Hello all!!

On 24th September I will be embarking on a lengthy bike ride from Southport (west coast) to Hornsea (east coast) along the Trans Pennine Trail. I will be aiming to complete the almost 300 mile course in two days!! The reason for this is to hopefully raise £2000 for Cancer Research UK.

Anyway, here comes the hard part. I would be grateful to those that know me and to the rest of the kind people on this forum if you could find time to visit my sponsor page and donate your hard earned money to Cancer Research UK.

www.justgiving.com/martfund

If you wish to sponsor me, but can't through the above link then please feel free to PM me and we can discuss other options.

Thank you!

Mart.

:thumbsup:

Any offers?! ;)

Why cant u pay by paypal?

He probably doesn't have an account.

What is paypal?

Originally posted by Dick Dastardly
What is paypal?

Paypal (http://www.paypal.com) is a way of transferring money simply over the internet... Wel in theory it's supposed to be simple, but the first time I used it to pay for an Ebay purchase I found it annoyingly over-complicated because obviously I'm not a Yank, and the service is based in Yank-Land (USA).

Come on, prove that us yorkshire folk aren't tight!!!!!

sign up to paypal and i will send you a fiver!

But... I am Cumbrian ;)

Originally posted by Lickable
sign up to paypal and i will send you a fiver!

But... I am Cumbrian ;)

Cheers. I will see if I can build myself a paypal account.

Originally posted by Dick Dastardly
Come on, prove that us yorkshire folk aren't tight!!!!!
Hey, I'm a student!

(Well I was...)

Come on.......... a pound from every individual on here would make just over 5 grand for cancer research!!!!!! :thumbsup:

Still waiting.......!! I'm not going to budge until at least one person on here sponsors me!!!:D

Originally posted by Sidla
Hey, I'm a student!



How about sacrificing the price of a pint in the name of a good cause :D

I've sponsored you Martin, i hope you do really well.

I think other forum members should sponsor you too - how much do they really need that extra pint? Think of all those poor people who are suffering from cancer - its not the rarest thing you know, next time it could be you & wouldn't it be great if you didn't have to suffer, coz someone had previously raised enough money to find a cure?!

Ok, ok, rant over guys...but think about it!!!!

Thanks, Amy!! Much appreciated!! :D

One down and only another 5000+ to persuade!! ;)

Another donation in the pipeline. Thanks!! (You know who you are).

Please, please, please keep those donations coming in. Only received two so far, but more are desperately needed. Thank you!!!!!

Help Needed!!!!

Again, please read the following and help me raise funds for cancer research!

Hello all!!

On 24th September I will be embarking on a lengthy bike ride from Southport (west coast) to Hornsea (east coast) along the Trans Pennine Trail. I will be aiming to complete the almost 300 mile course in two days!! The reason for this is to hopefully raise £2000 for Cancer Research UK.

Anyway, here comes the hard part. I would be grateful to those that know me and to the rest of the kind people on this forum if you could find time to visit my sponsor page and donate your hard earned money to Cancer Research UK.

www.justgiving.com/martfund

If you wish to sponsor me, but can't through the above link then please feel free to PM me and we can discuss other options.

Thank you!

Mart.

Just to put Cancer into perspective. Out of the 5728 Sheffield Forum users 1909 will develop cancer with 477 being terminal. I'll let you all come to your own conclusion about those figures!!!!

Ask Tony Blair and Gordon Brown....Charity shouldn't be needed for such causes....have a good ride anyway

Originally posted by costessey
Ask Tony Blair and Gordon Brown....Charity shouldn't be needed for such causes....have a good ride anyway


I agree and in a perfect world this would happen, but its not and it just happens we have a cash strapped health system that puts research funds on the back burner and it's down to people like me to help raise essential funds to keep the research going in the meantime. Thanks for your support anyway!!!

Thanks to those who have sponsored me. I'm slowly getting to my £2000 target, but still need you kind people to donate some cash. Again, you can either do it via my site:

www.justgiving.com/martfund

or pm me and arrange an alternative method of getting the cash to me.

