Topic: Covcats - xmas challenge - Last chance to DOUBLE donations on Saturday 8th Dec! (Read 30143 times)

SamMewl · « **Reply #50 on:** January 02, 2013, 15:11:04 PM »

just seen this
£14,230.40

excellent work....can't wait to see the new centre being built.

Sootyca · « **Reply #49 on:** December 10, 2012, 13:21:21 PM »

So glad you met the target

LilyandGary · « **Reply #48 on:** December 09, 2012, 20:34:47 PM »

Well done Angie, you have done a splendid job of organising it. Beats standing on street corners in the cold every weekend

Gill (sneakiefeline) · « **Reply #47 on:** December 08, 2012, 16:26:12 PM »

Well done and onward and upwards on the centre

Jiji · « **Reply #46 on:** December 08, 2012, 10:31:45 AM »

So pleased that you have hit your target

Rosella moggy · « **Reply #45 on:** December 08, 2012, 10:21:30 AM »

Just cannot tell you how delighted I am Angie

Well done gal. I'd never heard of it before and am sure it took a great deal of organising and worry

Angiew · « **Reply #44 on:** December 08, 2012, 10:19:35 AM »

Sooo....... matched funds almost run out but we have hit the target! Thats £14,230.40 that will be sent to us in the next 10 days!!!

Thankyou everyone that donated towards that amount and thankyou purrs!

This will be spent on the first part of the centre development!

Lol, after all that worry about the big give and panic, we think we might be doing it again next year now!!

Jiji · « **Reply #43 on:** December 08, 2012, 10:09:52 AM »

I finally remembered

Just to add I did get the 'double up' and the gift aid relief as well.

sheilarose · « **Reply #42 on:** December 08, 2012, 10:09:10 AM »

Just checked in at 10:06 - it's gone!

But I think you might have done it, Angie, I really do!

Kay and Penny · « **Reply #41 on:** December 08, 2012, 10:04:11 AM »

I missed wherever it was to put my name, but otherwise it was a doddle - Google Chrome helps

Angiew · « **Reply #40 on:** December 07, 2012, 10:51:01 AM »

Quote from: Dawn F on December 07, 2012, 10:28:33 AM

don't know if I'm anonymous or not, missed that bit, anyway its not much but hope it helps

If you haven't got an email from me then it anonymous. But thankyou!

Dawn F · « **Reply #39 on:** December 07, 2012, 10:28:33 AM »

don't know if I'm anonymous or not, missed that bit, anyway its not much but hope it helps

Kay and Penny · « **Reply #38 on:** December 07, 2012, 10:24:17 AM »

courier called with a package (Zooplus, what else) at 9.59am and by the time I got back on the puter I was too late

I'll try again tomorrow

Angiew · « **Reply #37 on:** December 07, 2012, 10:19:47 AM »

goodness money gone in 10 mins today! we are getting a few anonymous donations and I've been told its easy to miss unchecking the button.
If its any of you , thankyou for the donation as I can't thank you.

We have £570 left to our target of £7000.......

Last chance tomorrow at 10am if you want to donate - but don't be late, lol!

sheilarose · « **Reply #36 on:** December 07, 2012, 09:56:58 AM »

Everybody ready - 10 o'clock approaches!

Rosella moggy · « **Reply #35 on:** December 06, 2012, 19:24:41 PM »

Reposting the link for anyone wanting to donate between £5 and £5,000 on Friday after 10am or Saturday after 10am ............

If it says come back in a few mins, just refresh the page until it tells you your donation will be matched

You then have 10 minutes to do the transaction which I found to be plenty of time as long as internet connection not playing up

http://new.thebiggive.org.uk/project/CoventryCatGroup

Kay and Penny · « **Reply #34 on:** December 06, 2012, 16:16:37 PM »

I've bookmarked the link for tomorrow - what else is needed to get in really quick? just having the plastic ready? (not that I bother shutting it away)

Tiggy's Mum · « **Reply #33 on:** December 06, 2012, 13:59:46 PM »

I was asleep

Had been awake all night coughing my heart out and finally dropped off at 5am - good job I'm not working today!

Will do my very best to be there at 10am on Friday...

sheilarose · « **Reply #32 on:** December 06, 2012, 12:44:35 PM »

They sent me a receipt by e-mail, so I think you should get one too to confirm the transaction went through and was doubled up.

Rosella moggy · « **Reply #31 on:** December 06, 2012, 12:35:04 PM »

Am at office now and slowly getting over this morning's excitement. I was sitting there waiting for the second hand to reach 12 at 10am and poof me internet went down

We have an intermittent fault and Virgin coming on Saturday to sort it so couldn't do Big Give on Sat; can't do tomorrow as at a client's

so had to do today........... so after another tele call to Virgin and clock ticking went upstairs to use OH's office laptop that uses another provider and poof it wouldn't connect

Following a reboot up the bum, it did finally connect and think we just about managed to get matched before it dried up for today

Angiew · « **Reply #30 on:** December 06, 2012, 12:20:37 PM »

Thanks all!

Just remember to be ready shortly after 10. I was sitting watch the egg timer thing go down on the big give site and thinking - this can't be happening so quickly!

