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National Quiz Championship

Do you like attending quiz evenings and pitting your general knowledge against other teams?

If so, we got just the thing for you. The 2010 National Quiz Championship includes eight rounds ranging from the natural world to sport, literature and current affairs. There is also a picture quiz and the chance to double your points by playing your joker!

Teams can comprise of four to eight people, but we welcome individual entries too.

Each quiz will have a winning team and the highest scoring team across all the different nights will be crowned our Hearing Dogs 2010 National Quiz Champions.

Click here to find quizzes in your local area.

Would you be willing to organise a quiz to raise money for our cause?

We are asking groups up and down the country to hold a quiz night to benefit our Charity during the months of March, April and May. All you’ll need to do is find a suitable venue, find people to attend, organise the interval food and organise a good raffle. We will provide you with a quiz night pack containing everything you need to run your quiz.

To find out more or to receive your quiz night organisers pack please email andrew.reid@hearingdogs.org.uk

Walkathon at DFS Crufts

Have you ever wondered how far you walk during your visit to Crufts? Well here’s your chance to find out – and support Hearing Dogs!

Join the Hearing Dogs Walkathon at DFS Crufts from 11 - 14 March 2010 to see how many steps you take and miles you cover. We can even tell you how many calories you’ve burnt – what better excuse to indulge in a relaxing coffee and pastry at the end of your day.

Head straight for the Hearing Dogs stand no. 52 in Hall 2, when you arrive at Crufts, sign up for your pedometer for a minimum donation of just £10 (RRP £25), and then return before you leave to log your distance. You keep your pedometer to challenge yourself to the recommended 10,000 steps a day – keeping fit to keep up with your dog!

With your entry you also get the chance to predict the distance that will be covered by all participants across the 4-days of Crufts, for the opportunity to win a special prize!

To find out more about DFS Crufts and to pre-book reduced price tickets please go to http://www.crufts.org.uk/ticket-office

For more information about the Hearing Dogs Walkathon please contact Ruth on 01844 348136 or ruth.dunkin@hearingdogs.org.uk

Follow us online

You can follow Hearing Dogs through a number of social networking websites including Facebook and Twitter. We also have a Flickr group where you can upload your photographs of hearing dogs and hearing dog events. Click the images below to visit our profiles.

Vote for Hearing Dogs at MoneySavingExpert.com

Thanks to all our supporters who have visited the website moneysavingexpert.com, Hearing Dogs for Deaf People have now been shortlisted as a Charity of the Year. To vote for Hearing Dogs, you must be registered on MoneySavingExpert.com. Click here to register for free and vote for Hearing Dogs.

Weather Lottery

Please help us raise much-needed funds for Hearing Dogs for Deaf People by participating in the Weather Lottery. Every line that is entered enables us to train more dogs for deaf people. So please help us by filling in your entry today. Your support is much appreciated.

How does it work?
Hearing Dogs for Deaf People now participates in four different draws of the Weather Lottery: Sunshine, Lightning, Rainbow and Cyclone! Simply choose the draw you wish to participate in, and follow the clear instructions on the Weather Lottery website.

Costs and prizes vary per lottery and full information, terms and conditions can be found HERE for each of the draws. Payment can be made online by card, or by standing order, cheque or postal order. Cheques are made payable to Prize Provision Services Ltd.

All the money is kept securely in a stakeholder fund, and more than a third comes directly back to Hearing Dogs for Deaf People.

Archived News

Support Hearing Dogs by selling on eBay!

MissionFish and eBay have teamed up to bring you eBay for Charity, a fundraising programme that offers an easy way for people to support their favourite charity, by buying and selling on eBay.

MissionFish verifies charities, collects and distributes donations, and provides online tracking and other support for charities and donors.

Click here to access our own home page created by MissionFish in conjunction with eBay.

How it works (sellers)

• register with eBay (it’s free and easy)
• register with MissionFish (free and easy)
• select a percentage or the full selling price to donate to Hearing Dogs hearing dog scampi
• list your item/s on eBay
• at end of auction, seller sends proceeds to MissionFish
• MissionFish distributes money to charity

To buy on eBay, just register and bid away at any objects you desire.

Online shopping helps Hearing Dogs...

...with Charity Checkout

We’ve teamed up with Charity Checkout to give you the chance to shop at well-known stores like HMV, Asda, John Lewis and Next and still support Hearing Dogs. The stores have agreed to give a percentage of every sale that comes through the Charity Checkout website to the purchaser’s chosen
charity.

But don't worry! Items are exactly the same price as if you were buying
directly from the stores.

Here’s what to do:
1) Go to www.charitycheckout.com
2) Sign up for free and choose Hearing Dogs as your beneficiary charity.
3) Shop as normal and a percentage of the fee for everything you buy will come to us!

...or with Easy Fundraising

Easy Fundraising provide a FREE service where you can shop with your favourite online stores and at no extra cost raise funds for any charity, good cause or group you choose to support. You still shop directly with each retailer as you would normally, but simply by using the links from our site first each retailer will make a cashback donation to the cause you wish to support.

For example, spend £25 with WH Smith and 3.5% will be donated. You will have raised £0.88, at no extra cost to your purchase. Make any purchase from Woolworths and 2.5% will be donated. Insure your car with The AA and raise £30, or purchase a mobile phone from Vodafone and earn £29, and so on.

It’s completely FREE to register at www.easyfundraising.org.uk