Go MAD Giveaway

Andy Gilbert, Group Managing Director of Go MAD Thinking, entered the Poker Face TV quiz show to demonstrate the power of the Go MAD Thinking System. From over 10,000 people he successfully made the final three. Now he has decided to make a difference and give away his £65,000 prize winnings to help 1,000 people with £65 each.

However, you cannot ask for money to help yourself or support other charity fundraising, religious or political activities. This blog is about challenging you to use your thinking skills to make a positive difference, preferably sustainable, and help others to "Pay It Forward". What difference could you make? Please post your requests and comments.

Sunday 19 October 2008

That's all for now - £65,000 given or allocated

After 18 months of giving away £65,000, over half the money has been given to others and the remaining £30,000 has been allocated to a project to help over 30,000 people make a difference in 2010 (more details about this in 2009 when it is launched).

The giveaway has been great fun for me and has helped hundreds of people to have fun, be inspired and make a difference to help others. I would like to thank everyone who has played a part in some way in this giveaway and hope you continue making a difference.

It has tested people's thinking to consider how only £65 could make a difference to someone else and challenged me to consider what the most worthy causes are to support.

If you happen to have found this blog by chance, I would encourage you to read and enjoy the hundreds of comments, requests and postings that people have made. It might just provoke your thinking - which, after all, was the purpose!

That's all for now.

Enjoy life, be solution focused and keep making a difference.

Andy G

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Hi Andy,
Just to keep you up to date this year. The honey raised £120 and thank you to all who bought some. Looks like next year is going to be difficult for beekeepers, with a poor summer and wet autumn behind us numbers will be down over winter. I’m sure you must have noticed the lack of English honey in the shops. I have decided to expand the use of the money but £85 has been donated again to LOROS this year.
This year I went to Kenya and as part the charity work/events that I and my sister participate in, we thought it would be a good idea to extend the £65 challenge. So after some research before we went and with £35 from the honey fund and £30 from ourselves we decided to donate cash, exercise books, reading books, t-shirts, pens, pencils and some sweet treats to a Kenya school/orphanage near Mombasa.
The school (the blessings school for the needs) outside Mombasa has not been registered yet as it needs to provide running water and toilets before it can qualify for state aid. The money donated will go towards the completion of the toilet facilities. The school provides education for 160 pupils with either, none, one or poor parents and ages range from four to sixteen.

Ian