Saturday, 4 October 2008

Donations so far: £ 5,715.00


As we get home after Byte Night, the total for donations reached £5715. Our donations web page at http://www.justgiving.com/siliconcomrades will carry on receiving donations until 3 January 2009 so its not too late to sponsor us (or give us cash)!


















We were fortunate:
  • It didn't rain.
  • There were  hot drinks available through the night.
  • We were able to raise enough money, so far, to keep 19 young homeless people in supported lodgings for a month.
  • We found out about the great work that Action for Children does to support and speak out for the most vulnerable children and young people in the UK.  

The City sleeps

4 degrees Centigrade

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5:23am First flight into Heathrow goes over

Its staying dry but COLD

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Steve


Friday, 3 October 2008

Nic; wherever I lay my head


That's my home...

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Graham by our pitch for the night




A (lack of ) room with a view


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Sleeping with Jenny Agutter

Tonight we are sleeping with Jenny Agutter (those of a certain age will remember the Railway Children). Just us and 350 others. Across the UK tonight Action for Children hope to raise £500,000.

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The team at the start of Byte Night

We are starting the evening with a Quiz at Ernst & Young to numb our brains before the numbing cold...

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Richard in his nightcap


Thursday, 2 October 2008

One Day to go! One thousand pounds!

The fantastic news with one day to go is a £1000 donation from Sybase!
We are also getting in a steady stream of last minute donations. Keep them coming!
This takes us to:
Fundraising target: £5,000.00
Donations so far: £ 4,655.00
Total donated online: £3,460.00
Amount raised offline: £1,195.00

Gift Aid plus supplement: £552.82


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Wednesday, 1 October 2008

Storm Warning for Friday?

Steve Ranger, Editor of Silicon.com, who is joining us on Friday. has kindly featured us again: http://management.silicon.com/itdirector/0,39024673,39295169,00.htm

As for the weather on Friday Byte Night I've just been told that Subtropical Storm Laura is heading our way so we will earn our sponsorship!


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