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Charity Mate

by | Sat 3 Mar 2007

Yes! We hit the £1000 mark for the [Big Red Recording](https://www.recreantview.org/blog/?page_id=96)!! Thanks to everyone who has donated so far. Now, lets see if we can hit *£2000* – there are still 26 days until the recording begins, so plenty of time to [DONATE](https://www.myrednoseday.com/thebigredrecording)!

In other charity news, Paul Cooper has put a [jacket of mine on Ebay for charity](https://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=110098492284). Nutter. I actually left this jacket by mistake at OpenAdvantage when I left to join Canonical. Its a really nice jacket too. Anyway, all proceeds again go to [Comic Relief](https://www.comicrelief.com/), so get bidding.

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