Thanks!

bumpitty bump bump bump.

Come on forummers and sheffielders alike.

Everyone knows someone touched by cancer and Cancer Research UK (who are benefitting from Dicks Daring Dash) maintain a team of 3000 dedicated scientists working on treatment and cure.

So dig out your CCs and make a donation.

Please.

Come on you generous lot! Only 5 forum members have been generous enough to sponsor me so far and I would appreciate it if more of you nice people would stick your hand in your pockets and part with some money for this good cause.

www.justgiving.com/martfund

Ta

Mart.

I'll be getting a very numb arse for my efforts and surely that's worth a quid?! :D

Originally posted by Dick Dastardly
www.justgiving.co/martfund

Bad link you have there Martin .....

Cheers, Jamie!!!

Well Done!!

I think this is really great, and I hope it all goes well, I sure it will!!

Thanks! :D

Only got another £1400 or so to go before I reach my target of £2000. So, if you want to make a donation and make a huge difference then please, please visit my site below:

www.justgiving.com/martfund

Mart.

Donations still required. Visit my site and make a small donation, you know it makes sense :D

www.justgiving.com/martfund

Mart

<PUNT>

Every little bit helps.

If you have made a contribution, you can do your bit by punting this post to the top again.

If you think donating is hard, try cycling coast to coast!

Are you in training DickD?

Yeah, phan. I'm running about 6 miles every morning and cycling for a couple of hours on most evenings. Finding it really hard at the moment, but I'm sure all the hard work will pay off when it comes to the coast to coast ride.

I might have landed myself a sponsorship deal with a website. Will fill you in on this when things have been finalised. Anyway, still a long way off my target even though I've raised another couple of hundred offline so I'd appreciate as much help as possible.

Thanks for the Pm.

Good Luck with the trek and keep us informed,
( any chance of doing a day by day log fom internet cafe's? )

Cheers Modesty.

Modesty - I will be somewhat limited for time as I've only got two days to complete my journey so I won't have time to stop and find an internet cafe etc. What I do intend to do is write up a journal of my adventure and post it online for you all to view afterwards.

If you could borrow Phan's roaming web cam that would be really cool...

You could maybe take a cheapo digital camera though, and take some piccies on route.

Nomme

Sorry to sound like a tight arse but I have a direct debit to cancer research every month so I aint gonna sponsor you this time around.
However I will make a donation to another charity (none cancer related) of your choice for the completion of the course.

Just pop the name of an alternative on here or via PM and I'll make it so.

Originally posted by Dick Dastardly
Modesty - I will be somewhat limited for time as I've only got two days to complete my journey so I won't have time to stop and find an internet cafe etc. What I do intend to do is write up a journal of my adventure and post it online for you all to view afterwards.

Ahhh missed the bit about doing it in two days.
Got your work cut out then.

Nomme - got the digital camera sorted (well almost) so expect a link to appear on here with a few pics of a very sore DD.

DB - No probs. Glad you are contributing to a great cause and I'll not hold it against you that you won't be sponsoring me! ;) I can't think of another charity for you to contribute to on my behalf, but instead you could help by forwarding the link to my site to as many of your friends as possible.

Consider it done :thumbsup:

ARGH!!!

Accept paypal, then i can sponsor you! :thumbsup:

Whats the difference between paying with paypal and paying with justgiving? Excuse me for my ignorance, but I've never used paypal before!!

I can pay you with Paypal, as i have money in my PayPal account. I can't pay you with justGiving, as i don't have any money on my cards, as i am incredibly poor (no joke). :(

Originally posted by Dick Dastardly
Whats the difference between paying with paypal and paying with justgiving? Excuse me for my ignorance, but I've never used paypal before!!
Just sent you plight to our plus magazine editor Martin.
It has a lot of hurdles to get through before it's agreed if it will or not go in. Also they wotn allow sponsorship requests in the story, they'll only cover the story as an after event.

However 90,000 people knowing what you've done for charity aint bad i'd say mate ;)

Cheers DB. I guess you will give me a shout if all goes well for the plus thing?

