*** Forum fundraiser 2025 [£408.06 / £500.00 raised] ***

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*** Forum fundraiser 2025 [£408.06 / £500.00 raised] ***

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As regular visitors will know, these forums are run on a voluntary basis, funded partially by advertising, but mostly by your very generous donations. While donations are accepted all year, I like to post this topic once a year to try to get enough donations to run the site for the upcoming year.

The forums continue to see a lot of traffic, with expenses remaining consistent with last year, so we are aiming for £500 of donations again (around US $610, or €595), to help cover as much of the expense of running the forums as possible. Your generosity is hugely appreciated - without your help, the forums may not exist today. If you could spare even just a few pounds, dollars, euros, or whatever currency you use, to help the forums, it will be a great help.

Instead of a single large donation, you may wish to consider sending a regular monthly donation, if this is something you can afford. Hosting for the forums is paid monthly, so this can help to spread things around a bit. If you'd be interested in donating like this, please let me know.

You can find the donation page here. Donations can be taken by PayPal (including credit/debit card payments - you don't need a PayPal account) and direct bank transfer (including international bank transfers). Within the UK, I can also accept cheques and postal orders. If there is another way you would like to donate, let me know and we can figure something out. Your donations are very much appreciated.

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If you don't want to, or can't, send a monetary donation, you can use our Amazon affiliate links when you shop at Amazon.co.uk, Amazon.com or Amazon.ca. Again, the donations page here explains that.

Please note that donations to OpenTTD are NOT donations for the forums; the forums and OpenTTD are unconnected (although I process donations for both, they are held and recorded separately). To donate to the forums, please use this link, not the link on the OpenTTD web site.

Thank you all for your support. Please let me know if you have any questions. (This announcement will be removed in the future.)

CURRENT TOTAL DONATED: £408.06 / £500.00 (81%)

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Re: *** Forum fundraiser 2025 [£116.67 / £500.00 raised] ***

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Nearly a quarter of the way to the target already, many thanks for all your generous contributions!
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Re: *** Forum fundraiser 2025 [£116.67 / £500.00 raised] ***

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Suppose I should remember to donate this year, given it'll be 15 years this year since I started enjoying these forums!

It is on it's way!
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Re: *** Forum fundraiser 2025 [£116.67 / £500.00 raised] ***

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Pilot wrote: 27 Jan 2025 23:50 Suppose I should remember to donate this year, given it'll be 15 years this year since I started enjoying these forums!

It is on it's way!
That'll be £15 per year, no?
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Re: *** Forum fundraiser 2025 [£116.67 / £500.00 raised] ***

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Chrill wrote: 28 Jan 2025 08:23
Pilot wrote: 27 Jan 2025 23:50 Suppose I should remember to donate this year, given it'll be 15 years this year since I started enjoying these forums!

It is on it's way!
That'll be £15 per year, no?
If we're doing it that way, God help folk like yourself :mrgreen:
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Re: *** Forum fundraiser 2025 [£158.89 / £500.00 raised] ***

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Many thanks for your donations! :)
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Re: *** Forum fundraiser 2025 [£245.31 / £500.00 raised] ***

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Nearly half way there already, thank you again to everyone for their kind contributions!
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Re: *** Forum fundraiser 2025 [£245.31 / £500.00 raised] ***

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May I ask if the £500 includes that from affiliate sights ie. Amazon.
Although I do not make a direct donation, I do use the Amazon affiliate site.
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Re: *** Forum fundraiser 2025 [£245.31 / £500.00 raised] ***

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That's not included at present, no (though I appreciate you making use of the links). Last year it looks like Amazon brought in just over £4, but they only make payment when our total balance reaches £25 - the last such payment was in 2021, so at the current rate it may be a year or so before I get the next payment from them (at which point it would count towards that year's funding).
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Re: *** Forum fundraiser 2025 [£245.31 / £500.00 raised] ***

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orudge wrote: 05 Feb 2025 12:53 That's not included at present, no (though I appreciate you making use of the links). Last year it looks like Amazon brought in just over £4, but they only make payment when our total balance reaches £25 - the last such payment was in 2021, so at the current rate it may be a year or so before I get the next payment from them (at which point it would count towards that year's funding).
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In that case I will make a donation
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Re: *** Forum fundraiser 2025 [£367.12 / £500.00 raised] ***

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Thank you to everyone who has donated to far - almost 75% to the target now! As always, it is hugely appreciated.
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Re: *** Forum fundraiser 2025 [£367.12 / £500.00 raised] ***

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€20,25 on its way! ;-)
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Re: *** Forum fundraiser 2025 [£386.07 / £500.00 raised] ***

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Thank you! :)
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