# Give free fivers to charity, say Liverpool shoppers

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2008/12/24/give-free-fivers-charity-say-liverpool-shoppers/
- Published: 2008-12-24T08:30:18+00:00
- Author: Howard Lake

**Liverpool care company Alphacare Northwest has discovered that you can’t always
give money away.**

In its first “Random Acts of Care Day”, dozens of life-sized Alphacare bears handed
out cash to passers-by in Liverpool One. However they found that many people refused
to accept the fivers on offer, asking for the money to be donated to charity instead.

Managing Director Tony Williams said: “We had thousands of pounds worth of five 
pound notes to give to shoppers as part of our own random act of care and to reward
anyone who was kind to a stranger. But many people refused to accept anything, asking
for the money to be donated to charity instead”.

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As a result, Alphacare Northwest will be donating £900 to Everton in the Community.

The Random Acts of Care Day on 18 December, received backing from celebrities including
TV entertainer Les Dennis, Everton player Marouane Fellaini and Hollyoaks actors
Carly Stenson and John Pickard.

[Alphacare Northwest](http://www.alphacarenw.co.uk) said that they planned to make
it an annual event.

## More fundraising with fivers

 * **[#FirstFiver campaign may have raised £12.5m says CAF research](https://fundraising.co.uk/2016/11/14/firstfiver-campaign-may-raised-12-5m-says-caf-research/)(
   14 November 2016)**
 * **[Harry Kane fivers estaimted at £50,000 are on the loose](https://fundraising.co.uk/2018/08/03/harry-kane-fivers-estimated-50000-loose/)(
   3 August 2018)**
 * **[Change the World for a Fiver](https://fundraising.co.uk/books/change-the-world-for-a-fiver-we-are-what-we-do/)**

## Comments

### By: KeithGrinsted

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2008/12/24/give-free-fivers-charity-say-liverpool-shoppers/#comment-3458
- Published: 2009-01-01T12:15:52+00:00

Having in the past been involved in several schemes where something has been made
available for free it has always proven difficult to gain any ‘buy-in’ from the 
target audience.

Through Business Link I was once offering £1,000 free training to Senior Managers–
but none of them had the time to take it up, and yes, one of the courses was time
management!!

Happy New Year!!!

Keith Grinsted
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