Raised: 172%
 
Target: £250.00
Raised so far: £431.02
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Hi! My name is Zonko (not really, obviously) and I write the daily blog for the “ Just Four Quid” campaign. JFQ aims to raise £1 million in a year for ME Research UK and the ME Association’s Ramsay Research Fund, two charities who are funding biomedical research into ME/CFS.  Every week, I give a tip for saving money and ask people to donate part of their saving. Full details are on the blogsite at www.justfourquid.com. There aren’t many fundraising drives that leave you better off, but this one will!

This page is my ME Research UK page (I also have my Ramsay Research Fund page). It is for me to put my own donations on during the year and for my friends and family to donate in support of my personal fundraising effort. We also have a main campaign page for each of the two charities to accept donations, so if you want to support the campaign in general or are supporting someone without a personal page, please visit the ME Research UK campaign page or the Ramsay Research Fund campaign page.

I’m willing to put so much effort into this project because both charities aim to swing the balance of scientific research back to where it should always have been – away from sticking-plaster “psychological management” of this devasting condition and towards biomedical research for its physical causes, leading to a clear diagnostic test, treatments and a possible cure.

There are an estimated quarter of a million people with ME/CFS in the UK; our £1 million is “just four quid” each! Of course we won’t find all of them but we have tremendous potential strength in numbers and our target is very achievable. The government isn’t funding biomedical research into this condition so we must fund it ourselves. Please help both by taking part and by telling others with ME/CFS about the campaign so they can join in.

Donating through Justgiving is quick, easy and totally secure. It’s also the most efficient way to support the campaign: our charities get your money faster and, if you’re a UK taxpayer, Justgiving makes sure 25% in Gift Aid, plus a 3% supplement, are added to your donation.

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Week 52 - just four quid, to mark the end of the campaign - but let's keep on giving and find that cure, folks! Bon voyage! Donation by Zonko on 10/05/10

 
£4.00 + £1.13 Gift Aid
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Week 52 - JFQ's share of a friend's stuff sold on Ebay - see blog! Donation by Zonko on 06/05/10

 
£2.34 + £0.66 Gift Aid
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Week 50 - credit card cashback - see blog! Donation by Zonko on 22/04/10

 
£4.00 + £1.13 Gift Aid
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Week 49 - saved by split ticketing on the trains - see blog! Donation by Zonko on 16/04/10

 
£4.00 + £1.13 Gift Aid
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Week 48 - saved by buying generic instead of branded medicine - see blog! Donation by Zonko on 05/04/10

 
£2.00 + £0.56 Gift Aid
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Week 47 - saved by wearing decrepit shoes - see blog! Donation by Zonko on 31/03/10

 
£2.00 + £0.56 Gift Aid
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Week 45 - saved by buying a year's worth of "1st" and "2nd" class stamps before the price goes up - see blog! Donation by Zonko on 16/03/10

 
£2.08 + £0.59 Gift Aid
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Week 44 - saved by waiting and reconsidering to buy something plus another book sold on Amazon - see blog! Donation by Zonko on 14/03/10

 
£6.14 + £1.73 Gift Aid
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Week 43 - raised by sponsored "knock, knock" joke-telling session - see blog! Donation by Zonko on 07/03/10

 
£12.50 + £3.53 Gift Aid
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Week 41 - saved by buying a "good enough" jar, plus JFQ's cut of a friend's stuff sold on Ebay - see blog! Donation by Zonko on 19/02/10

 
£8.52 + £2.40 Gift Aid
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Week 40 - used a voucher given by a friend to rent a DVD - see blog! Donation by Zonko on 15/02/10

 
£2.00 + £0.56 Gift Aid
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Week 40 - part of my future year's saving from my supermarket downshift challenge - see blog! Donation by Zonko on 11/02/10

 
£2.60 + £0.73 Gift Aid
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Week 39 - money I'll save tomorrow watching Dr Mikovits talk about XMRV on the net rather than flying to the States to hear her - see blog! Donation by Zonko on 09/02/10

 
£4.00 + £1.13 Gift Aid
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Week 39 - some donated stamps and money saved by swapping coffee for herbal tea (yuk) - see blog! Donation by Zonko on 02/02/10

 
£9.25 + £2.61 Gift Aid
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Week 38 - saved by cobbling together my own exfoliating cleanser - see blog! Donation by Zonko on 26/01/10

 
£4.50 + £1.27 Gift Aid
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Week 37 - money saved using restaurant vouchers - see blog! Donation by Zonko on 21/01/10

 
£6.00 + £1.69 Gift Aid
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Week 36 - part of my saving by switching to a cheaper energy provider - see blog! Donation by Zonko on 17/01/10

 
£15.00 + £4.23 Gift Aid
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Bits and bobs saved! Donation by M&D on 10/01/10

 
£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid
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Week 35 - maybe I regifted, maybe I didn't... Donation by Zonko on 05/01/10

 
£4.00 + £1.13 Gift Aid
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Week 32 - another book sold on Amazon plus eventually some money via charity search engine EveryClick - see blog! Donation by Zonko on 16/12/09

 
£5.73 + £1.62 Gift Aid
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Week 31 - money saved this month with my cheaper phone tariff - see blog! Donation by Zonko on 11/12/09

 
£5.72 + £1.61 Gift Aid
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Week 31 - another book sold on Amazon - see blog! Donation by Zonko on 11/12/09

 
£2.00 + £0.56 Gift Aid
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Week 29 - money saved on avoiding non-necessities - see blog! Donation by Zonko on 30/11/09

 
£2.00 + £0.56 Gift Aid
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Week 29 - saved by recognising the non-essential nature of chocolated - see blog! Donation by Zonko on 26/11/09

 
£2.00 + £0.56 Gift Aid
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A donation for Christmas - keep up the good work Donation by DMH on 22/11/09

 
£15.00 + £4.23 Gift Aid
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* Total raised online: £431.02
  Offline donations: £0.00
  Mobile donations: £0.00
  Total Raised: £431.02
  Gift Aid plus supplement: £113.67

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