Written on
February 8, 2010 by
El in
Love
After the devastation in Haiti last month, we saw an influx of famous faces raising their heads to help make a difference. Artists such as Cold Play and the Arctic Monkeys were seen using the power of EBay to auction items and Simon Cowell has again used his power to produce an artist packed charity version of REM’s classic Everybody Hurts. However,
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Written on
January 29, 2010 by
El in
Think
Do you believe in coincidences? Try this one for size and then let’s talk … Last Friday, I read a guest post over at The Big Red Tomato Company from Ben Lumley that gave me cause to stop and reflect on why we do what we do here at Give A Brick. The day before, Karen Ruby offered a challenge of a similar nature. The day before that, Travis Morgan and I talked about this too after I read his post.
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Whatever your favourite charity or not-for-profit organisation, there are some easy ways you can give for free. The only thing it will take is a few second of your time. Priceless
The Giving Machine We love The Giving Machine! Set it as your home page (or even better
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In line with Twitter’s weekly Charity Tuesday, Give A Brick are today proud to launch their first ever Twitter Challenge. If you’ve been here before, you’ll know that we think we’re probably the first charity to ask people to give a brick (i.e. just £1) then ask their friends to do the same. With zero budget for overheads and advertsing, we’ve been harnessing the power of the web to tell our friends (and their friends
) about our unusual approach but we need your help.
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