Street fundraising
While listening to the radio this morning, I heard that some councils are planning to place restrictions on fundraisers. I’m very much in favour of this, so I write to my local councillor to voice my...
View ArticleDon’t cover it up
This is a great PSA by Lauren Luke. YouTube link is here if you’re having problems with the embedded code.
View ArticleChange the world, in five minutes…
Reading this on Facebook? Why not click the like and share buttons, and share it onto your own wall to get even more people involved. Anyway, I’ve previously written quite a bit on Facebook and Twitter...
View ArticleHAG food drive guide
In April last year, the Humanist Action group launched our first set of guides. These were the feed the homeless guide and the organiser’s guide, allowing you to start a Humanist Action Group in your...
View ArticleHelp homeless people, by going to the pub
As you may be aware, the Humanist Action Group is currently staging its 2012 Holiday Food Drive for local homeless shelters in Leeds. Next week, Leeds Skeptics hosts a talk entitled “Do we get the...
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Holiday Food Drive 2012
A massive thank you to everyone who contributed to the Humanist Action Group‘s 2012 Holiday Food Drive for local homeless shelters! Last Sunday saw the (almost) final day of what has been six nearly...
View ArticleWhite Rose Speakers
Having finished chairing the Leeds Skeptics meeting, I sped up to North Leeds on Wednesday to join the end of White Rose Speakers’ final meeting before Christmas, which, for a holiday celebration, was...
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Updated food drive guide
Earlier this month, the Humanist Action Group completed our third annual Holiday Food Drive for local homeless shelters. This year was bigger than ever, raising, including in-kind giving, almost...
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Sock Snowmen
Recently, some of the great people got together at Sky Bet and auctioned off their hand made Christmas decorations – Princess Leia and Darth Vader sock snowmen – to raise money for the Humanist Action...
View ArticleA thousand dollars
Last month, I length my thousandth dollar on Kiva. This means I’ve now lent $1,000 to third world entrepreneurs who are working their way out of poverty. But the real genius of Kiva is that although...
View ArticleAnnouncing the 2014 Holiday Food Drive
We’re pleased to announce the launch of the Humanist Action Group 2014 Holiday Food Drive for local homeless shelters in Leeds. Last year we managed to collect over £3,000 worth of donations and this...
View ArticleEveryone Involved
How do we get people more engaged with community groups? It is something that I imagine most groups are concerned about. Most of the people on their mailing list probably never turn up to any of their...
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Holiday Food Drive 2015
A huge thank you to everyone who helped out with this year’s Humanist Action Group 2015 Holiday Food Drive for local homeless shelters in Leeds. In particular well done to Sarann who took the lead this...
View ArticleAre we doing charity wrong?
At TED2013, Dan Pallotta made the case that we think about charities the wrong way. We judge them by what percentage of our donation goes to the ‘end cause’, and not on results. This prevents them...
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5 reasons your community group should NOT use Facebook ads
You’re on the committee for a community group and you have a big event coming up. Someone suggests you should do some advertising as it would be a great chance to get some new people in. Someone else...
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Holiday Food Drive 2017
In 2010, we set out on a mission to extend the direct action on-the-street work we were doing by organising a food drive for local homeless shelters. Seven years later and we’re celebrating our 8th...
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7in7 Challenge
Starting tomorrow, I am attempting to complete 7 self-supported standard distance triathlons in 7 days. It is in support of Unseen, the anti-slavery and human trafficking charity (registered charity...
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7in7 Challenge: Day 1
Day one in the bank. The pool was busy this morning and it felt like hard work, possibly because I was thinking there was still all of it to do! Luckily, the sun was shining for the rest of the day...
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7in7 Challenge: Day 2
Day two complete. My swim stroke is feeling much stronger today. I swam an extra 50 minutes as by the time I checked my watch to see how many lengths remained, I was already past my target. The 1,500...
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