LittleWitch - Still confused over Paypal. When you pay someone via the paypal account does that money then get transferred to the recipients account upon receipt? :confused:

Yes.
PayPal works almost like a third person. So I give my money to that person, and they then give it to you. It's a very secure way of transfering money from banks account to bank account.

Ok, I will try and set up an account now. Might not be up and running until tomorrow though as computers are real slow here and no doubt it will take until morning for confirmation email to filter through.

Yay! thanks, DD. :thumbsup:

I would expect more Forum members to cough up a quid or two now, as loads will no doubt have PayPal accounts with the odd few quid languishing around in them. :D

All

I will have a Paypal account set up very shortly so if you want to sponsor me via Paypal then please give me a shout.

Thanks,

Mart.

Anyone else got any ideas where I can get some extra sponsorship? I've organised a press release for Rotherham Star, hoping to get my story in my department's magazine, sent sponsor forms out to almost everyone I know and harrassed you guys. Still need to raise £1000 on top of what I've already raised before I will finally shut up ;) well, at least until I run the London marathon next year that is!!!

COME ON PEOPLE!!!! DD's opened a PayPal account now, and I KNOW a lot of you will have those, so why don't you let him help you clear them out - FOR FREE!! And you benefit Cancer research at the same time!!

I KNOW you're not all heartless - even a quid will help. :D

And as an extra incentive - the 50th person off the Sheffield Forum to donate to DD's cause by PayPal will win a FREE gift basket off myself, courtesy of GlassWindow.co.uk. (hope you dont mind, DD, I just thought of it!!).

So COME ON!!!! DONATE!!! Do your good thing for the day, right here on the Forum, in the comfort of your own home!! :thumbsup:

I've heard a good way is to have a word with the likes of Safeway etc. and ask if you can set up a stall in their foyer on a Saturday. I'm sure you must have seen similar operations yourself on occassion.

Another thing you can do is write to all of the suppliers your workplace buys stuff from.

Nomme

Originally posted by LittleWitch
COME ON PEOPLE!!!! DD's opened a PayPal account now, and I KNOW a lot of you will have those, so why don't you let him help you clear them out - FOR FREE!! And you benefit Cancer research at the same time!!

I KNOW you're not all heartless - even a quid will help. :D

And as an extra incentive - the 50th person off the Sheffield Forum to donate to DD's cause by PayPal will win a FREE gift basket off myself, courtesy of GlassWindow.co.uk. (hope you dont mind, DD, I just thought of it!!).

So COME ON!!!! DONATE!!! Do your good thing for the day, right here on the Forum, in the comfort of your own home!! :thumbsup:

No, I don't mind at all. To be honest I really think its a great idea and if it gets the sponsorship coming in then I'm totally up for it. Thanks for your help!!!!!! :thumbsup:

Nomme - I will call a few supermarkets and see what they suggest, but I might just start with my local Tesco and see if they will be more inclined to help a local lad and customer :D

Perhaps we could all alter our sigs for the duration?

Originally posted by alchresearch
Perhaps we could all alter our sigs for the duration?

Yeah and pass the link to my site to as many people as you possibly can!!!

Can you sort out an address (not your home one obviously) where you could receive postal donations in cheque form (perhaps through work?)

Also who to make the cheque out to.. (I'd suggest Cancer Research UK as the payee but I'm unsure what they call it).

Just that the net banking thing will lose you a percentage.. cheques will lose you a lot less.

Ok, any postal donations (i.e. cheques) can be sent to

Martin Humphries
Level 1
Steel City House
West Street
Sheffield
S1 2GQ

And should be made payable to Cancer Research UK.

Coughed up some cash for you DD - good luck!!

Come on forum readers - put your money where your mouse is!!!

Originally posted by LoopyLou
Coughed up some cash for you DD - good luck!!

Come on forum readers - put your money where your mouse is!!!

Many thanks, loopy!! :thumbsup:

I want to have raised £600 by the end of the weekend so those who have not yet sponsored me please dig deep and make a donation.

