leylandsroad Posted December 28, 2020 Report Share Posted December 28, 2020 In August 2020 we lost our son Ben to cancer, he was just 18 years old. We have registered a charity in his name to support Teenagers and Young Adults who have cancer. In four months we have raised over £110,000 and purchased a lodge in the Cotswolds. We are now saving to purchase another to support bereaved parents and their families. Ben was a season ticket holder since he was 6 years old and he also played for Bath City and Oldland under 18s. Several of the city players were very kind to Ben including Ashley Williams, Max and Callum all three of whom spoke to him regularly and donated shirts. The club has now donated a signed shirt and signed official match ball which we are raffling off this Friday at £5 per ticket. We've sold 110 tickets to date if we sell 150 then we will raffle both on Friday live on Facebook and Instagram. For details of how to buy a ticket or two please visit Ben Saunders Foundation Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davefevs Posted December 28, 2020 Report Share Posted December 28, 2020 Done, no raffle tickets wanted though, just done a donation instead Hats off to you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
City_USA Posted December 28, 2020 Report Share Posted December 28, 2020 Done. Hope you reach your fundraising goals....and then some Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leylandsroad Posted December 28, 2020 Author Report Share Posted December 28, 2020 thank you, please remember to put your names, it's a beautiful prize. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBibs Posted December 28, 2020 Report Share Posted December 28, 2020 Done. Fantastic effort with the fundraising. Reading his story you had a son to be very proud of Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weepywall Posted December 28, 2020 Report Share Posted December 28, 2020 Done...tragic story, good luck with your fundraising..some great photos of your lad, you should be very proud. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Leigh of Somerset Posted December 29, 2020 Report Share Posted December 29, 2020 Help! When I click on the 'buy a ticket' bit, I'm taken to what looks like a standard 'Just Giving' page and I can't see where to then click to buy tickets for this specific draw (and I'd like to be part of the Bristol City/OTIB contribution). Would be grateful for a steer. Thanks in advance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bristolcitysweden Posted December 29, 2020 Report Share Posted December 29, 2020 Done. No raffle ticket wanted. Happy to do something meaningful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cidercity Posted December 29, 2020 Report Share Posted December 29, 2020 Done.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coelho Posted December 29, 2020 Report Share Posted December 29, 2020 48 minutes ago, Sir Leigh of Somerset said: Help! When I click on the 'buy a ticket' bit, I'm taken to what looks like a standard 'Just Giving' page and I can't see where to then click to buy tickets for this specific draw (and I'd like to be part of the Bristol City/OTIB contribution). Would be grateful for a steer. Thanks in advance. same! also with the gift aid, it asks if my donation is not part of a raffle etc. what should I select? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin phantom Posted December 29, 2020 Admin Report Share Posted December 29, 2020 2 hours ago, Sir Leigh of Somerset said: Help! When I click on the 'buy a ticket' bit, I'm taken to what looks like a standard 'Just Giving' page and I can't see where to then click to buy tickets for this specific draw (and I'd like to be part of the Bristol City/OTIB contribution). Would be grateful for a steer. Thanks in advance. 1 hour ago, Coelho said: same! also with the gift aid, it asks if my donation is not part of a raffle etc. what should I select? Probably best for @leylandsroad to answer I ballsed up even getting my name to appear Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davefevs Posted December 29, 2020 Report Share Posted December 29, 2020 1 hour ago, Coelho said: same! also with the gift aid, it asks if my donation is not part of a raffle etc. what should I select? Legitimately you cannot claim gift aid for this, because you are being entered into a raffle. Whether you choose to or not is your choice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leylandsroad Posted December 29, 2020 Author Report Share Posted December 29, 2020 Hi All, we are a registered charity 1192178. On the just giving page please make sure you put your name and maybe just a message such as city shirt or CTID. I am organizing it and have been doing raffles since we lost Ben in August. For Example We raised £920 for Callum O'Dowdas ROI sh whilst Andy Robertson from Liverpool raised £2,400. Callum and Max have both tweeten about this last night. We've sold about 140 ticket for this raffle now, the draw will be live Friday at 7 on bensaundersfoundation facebook and instagram and as sales have gone well we will be giving two prizes Signed shirt and ball. The ball is RRP £125 and is a cracker. All the players have signed both. If you've forgotten to add your name email me at bensaundersfoundation@hotmail.com and I will add your name. Thank you. 5 hours ago, Davefevs said: Legitimately you cannot claim gift aid for this, because you are being entered into a raffle. Whether you choose to or not is your choice. correct Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leylandsroad Posted December 29, 2020 Author Report Share Posted December 29, 2020 5 hours ago, phantom said: Probably best for @leylandsroad to answer I ballsed up even getting my name to appear Email me bensaundersfoundation@hotmail.com with your name and how many tickets you brought. Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leylandsroad Posted December 29, 2020 Author Report Share Posted December 29, 2020 7 hours ago, Coelho said: same! also with the gift aid, it asks if my donation is not part of a raffle etc. what should I select? please ensure you put your name and a message saying City or similar. £5 per entry. IE £15 is 3 entries etc. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leylandsroad Posted December 29, 2020 Author Report Share Posted December 29, 2020 7 hours ago, bristolcitysweden said: Done. No raffle ticket wanted. Happy to do something meaningful. thank you 7 hours ago, cidercity said: Done.. thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leylandsroad Posted December 29, 2020 Author Report Share Posted December 29, 2020 8 hours ago, Sir Leigh of Somerset said: Help! When I click on the 'buy a ticket' bit, I'm taken to what looks like a standard 'Just Giving' page and I can't see where to then click to buy tickets for this specific draw (and I'd like to be part of the Bristol City/OTIB contribution). Would be grateful for a steer. Thanks in advance. I hope I had cleared this up. We are a registered charity and it is a just giving page. £5 per entry. Draw / Raffle is live on Friday at 7pm. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin phantom Posted December 29, 2020 Admin Report Share Posted December 29, 2020 41 minutes ago, leylandsroad said: Email me bensaundersfoundation@hotmail.com with your name and how many tickets you brought. Thank you. May sound daft I've a signed City ball already, I am more than happy just to make a donation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leylandsroad Posted December 29, 2020 Author Report Share Posted December 29, 2020 20 hours ago, weepywall said: Done...tragic story, good luck with your fundraising..some great photos of your lad, you should be very proud. thank you, he was beautiful inside and out. I have hundreds of selfies of him with the opposition players as we sat next to the away dug out. Life is shit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leylandsroad Posted December 29, 2020 Author Report Share Posted December 29, 2020 10 minutes ago, phantom said: May sound daft I've a signed City ball already, I am more than happy just to make a donation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weepywall Posted December 30, 2020 Report Share Posted December 30, 2020 Just thought I would bring this back up, £5 a ticket, more or less the price of a pint that none of us can buy tomorrow, very worthy cause. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leylandsroad Posted December 30, 2020 Author Report Share Posted December 30, 2020 Thank you for the update. The purpose of the Ben Saunders Foundation is to give holidays and short term breaks to Teenagers and Young Adults with cancer as they go through their treatments. We had received support from many professional clubs such as Liverpool, Man U, Everton, Chelsea, Leicester, Bristol Rovers, Arsenal, Peterboro, Reading, Republic of Ireland, England, Southampton, Marcus Rashford, Mason Mount, Tyrone Mings, Max O'Leary, Callum O, Bryan Robson, Kevin Keegan and many others. In 4 months we have raised over £110,000 and it is all in my sons' memory. Ben loved football and one of his best friends Harvey WR has recently signed pro, they played together from aged 7 until Ben got ill just after his 17th birthday. To date we have sold 160 tickets for the City shirt and Ball, this has raised £800 to date. We have over 85 registered to run the Bath marathon in September, please look at www.bensaundersfoundation.org for more details. Please support us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leylandsroad Posted January 1, 2021 Author Report Share Posted January 1, 2021 The draw for the shirt and the ball will take place this evening at 7pm. The link to purchase an entry is on here www.bensaundersfoundation.org Thank you all for your support so far. 100% goes towards supporting Teenagers and Young Adult with cancer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wealwayseatcheese Posted January 1, 2021 Report Share Posted January 1, 2021 Done, 2 x raffle tickets purchased. Have I balls up by putting the above in message box? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red7 Posted January 1, 2021 Report Share Posted January 1, 2021 Heartbreaking story. Such a worthy cause. Still time to enter the raffle and always time to donate. Keep up the wonderful work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leylandsroad Posted January 1, 2021 Author Report Share Posted January 1, 2021 1 hour ago, Wealwayseatcheese said: Done, 2 x raffle tickets purchased. Have I balls up by putting the above in message box? please can you all make sure your names appear, if not message me your names. Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Skin Posted January 1, 2021 Report Share Posted January 1, 2021 Sorry for you loss. Heart breaking Thank you for sharing your photos of Ben. Just did the donation so added gift aid. Hope you can help others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leylandsroad Posted January 1, 2021 Author Report Share Posted January 1, 2021 4 hours ago, Wealwayseatcheese said: Done, 2 x raffle tickets purchased. Have I balls up by putting the above in message box? Please message me if you haven't put your name down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wealwayseatcheese Posted January 1, 2021 Report Share Posted January 1, 2021 25 minutes ago, leylandsroad said: Please message me if you haven't put your name down. I put my name on the donation and included email address Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leylandsroad Posted January 1, 2021 Author Report Share Posted January 1, 2021 197 sold, raffle is in 55 minutes live on bensaundersfoundation facebook and instagram. Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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