All help is very much appreciated... :)

OK, now I've picked up the tickets, had my first round of jabs (OUCH!) and accumulated even more random bits of equipment like a mosquito net and a pack of Wet Ones. Only problem now is my lack of cash, which is where my wonderful and beautiful friends and family come in!

Instead of risking my spine and the spines of others by doing a bungee jump (not to mention the cleanliness of several pairs of trousers I am sure!), given that people would rather pay me to NOT jump, and also given the fact that abseiling would cost £1000 just to set up, and that this term no-one has much time to go to garden parties or video-a-thons because of exams and such, I am now running with the Smartie tube idea. Basically, everyone who offers to help gets a Smartie tube to fill with £1 and 20p coins, and once it is full they return the cash to me in one form or another, and are entered into a raffle for ALL the Smarties I collect, which after even just a few empty tubes is a lot. The label for the outside of the tubes is here in Word format.

I figure that this is quite an "interesting" way to raise money, but as in most conventional fundraising ideas there is still a chance that donators will win something back, and there is always the 20p tube filling option for my fellow poor students!

So if anyone wants to help me out with this, you can leave me a comment at the bottom of this post and I'll email you for your contact details and send you a tube (or more if you think others would be interested in helping out!). I'm hoping (in my wildest dreams) to raise £2000, though like Jon said to me, anything at all is better than a kick in the head (nice imagery!).

Thanks everyone! x