Right, have a good weekend all. Leaving the office now and I expect to see the total on my site at £600 when I return on Monday ;) Please, please make a donation. You can do this either through my justgiving site, or posting a cheque to the address I stated previously or you can donate through Paypal.

Thanks,

Mart.

Cheque's in the mail :)

Thank you very much!!!!

Sending a cheque as well as giving a donation online, don't mean to be akward but money is tight, not tight enough to give to such a fine cause though. Good luck:thumbsup:

Donation placed with justgiving
good luck
personally I'd ditch the bike and buy Dabouncers Five series thats up for grabs!
It's kinder on the backside over a three hundred mile journey

Thanks very much, beastieboy. Much appreciated!!! I love the avatar by the way :thumbsup: Something kinda tells me that you like the Beastie Boys :D

Bulldog, also a big thank you for your help. Cheers!!!!

Glad you like the Avatar. I am going to change it so it says sponsor Dick Dasatrdly at the end!

Watch this space....well not this space but my Avatar.:thumbsup:

Originally posted by Beastieboy
Glad you like the Avatar. I am going to change it so it says sponsor Dick Dasatrdly at the end!

Watch this space....well not this space but my Avatar.:thumbsup:

Excellent!!! :)

Well this is it, I couldn't fit Dick Dastardly (D'oh!) on so I have put sponsor martin now!!! I'm sure most people know what it's for. It has a funky Pirate character:D

Originally posted by Beastieboy
Well this is it, I couldn't fit Dick Dastardly (D'oh!) on so I have put sponsor martin now!!! I'm sure most people know what it's for. It has a funky Pirate character:D

Thanks, thats really cool. If that doesn't motivate people into sponsoring me then god knows what will!!!!

Cheers.

:thumbsup:

There we go! Got it to say Dick Dastardly now although it is not all on one line. By the way Martin, can I drop the cheque to you at the address you have supplied? I am not far from you and can do it on my luch hour, or would you prefer it sent by post.

Originally posted by Beastieboy
There we go! Got it to say Dick Dastardly now although it is not all on one line. By the way Martin, can I drop the cheque to you at the address you have supplied? I am not far from you and can do it on my luch hour, or would you prefer it sent by post.

Feel free to pop down on your lunch hour. Let me know when you are likely to venture down and I can look out for you.

Mart.

I should be there around 11:30, I have sent a PM for you.

Ok - I will be waiting!!

So, anyone else fancy getting involved by sponsoring me. Im still a long way from my target so every penny will really help at the moment. Please, please, please - you know it makes sense!!!!!

www.justgiving.com/martfund

I have sponsored Martin and i think more of you should do the same..
Good luck Martin xx

Hi there!....

...I am also raising funds at the moment (for a volunteer placement in India...but that's a whole other story!)....have you thought of holding a raffle? I'm sure that you could get some bottles donated by an Off Licence/supermarket (try more than one to get more bottles)...and this always makes a popular raffle prize...especially if champagne or spirits. Or holding a car boot sale...I've found that people are more than willing to clean out their cupboards on your behalf!...you could advertise these on your site too....Or there's the south yorkshire fundraising advice bureau who may be able to help...

Cheers, Sarah!!

Freddy, I shall consider the valuable advice given and track down the yorkshire fundraising advice bureau for further advice. I like to take this opportunity to wish you luck in your fundraising, after all, it's not half hard work!!!!!!

It's all gone a bit quiet so I better get this thread going again. So, who hasn't sponsored me yet? I know you are all eager to dig deep and part with a few quid for this cause especially as I will be getting a right numb ass, surely that's worth a few quid alone?!

www.justgiving.com/martfund

Mart.

Yeah come on everyone who hasn't put there hand in their pockets!

Its all for a worth while cause, and once old DD reaches his target amount we won't have tp listen to him begging any more :thumbsup:

It was nice to meet you today DD, well I managed to get to the blood donation centre and give a pint away after giving you the cheque.

