I am looking into the possiblity of running a charity speed dating event in December, or maybe in the New Year, and am basically trying to find out how much interest there would be and how much money I could raise. Please answer the poll.

Any constructive suggestions are welcome as it'll be my first time

Bumped for a good cause :)

I really need some suggestions/comments/advice as well as the votes if I am going to make this a success (or at least see whether its worth doing).

Thanks

Could be good...what venue did you have in mind?

Its not confirmed yet but the one I have in mind is central, has close transport links and I beleive you've been there ;)

Will confirm the venue when I'm sure there's enough interest, we need min. 10 of each sex

I sooo thought you meant Charity Speed Dating in a completely different way to this :help:

got many people lined up yet?

No limpet boy, speed dating for a good cause ;)

Jooles, the only responses have been on here. I'll start a proper list once I'm ure there's enough interest to book the venue. Can I pre-book you a place?

sign me up.:thumbsup:

Ok, excellent! you have any preferences - prices, location, extras?

Ordinarily I wouldn't touch speed dating with a 10 foot bargepole but seeing as it's for charity I could be persuaded to make an exception just this once :)

Thats great, though hopefully you'll enjoy it too :)

As with my last post have you got any preferences?

my preferences would include members of the opposite sex! haha!
fit young ones at that!
well ok somewhere between the ages of 25 and 40. I'm not fussy.:clap:

LOL, think opposit sex comes as standard. No guaruntees on the calibre yet.

I was thinking more along the lines of location, dates/days etc I haven't actually confirmed the charity yet, though do have one in mind

Right... things are starting to take shape... I am in serious talks with a pub but it looks like it'll be a work night and is probably going to be January now. I'll have a proper date as soon as I can, so please speak now with preferences.

Also, I have the fundraiser pack from Cancer Research here. As soon as I have some further details I'll be sending it off to them.

So, some requests:

- attendees/potential attendees please PM me your details
- Is anyone willing to volunteer to help out on the night?
- Can anyone put posters up when I have them? or any thoughts on where to put them?

Hi geckoqueen, i might sound a bit thick, but what is speed dating!!? not heard of it before.:confused:

Its basically an event for singles where there's the same number of men and women (in this case between 10 and 15) and they take part in short 3 minutes dates.

It means that you can learn about a person and decide if you like them, but if you don't click then you don't have to sit being polite for an hour or so.

At the end of the 10-15 dates you decide which ones you want to meet again and if they want to meet you we will exhcange your number/email and you can take it from there.

sounds like fun:) like the idea that the date only lasts for 10 minutes !!:) means you can get out of it quickly if you want to:thumbsup: !!

sallie its 3 minutes a date, and don't forget the other bonus; 10 - 15 dates in one night!

cool, 3 minutes, even better!!but do you reckon its possible to work out if you like someone in 3 minutes!!?.

They reckon in job interviews the first 10 seconds are most important as this is when impressions are formed so yeah you probably can.

You can probably answer a lot of important in 3 minutes, the thing is to know whats important to you, e.g. politics, music, hobbies before you go but not to use the time as an interrogation.

Its quite popular, in fact I came up with the idea because my friends and I couldn't find a decent speed dating event when I was single.

hi geckoqueen. I think I may be willing to help out at this event instead of actually taking part.
If you would like to discuss, please pm me

Thank you, I have PM'ed you :D

Right update:
Provisional details:

Sunday 18th December
Westways
£10 ticket - prebooked only

I'll confirm this as a new post in the events forum as soon as its finalised but if anyone wants tickets PM me now and you'll get first dibs.

Aprox 20 places per sex

argh!
always weekends!
can't do weekends myself due to work commitments.
but,
goodluck! hope it all goes well:thumbsup:

Sorry Hotdogbird, I was looking at the logistics and this way we can have the whole pub which means more space and we don't have to worry about watching the stairs all night

Hopefully you can stil help with posters and advertising?

im up for a laugh, count me in!!

fantastic, PM me your email and i'll let you know once I am taking bookings.

Its on.... 18th december at Westways - 6.30 for people with reservations, 7 for everybody else


I'll contact everyone who's already asked shortly, meanwhile anybody who wants to take part (only £10 and all goes to cancer research) or volunteer - please PM me

I am all excited!

http://www.sheffieldforum.co.uk/showthread.php?s=&threadid=76923

Its set!!!

Shameless charity bump