Support Stuff4Sam in Second Life

For a two and a half years myself and some friends have been fundraising for a 3 year old friend called Sam who was severely disabled after a car crash. So far, with the £21,o000 raised, we’ve been able to buy him a specially adapted wheelchair so he can get out and about, an [...]

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Second Life – how is it for you?

I’ve been hanging out in the virtual world Second Life a lot recently wrapping my head around all the amazing things you can do there. Something that’s really struck me however is how this could be a real opportunity for people who are restricted in some way in their day to day lives.
Working as a [...]

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good riddance to the blinking office swear box, hello 8k!

The magic number of 8k has been hit, tipped over the balance by 80 quid from the office swear box! So it’s goodbye to swearing on tick, 4 for a pound and a string of expletives for your lunch money. What a relief (it’s not all good though as the swear box has been a [...]

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a strip for a pound or 6 for a fiver, sir

285 strips later (I know it’s been a busy week, especially in this weather, but it’s all part of the training), £500 has been raised from the raffle and £500 from the unwanted Christmas present sale. This has tipped the balance of money raised to a whopping total of £6,817!
Right, that’s it, I’m off to [...]

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we’re getting there

A million thanks to everybody who’s sponsored me dog sledding. Thanks to the contributions from people both online and offline plus a crack team of fundraisers the target has been overshot by 2k. So I’ve upped it to 6k. Cheeky I know but worth it.
I had an email today confirming that an order has been [...]

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