Jiji · « **Reply #29 on:** December 06, 2012, 12:14:37 PM »

I forgot

will try and remember tomorrow though

Tan · « **Reply #28 on:** December 06, 2012, 11:33:51 AM »

All down to Our Helen's ~~sneaky~~ clever mind

sheilarose · « **Reply #27 on:** December 06, 2012, 11:20:17 AM »

I think I've figured out Tan's plan.

Sly da sly has a lot to learn from our Tan when it comes to manoevres, methinks

You are so clever. Make that money work!

sheilarose · « **Reply #26 on:** December 06, 2012, 11:05:44 AM »

Same here, quite nerve wracking actually, you only get ten minutes to enter your address, remember all your payment card details, find your purse, double check all your card details, find your e-mail address, double check your email address then verify your card details, then wait a few seconds while the screen goes blank - then BINGO your donation has been matched!

Phew, it's good to be alive.

You're off to a cracking start, Angie. Hope it continues

Angiew · « **Reply #25 on:** December 06, 2012, 11:05:15 AM »

Bleeding heck! lol.

More confusing than the purrs auction!

The funds have run out for today.

The Big Give Dashboard tells me a total of £3525.40 has been passed through the account so total raised for the day is £7050.80 (so £4500 in real money, lol).

This could become very addictive!

So half way through challenge!

Rosella moggy · « **Reply #24 on:** December 06, 2012, 11:00:55 AM »

Philip's just sent a few bob too Angie that's been matched. Blimey it ain't half adding up

CarolM (Wendolene) · « **Reply #23 on:** December 06, 2012, 10:36:37 AM »

...and some more...

Tan · « **Reply #22 on:** December 06, 2012, 10:27:46 AM »

Magically Cov Cats Just had £2806.80 to start em off

Angiew · « **Reply #21 on:** December 06, 2012, 10:11:56 AM »

pygmalian? lol

i yhink you have.....

sheilarose · « **Reply #20 on:** December 05, 2012, 22:30:30 PM »

Ahhhhh. Thanks ladies.

So if I want to donate between 5-5000 pounds I go on to the site, ask to donate and if the thingy isn't doing double-up at the time it will tell me to try again the next day.

By Golly I think I've got it

CarolM (Wendolene) · « **Reply #19 on:** December 05, 2012, 22:19:29 PM »

You can donate anything between £5 annd £5000. The follwoing paragraph is the relevant one, taken from this site: http://content.thebiggive.org.uk/christmas-challenge-supporters/?dm_i=VI3%2C11PPN%2C60JKK0%2C37S50%2C1

How much can I donate during the Challenge?Up to £5,000 will be matched per donor to any given charity. Donations over this amount will have the first £5,000 doubled (if funds are available) and the surplus will be processed as a normal unmatched donation. Please note that the minimum online donation is £5.

It does say somewhere that if funds have run out and your donation is not being matched it will tell you. If that happens, and you still want to give you would be better doing it directly to the Covcats website and not via the BigGive because I've read somewhere that there is a 4% admin charge which is insignificant if they're doubling your donation but acquires significance if they're not. Better still, try again the next day if funds have run out because new funds are released at 10-00 am on each of the 3 days.

Hmm looks like I've been beaten to it

Rosella moggy · « **Reply #18 on:** December 05, 2012, 22:17:54 PM »

This might help to clarify a little..............

What happens when the matching funds run out?
If the matched funds are completely used up on either the 6th or 7th December, the Challenge will pause until more funds are released at 10am on the following morning. When matched funds are not available, a message stating this will appear on the donation page and will encourage you to come back at 10am the following morning when more matched funds will be released. If you wish to proceed in any event, you can still make an unmatched donation. The final release of funds will be at 10am on Saturday 8th December and these funds will continue matching donations until they are exhausted.

Angiew · « **Reply #17 on:** December 05, 2012, 22:13:20 PM »

go to

http://new.thebiggive.org.uk/project/CoventryCatGroup

from 10am tomorrow. Donate via card (minimum £5) and the donation should be doubled.
I think the site tell you if its going to be doubled and if they have run out of money, you can try again fri after 10am or sat after 10am.

simples!

Thanks to all of you who are going to give it a try!

sheilarose · « **Reply #16 on:** December 05, 2012, 22:03:27 PM »

Plan

Tell me plan????

Honestly Angie, I don't completely understand the whole Big Give thing. I tried to read it through but its not a friendly page

I'd love to be a part of your fundraising but have nowhere near the figures you're quoting on here (and I suspect some others are struggling to interpret this to come within their means as well)

So, for smaller givers, could you tell us in single syllables please, how this works for us teeny tiny donors please? Or are we as "Purrs" putting a Joint Effort together for CovCats?

Angiew · « **Reply #15 on:** December 05, 2012, 15:57:14 PM »

we're game!.......

Gill (sneakiefeline) · « **Reply #14 on:** December 05, 2012, 15:21:40 PM »

Tan has a plan!

Wow this sounds good

Tan · « **Reply #13 on:** December 05, 2012, 12:21:39 PM »

Angie hun checkout ya pm's we have a plan

Angiew · « **Reply #12 on:** December 05, 2012, 09:12:32 AM »

Thanks all!

Just up to rip up some sodden carpets......

Rosella moggy · « **Reply #11 on:** December 05, 2012, 08:45:58 AM »

I'll be here tomorrow at 10am Angie

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