Desperate times!

Abirose said:
Have you thought about applying to Tesco in Northampton for their support under the blue disc scheme, (the little blue counters you are given at the checkout)
Our local Hedgehog rescue got a good donation from Tesco through this scheme.
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You may have just hit the jackpot 🤔
 
Abirose said:
Have you thought about applying to Tesco in Northampton for their support under the blue disc scheme, (the little blue counters you are given at the checkout)
Our local Hedgehog rescue got a good donation from Tesco through this scheme.
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That's interesting! When I asked I was told they support community projects but not animal charities.
 
Betsy said:
Have just contacted P@H VIP helpline and TEAS would have to register with them to join their charity list.
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This will need to be added to the agenda of our next trustees meeting. Due to people's thoughts regarding Pets@Home, we could lose a lot of support for our charity, as we would be seen as selling our soul to the devil. However, we do have much larger vet bills than normal rescues, due to the nature of the guinea pigs we take in and as most spend their entire life at TEAS, we aren't getting a regular income from rehoming fees. Whatever decisions we make, will be to ensure the best for the guinea pigs in our care.
 
furryfriends (TEAS) said:
That's interesting! When I asked I was told they support community projects but not animal charities.
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I phoned Tesco's this morning, they said they will consider animal charities as long as they are local to the area. You will need to go onto Bags of help scheme online and fill out a form. Tesco's then chooses 3 charities out of all their entries.

Contacted Waitrose they said If you are a local charity or not for profit organisation and you would like to be considered for community matter in one of their branches, please go to your local branch, complete a nomination form and hand it in at the welcome desk. If you are successful the branch community matters champion will be in touch. All applications are kept for six months

Asda said they no longer do charity tokens in store.

Phoned Sainsbury's, was given an email address. I have emailed them... still awaiting reply.

Just a thought, have you asked the Cat and Rabbit if you could put a charity tin at the reception desk?

Kim x
 
Abirose said:
I phoned Tesco's this morning, they said they will consider animal charities as long as they are local to the area. You will need to go onto Bags of help scheme online and fill out a form. Tesco's then chooses 3 charities out of all their entries.

Contacted Waitrose they said If you are a local charity or not for profit organisation and you would like to be considered for community matter in one of their branches, please go to your local branch, complete a nomination form and hand it in at the welcome desk. If you are successful the branch community matters champion will be in touch. All applications are kept for six months

Asda said they no longer do charity token in store.

Phoned Sainsbury's, was given an email address. I have emailed them... still awaiting reply.

Just a thought, have you asked the Cat and Rabbit if you could put a charity tin at the reception desk?

Kim x
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T.e.a.s already has a tin in cat and rabbit clinic, tesco mereway is very local, that would be perfect. Dont know if i should be answering for t.e.a.s but .....👍 good job.

When the next t.e.a.s fund raising event comes. I have 3 good places i can put up posters.
 
SkyPipDotBernie said:
T.e.a.s already has a tin in cat and rabbit clinic, tesco mereway is very local, that would be perfect. Dont know if i should be answering for t.e.a.s but .....👍 good job.

When the next t.e.a.s fund raising event comes. I have 3 good places i can put up posters.
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Sorry, I have been to the Cat and Rabbit 3 times and didn't notice it, but I am usually in a state about Abigail when I am there so don't notice much. I will look for it next time.:doh:
 
Abirose said:
Sorry, I have been to the Cat and Rabbit 3 times and didn't notice it, but I am usually in a state about Abigail when I am there so don't notice much. I will look for it next time.:doh:
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I know what you mean. Its a little pottery one with a ginger cartoon pig on it
 
Betsy said:
Can't find TEAS on the Lifelines bit of P@H VIP club. Maybe someone can point me in the right direction. Or if not I could phone the helpline tomorrow. Is TEAS registered?
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furryfriends (TEAS) said:
What do you mean? Registered with Pets at Home or a registered charity?
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SkyPipDotBernie said:
You know when you are a vip, i think some goes towards support adoption for pets. But i think you can change it to one of your choice. ( private)I dont know how that would work out to benefit pets at home though or suppirt adoption for pets
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There’s information about the VIP scheme in this thread ...

For People Who Have A Pets At Home Vip Card - Donating To A Guinea Pig Charity
 
Abirose said:
Have you thought about applying to Tesco in Northampton for their support under the blue disc scheme, (the little blue counters you are given at the checkout)
Our local Hedgehog rescue got a good donation from Tesco through this scheme.
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Good thinking, the hedgehog rescue I work with has a scheme with Waitrose.
 
Abirose said:
I phoned Tesco's this morning, they said they will consider animal charities as long as they are local to the area. You will need to go onto Bags of help scheme online and fill out a form. Tesco's then chooses 3 charities out of all their entries.

