I'm hosting a Charity Auction

[worly101]

Hi,


Dear Sir or Madam,



I am writing on behalf of Action Medical Research. On 15 April 2011, I’ll be holding a charity auction at The Hilton, Cobham, UK for Action Medical Research and I’m hoping to raise a total of £3500. There will be a three-course meal followed by a live auction. I am currently looking for prizes that can be sold at the auction. All proceeds will be going straight to the charity.




We’ve chosen to support Action Medical Research because Action Medical Research is the leading UK-wide medical research charity dedicated to helping babies and children. They help to make a difference in: tackling premature birth and treating sick and vulnerable babies helping children affected by disability, disabling conditions and infections targeting rare diseases that together severely affect many forgotten children. I know that medical research can save and change children’s lives. Yet surprisingly, medical research into conditions that devastate children’s lives is poorly funded. Unlike many research charities Action Medical Research relies entirely on donations. They cannot fund new medical breakthroughs without your help.



Some of the donations that we have received already are:

A generous donation from Armour Group
A signed Manchester United shirt
2 tickets to members only enclosure at Glorious Goodwood
Ferrari Driving Thrill for One

You will be recognised for your donation, as your donation will be displayed with recognition of your sponsorship. I will also be featuring an advert in the local press thanking the donors.



To help reach my target, I’m asking businesses such as yours to donate prizes for the event. Any donation that you give could create a regular customer. If you’d like to show your support by doing this, please PM me.



Thanks in advance for your generosity.


Kind regards


James Worlidge

 

[Consistency]

I personally do not fund or support any charity that funds or conducts vivisection. Action Medical Research does conduct or fund animal experimentation.

My business would not fund such a charity either.

 

[davezzr]

http://www.action.org.uk/about_us/policy_statements

Animal research

http://www.action.org.uk/node/469

Action Medical Research respects the fact that some people are concerned about the use of animals or animal tissue in medical research. However, the use of animals has helped find new antibiotics, treatments and vaccines that have relieved suffering and saved millions of lives. The UK is widely regarded as having the strictest regulations and highest welfare conditions for animal research in the world and this ensures that animals are only used when absolutely essential.
Action Medical Research does not carry out research itself but supports research projects that take place in hospitals and universities in the UK. The vast majority of the research projects we support do not involve the use of animals or animal tissue. In fact, many of them involve working directly with patients who have been affected by a disease or disability.
We only support medical research projects that include animal use where there is no alternative and when such research is the only way of answering important questions about disease and disability so that effective treatments can be developed. As part of our rigorous scientific review process researchers have to justify why alternative methods cannot be used. Researchers who apply to us for funding for projects involving animals must hold the appropriate Home Office licences.
Action Medical Research supports the Home Office’s commitment to reduce the number of animals involved in research and replace animals in research where possible.

 

[Consistency]

There are two sides to every story and there is a lot of money being made form animal experiments that are indeed very misleading.

The truth is out there. Read Slaughter of the Innocent by Hans Ruesch, Vivisection or Science by Pietro Croce or watch the video called Hidden Crimes. There is much footage out there and the ones who have the biggest platform and the finances are not the ones that will tell you the truth.