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I'll be giving away money!!!!

I've had some engraving done on special pound coins - sixty of them. Every minute, I'll be giving a pound coin to a passerby (if there are any at 0700 in the morning!) with some engraving that should lead them to the following web address:

http://www.justgiving.com/PlinthPound/

Once there, they'll see that they are the recipient of a very special pound coin that came from the 4th plinth in Trafalgar Square! The website will ask them to give away a pound (just like me) although this time to AMREF, a fantastic African charity. It'll then ask them to pass their Plinth Pound on to someone else, either spending it, giving it in change or just giving it away - keeping it in circulation so that more people can be led to the website and perhaps give away a pound.



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  • What noisey places galleries would be if the art had to ask people to look at them.

    The art of verbal communication. Is it lost?

  • Matt, for perseverance and sheer determination, when all the elements were against you, 10/10. But you didn't exactly draw in the crowds!! Well done, proud to know you! :-)

  • What a novel way to raise money for a charity! Well done. It was a pity it rained so much!

  • What a lovely idea. When I started to read, I thught 'Oh no, not another commercial plug' - perhaps for an engraving company?! Reading on, I think it's brilliant. I'll keep looking in my change for a plinthpound, and will look on the AMREF website.

    Hope you don't get pneumonia or trenchfoot

    Sally

  • Whilst what you are doing is nice but my motto is CHARITY BEGINS AT HOME!

  • that's my idea!! well, not exactly the same. I thought, two fishing rods, one with pound note at end of line, the other with charity box, big board with words like LOVE, MONEY, etc moved around/painted during the hour

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