Contacted Waitrose they said If you are a local charity or not for profit organisation and you would like to be considered for community matter in one of their branches, please go to your local branch, complete a nomination form and hand it in at the welcome desk. If you are successful the branch community matters champion will be in touch. All applications are kept for six months

Asda said they no longer do charity tokens in store.

Phoned Sainsbury's, was given an email address. I have emailed them... still awaiting reply.

Just a thought, have you asked the Cat and Rabbit if you could put a charity tin at the reception desk?

Kim x
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Thank you so much for checking all of this out. We are very local to a Tesco, so maybe they would consider us. I will also get the nomination form from Waitrose too.

We really appreciate all your help xx
 
Have just had a look on the Bags of Help website and it seems they have certain categories for different months. This is what it says:

Note about projects for the July / August 2019 vote
The July/August 2019 voting period will feature projects with a Health and Wellbeing theme and projects focussing on cancer, heart disease and diabetes will be prioritised.
 
Another thing you could do, but its time consuming maybe. Is the live facebook raffles, for something like a used ps4 or something valuable like that. Like another rescue on here did. £10 a ticket and get 30 or more people involved. People love a little gamble, and knowing if you dont win, the money is going towards a good cause
 
SkyPipDotBernie said:
Another thing you could do, but its time consuming maybe. Is the live facebook raffles, for something like a used ps4 or something valuable like that. Like another rescue on here did. £10 a ticket and get 30 or more people involved
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This can be considered but would need to be organised by someone else, as I can't fit anything else into my schedule, especially with the summer holidays coming up, when I am going to be working incredibly long hours and needing to care for the piggies too.
 
furryfriends (TEAS) said:
This can be considered but would need to be organised by someone else, as I can't fit anything else into my schedule, especially with the summer holidays coming up, when I am going to be working incredibly long hours and needing to care for the piggies too.
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Ok , totally understand, 👍. I could see if i can find someone to do it, who knows how, cuz I'm not that good with live cam on my phone. And i refuse to have facebook.only thing is l, it needs your followers...maybe?🤔
 
SkyPipDotBernie said:
Ok , totally understand, 👍. I could see if i can find someone to do it, who knows how, cuz I'm not that good with live cam on my phone. And i refuse to have facebook.only thing is l, it needs your followers...maybe?🤔
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I think for now we’ll be spreading ourselves too thinly. We’ve got two events coming up. Will be announcing them this week. I like to do events in the summer but as I work very long hours, 7 days a week, during the summer months, just organising events is more than enough.
 
furryfriends (TEAS) said:
I think for now we’ll be spreading ourselves too thinly. We’ve got two events coming up. Will be announcing them this week. I like to do events in the summer but as I work very long hours, 7 days a week, during the summer months, just organising events is more than enough.
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Remember to email me the posters. Il get them up when you are ready. If you still want that
 
furryfriends (TEAS) said:
Thank you so much for checking all of this out. We are very local to a Tesco, so maybe they would consider us. I will also get the nomination form from Waitrose too.

We really appreciate all your help xx
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Your welcome.

I try to keep an eye on the Bags of Help website to find out when the next voting project will be for local animal charities.
Waitrose seems to support a lot of local animal charities, so hopefully furryfriends (TEAS) will get nominated.

How do I go about sending a monthly donation to Teas as I am not on Facebook or any social media sites?
Kim x
 
Or could apply for grant at animalfriends.co.uk- although primarily dog/cat/horse insurance they have provided funding for frogs and hedgehogs so may be worth a shot.
 
hoofeneo said:
Have you tried setting up a JustGiving page? Avalon has quite a few on there that seem to have raised quite a bit
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We’ve got a bank account and PayPal that people use to make donations. We are also registered with HMRC to claim gift aid. We raise quite a lot through people making regular donations but we need more fundraising ideas or for people to do fundraising events for us.
 
I can imagine T.E.A.S doing well at the tesco blue coin box. I notice parents get their kids to put them in. Imagine a kid seeing guinea pig, they will go for it.
You will get something up and running soon I'm sure. 👍

Your logo is touching, i would use that with the info if you can do it. I was going to try and do a real life version of your logo and send it to you, using Dot and my hand lol. Might be a bit difficult
 
SkyPipDotBernie said:
Your logo is touching, i would use that with the info if you can do it. I was going to try and do a real life version of your logo and send it to you, using Dot and my hand lol. Might be a bit difficult
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I'm sure you'll manage it. With a real cute piggy and a real hand it'll have more child appeal.
 
furryfriends (TEAS) said:
This will need to be added to the agenda of our next trustees meeting. Due to people's thoughts regarding Pets@Home, we could lose a lot of support for our charity, as we would be seen as selling our soul to the devil. However, we do have much larger vet bills than normal rescues, due to the nature of the guinea pigs we take in and as most spend their entire life at TEAS, we aren't getting a regular income from rehoming fees. Whatever decisions we make, will be to ensure the best for the guinea pigs in our care.
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How many piggies are you caring for?
 
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