# They've got 'em licked

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/1997/09/23/they039ve-got-039em-licked/
- Published: 1997-09-23T23:00:00+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

Selling used postage stamps has been a popular, if not exactly lucrative, fundraising
activity for many charities. The appeal for more stamps has now reached the Web 
in the form of Stamp For Causes.
Run by a voluntary Christian organisation, Stamp
For Causes was started in 1995 as a means of fundraising by collecting used British
and Foreign stamps. As Secretary Roger Darch points out, “these are items which 
most of us just throw away. Collecting stamps is an activity which most people can
join in with if they wish, and doesn’t involve any large outlay.”

Funds are currently being raised for Christian centres which support adults with
a learning disability in residential and day-service environments.

Having set up stamps fundraising appeals myself for two UK charities, I know the
margins are very tight. The Web offers a very cost-efficient method of publicising
the need for foreign stamps worldwide.

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