Come on people of the Forum!!! Look under the chair, in old coat pockets and find a few quid to donate. As said earlier on in this thread some and most of you will know a person affected by cancer, or in my case know someone who has lost someone close to them and how it affects their lives.

Cheers, Beastieboy!!!

I'm so sorry to hear that you lost someone close. I'm fortunate in the fact that it really hasn't effected my family, well, not in comparison to others that is. I lost a great uncle to lung cancer and a friend of mine was diagnosed with cancer of the bowel, but he has just come out of remission.

I'm sure others on here have also been personally effected by the big C at one point in their lives and if they have not then they have been extremely lucky as I do believe the stats are 1 in every 3 chance of developing cancer with 1 in every 4 being terminal.

Originally posted by Martin_s
Can you sort out an address (not your home one obviously) where you could receive postal donations in cheque form (perhaps through work?)

Also who to make the cheque out to.. (I'd suggest Cancer Research UK as the payee but I'm unsure what they call it).

Just that the net banking thing will lose you a percentage.. cheques will lose you a lot less.

Just to let you know that I received your cheque today (Fri 20th). Many thanks for your support!!!

Anyone else wishing to sponsor me then please visit my site or pm me to arrange another method of payment.

Thanks :thumbsup:

Originally posted by Dick Dastardly
Cheers, Beastieboy!!!

I'm so sorry to hear that you lost someone close. I'm fortunate in the fact that it really hasn't effected my family, well, not in comparison to others that is. I lost a great uncle to lung cancer and a friend of mine was diagnosed with cancer of the bowel, but he has just come out of remission.

I'm sure others on here have also been personally effected by the big C at one point in their lives and if they have not then they have been extremely lucky as I do believe the stats are 1 in every 3 chance of developing cancer with 1 in every 4 being terminal.

Oh no it wasn't me who lost someone, but one of my good friends lost their mother and an old colleague of mine the same. However, I saw the effect it had on them especially on my friend.

How are you getting on with the target now?

£571 so far, but still have stacks more to come in from family etc so I expect to have at least £1100 in a couple of weeks. Still, more is needed to reach my target and I'm gonna have a last go at publicising my event to hopefully get some more cash in the kitty!!!!

Beastie - PM me with your work address so I can send you some posters to stick up.

Anyone else wanting posters to promote my event please give me a shout.

Ta,

Mart

Hi again!

another suggestion is to ask local sports teams for signed merchandise. You can then sell/auction/raffle this off. I have done this myself, and this has proved popular (so far!)...just takes an e-mail! (I can pass names/mail addresses on to you if you'd like)

:help:....!

Whoops:blush: Sorry I forgot. if you have some ready I will pick them up about 3pm if I can and put them up in the office.

Originally posted by Freddy
Hi again!

another suggestion is to ask local sports teams for signed merchandise. You can then sell/auction/raffle this off. I have done this myself, and this has proved popular (so far!)...just takes an e-mail! (I can pass names/mail addresses on to you if you'd like)

:help:....!


Hiya

Yeah, I would be grateful if you could forward me any info. Even if I don't use it for this round of fundraising then I'll use it to raise money for when I do the London Marathon in April. PM me with any info. Thank you!!


Beastieboy

Only just got back in office after a very long weekend. If you still want some posters then I'll send you them when you get back in work.


Mart.

DD its now September, so the bike ride of epicness is getting closer!!

Are you getting excited? or scared?

I think it is amazing what you are doing, hope more people will see this and sponsor you too!!! :D

Originally posted by Kewpies
DD its now September, so the bike ride of epicness is getting closer!!

Are you getting excited? or scared?

I think it is amazing what you are doing, hope more people will see this and sponsor you too!!! :D


Mixed bag of feelings to be honest. Excited that it's going to a great adventure, but also a little nervous as I'm scared of not being able to complete the course whether it's through injury or mechanical failure of my bike.

I've managed to raise another £14 today so I'm slowly getting closer to my target and hopefully this will inspire others, the ones who have not already sponsored me, to dig deep and contribute to a worthy cause.

www.justgiving.com/martfund

I'm going to go down the path of trying to get local businesses to part with some cash and was stuck for ideas. Anyone know of any businesses apart from John Lewis and Trebor Bassett that will be willing to help out?

