One part of being on a project like this one is the fundraising to cover the cost of equipment (estimated at £1,500 for the Re-Wired team that I am on with 2 others) or materials (there is a building team of 9 going out at the same time). People on the building team walked until there were blisters on their blisters (well done Emo!) or threw themselves out of an airplane (Natalie is braver than me!), and Martyn (leading the Re-Wired team) did the three peaks challenge (I admire his endurance!), but I couldn't see myself doing any of those. So my challenge is to find a way to to add to the funding, over and above personal costs (we each pay for our own flights and living expenses etc).
Decluttering is great! I ruthlessly went through the clutter in the roofspace (did I really think I'd use that circular saw or angle grinder again?!) and bookshelves and put some things onto Amazon (I can't get my head around Ebay). Friends were also very generous after I offered to take away the results of their own decluttering, and so I went to a few bootsales (it's amazing how much you can get into a little car although I still had to pay as much for a pitch as people with huge cars). The first couple of sales raised about £40 profit each, but after those it was so clear how the economic climate is hitting us all - people were there to browse but not to buy anything that they don't really need. I decided to find a different way of fundraising when I made £3 profit for 4 hours sitting around (but having had a really great natter with Jemma who kept me company).
So a rethink was needed.
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