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Just a quick reminder the deadline for any gift grant proposals you may have need to be in by the tenth of September. Get them in and make that dream real.

Last year, Gift Grants doled out a whopping £2000 worth of special funding to Gifties planning projects of all shapes and sizes. We helped one person climb Kilimanjaro for charity. We helped two others get the teaching qualifications they’d always dreamed of. We helped two more buy instruments for burgeoning musical careers. And we helped another dance his youth group all the way to the final rounds of Britain’s Got Talent.

Stand up and be counted Anna Bulman, fundraising last month on behalf of the NSPCC in Rhyl, North Wales, for this month's feedback is all about you.

When it comes to senior staff, the regions have been under-manned somewhat of late. They were, you might say, two FRMs short of a manager's meeting, or something like that.

Gift recruited 30 new fundraisers through the new talent spotting scheme last week

If you didn't already know, Gift Grants is our way of helping Gifties grow. It's our special bursary scheme for you longer-tenured fundraisers and team leaders who'd like to kick-start your dreams with a timely injection of cash. Whether the plan is to start a five-a-side team for kids, build a well in India or learn Urdu at night school, Gift Grants might just be the ticket to getting your goals achieved.