Dick,

Just thought you might PM Toby (BBC SHeffield) and Nicholarse (Hallam FM) and ask them if they would broadcast your appeal. You never know.

Nomme

Originally posted by Dick Dastardly
I'm going to go down the path of trying to get local businesses to part with some cash and was stuck for ideas. Anyone know of any businesses apart from John Lewis and Trebor Bassett that will be willing to help out?

Nestlé are pretty good at things like this.

Hi DD I have passed around your poster and there is a bit of interest in it so I will hopefully have some cash for you.

Cheers, sounds very promising!! I've stuck your abseil sponsor form in our tea point so I hope the tight civil servants will part with some of their pennies for your cause.

Mart.

Right all you people. Only 3 days to go before I start on my epic journey. Really looking forward to it and hope to raise some more money while I'm en route. Should be a good experience, if not a little painful. I will post an update next week and let you all know how it went.

Mart.

Good luck for tomorrow DD.

Go! Go! Go!

Nomme
:D :thumbsup: :clap:

Goooooood Luckkkkkkkkkkkkkkk DD.

I will sort a donation out asap. :)

Go for it DD:thumbsup: I am beating money out of the office workers for you:hihi:

Good luck

Hello all. Back after my long and very painful ride and only just got back the use of my legs :clap: I managed to complete the journey in just under 3 days which was longer than I planned, but given the conditions i.e. cycling into a head wind I'm quite chuffed I finished in the time I did. Anyway, I'd like to thank everyone for their support (without which I wouldn't have been able to do this event) and their donations. I shall be passing on all monies to Cancer Research UK in a few weeks once I've finished collecting so I'll be sure to mention Sheffield Forum to them :thumbsup: Also, I will do another post here and let you all how much I raised when I've sorted everything!!!

Again, a big THANK YOU!!!!!!!

Mart.

PS. I'll be back next year to raise loads more money so don't you all go running away :D :D

Originally posted by Dick Dastardly


PS. I'll be back next year to raise loads more money so don't you all go running away :D :D

WTG DD, we'll be here :thumbsup:

Well done DD:thumbsup: Bet you don't want to see a bike again for a while.

Originally posted by Beastieboy
Well done DD:thumbsup: Bet you don't want to see a bike again for a while.


You could say that :D I'm now able to walk and sit comfortably again so it shouldn't be too long before I get on the saddle again. I must be crazy!!!

Oh, I'm in the office today so if you are about then I get you the sponsorship money.

:help:

Hi there - welcome back and WELL DONE!!

I've just put a little something in the pot, so I hope that helps...

...you could try a unicycle next year :wink: !!!

Well done! Did you make a diary on the way, photos and such?

Cheers Freddy and Alch.

I haven't done a diary, but have a few pics I will post on internet in the next few weeks. Again, thanks to everyone that's supported me!!!! :thumbsup: :clap:

Better late than never, but now I've got most of the collecting out of the way I thought it would only be polite for me to thank everyone on this site that has helped and supported me with this event. I'm still finding it difficult to get people to pay up, but the total donations made so far add up to £924.51. I shall be sending a cheque for the above amount to Cancer Research UK tomorrow and in that will give Sheffield Forum a big mention. Again, thanks for the support and I hope you are all just as generous when I plan my next big event, which I hope, should be some time in 2005.

Thanks!!!!

Originally posted by Dick Dastardly
Better late than never, but now I've got most of the collecting out of the way I thought it would only be polite for me to thank everyone on this site that has helped and supported me with this event. I'm still finding it difficult to get people to pay up, but the total donations made so far add up to £924.51. I shall be sending a cheque for the above amount to Cancer Research UK tomorrow and in that will give Sheffield Forum a big mention. Again, thanks for the support and I hope you are all just as generous when I plan my next big event, which I hope, should be some time in 2005.

Thanks!!!!

Nice one!!

Well done DD!! :clap: :clap: :clap:

Nomme