p>

Donation summary

Total
£235.00
+ £32.50 Gift Aid
Online
£235.00
Offline
£0.00

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