Poster: A snowHead
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DSUK is looking to make a million friends!
DSUK want to make a million friends, and would love it if Team Snowheads could help us. If each our new friends donated just £1 we would make £1,000,000! Imagine the impact that could have on our work.
Statistics show us that 170,000 non-disabled people ski once a month but less than 1,000 disabled people take part. If disabled people could ski at the same rate as their non-disabled peers there would be 25,000 disabled skiers on the slopes each month.
Furthermore, a million non-disabled people ski overseas each year. If disabled people were keeping up with their non-disabled peers, their number would be about 150,000. In reality it is just a few thousand.
With our friends’ help we could provide so much more access to disabled snowsports:
- We could train more adaptive ski instructors
- We could train more volunteer helpers
- We could increase the number of our overseas trips
- We could expand our adaptive ski schools around the UK
- We could provide a strong pathway for future paralympians, provide more support to the British Disabled Ski Team to win medals at Sochi and beyond, the list goes on!
We need your help! Please become one of our friends and please help us help to spread the word.
We have set up a dedicated justgiving campaign page to people to easily donate online
http://www.justgiving.com/dsukfriends
You can also easily donate by text!
Text 70070 - code DSUK60 and the amount you wish to donate
Please note a minimum of £2 donation is required if donationg online, however £1 can be donated via text and will still show on the just giving site.
We would love your help in spreading the word, and increasing access to the sport we all love so much.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH
Last edited by Poster: A snowHead on Mon 28-05-12 10:05; edited 1 time in total
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Charlie DSUK, I can see no objection to the donation link being active - and have made it so. Good luck.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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What, even more skiers on the slopes
Only joking, sounds like a great cause!!
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achilles, clarky999,
Thank you so much to both of you for your support
We're really excited about the campaign, and can't wait to give even more people, whether they be skier/volunteer/instructor etc., access to adaptive snowsports!!
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Hi Charlie DSUK,
Do you want us to pop this onto our blog for you? Not as popular as snowheads but still gets plenty of traffic. . . . .
If so drop me an e-mail to heather(at)ice-fire(dot)co(dot)uk with the text and link you want to use and I'll put it up for you.
Good luck !!!
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That would be fantastic, thank you!!
Will get an email to you now
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Thanks for the mail - it's on our blog for you now Charlie DSUK,
Good luck with your campaign - it's a great cause to be supporting . . .
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So would a text, for example read: DSUK60 1 to give £1?
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You'll get to see more forums and be part of the best ski club on the net.
You'll get to see more forums and be part of the best ski club on the net.
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yep thats right andersont, super easy
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Charlie DSUK, holly DSUK, I'm not sure if it's just me, but this thread title sounds a lot like spam and I only clicked through because it had been hanging around for a while and I was curious. It might be a good idea to make it a little more obvious that this thread is about supporting disability skiing. You seem to have approval, so why not?
That said, you have another donation. Good luck.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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little ms spock,
Thank you for your support!
That's a great idea about renaming the thread will get on that now....
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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Hi Charlie DSUK,
On a slight tangent, i emailed DSUK quite some time ago offering some kit but received no response. Do you take donations (skis etc)? If so who should one contact?
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offpisteskiing,
We absolutely do accept donations, as we are then able to use them at our ski schools or activity trips.
Our biggest issue, however, is collection of the equipment as we are often unable to travel outside of our catchment area to receive it.
We have ski schools at the following locations, all of which would be able to receive a donation:
- Manchester: ChillFactore, rachel@disabilitysnowsport.org.uk
- Castleford: SNO!zone, rachel@
- Tamworth: Snow Dome, holly@
- Milton Keynes: SNO!zone, charlie@
- Hemel Hempstead: Snow Centre nicholas@
- Braehead: Snow Factor keira@
Please do contact the team member at your closest centre to discuss your donation.
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You know it makes sense.
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So glad you changed the name...I've been ignoring this because I thought it was about shares in Faceache!!
Good luck reaching the million!
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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Charlie DSUK, cool - will try and hook that up next time i am back in the uk..
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Poster: A snowHead
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Most of us on here are so lucky. A few beers per week skied is a perspective way of looking at it . Great people.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Good luck with reaching the million, hope my few pennies helps
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Neville, Farley Goode, homphomp, achilles, clarky999, Snow and Sunshine, little ms spock, andersont,
Thank you all so much for your support.
It's so fantastic to have Team Snowheads on-side
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Charlie DSUK, Done I will push for you via our Facebook and Twitter accounts as well
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Done, good luck with this.
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livetoski, geepee,
Thank you and thank you.
SUPERSTARS!!!
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livetoski, geepee,
Thank you and thank you.
SUPERSTARS!!!
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