Posted: 18 January 2005 at 9:42am | IP Logged

I was greatly pleased to see you had taken the time and great effort to set up a charity to help ease the health problems caused by disasters. Also the money from the sale of CDs etc.

One thought did cross my mind though, why set up a new charity when there are probably others which the money could be sent to which would also ease your administration costs, or is there something I have missed. This is not meant as a critism, just a passing thought.

I do like the idea of After The Fire - water!

Noel

Posted: 18 January 2005 at 4:15pm | IP Logged

Yes, you make a very valid point and to date we have not actually set up a charity (the 48 page initial form is daunting itself!). We do have a reserved bank account into which we will place funds as and when they arrive.

Currently we will be working with existing charities as you suggest. The downside of AidTF not being a charity itself is we cannot ask for Gift Aid on donations.

John is our resident expert and has been getting some info together to publish on our www.aidtf.org website....! (Better let him know....!)

Thanks for all the interest.

Peter B