IDEAS for new fund-raising projects are constantly under review by the Centra] Appeals Committee. The Scout Association is organising a sponsored cycle ride on behalf of the RNLI in October 1974, which will take competitors on a round Britain cycle ride, lifeboat station by lifeboat station. Full details will be available later on.

The very successful 1972 sponsored swim has now topped the £16,000 mark, with money still coming in, and it is expected that the final figure for the sponsored walk will be around £23,000.

Arrangements are in hand for two fashion shows in 1974, one at Aldeburgh, Suffolk, and the other at Ayr in Scotland.

Also currently being pursued is the Jimmy Savile project to raise money to purchase a lifeboat with the aid of selected schools throughout the country.

Following the successful Tesco Green Shield Stamp venture in the south of England, stamps are now coming in from the northern scheme. At the time of preparing this note, 924,987 stamps had been received. The aggregate for north and south could well be three million stamps.

Full details of the sponsored knit-in have now been distributed, and two at least have already been completed with a satisfactory result both socially and financially.

For those wishing to contact the secretary or chairman of the Central Appeals Committee from outside the London area the dialling code is 0689, the number being 38209. Inside the London area the dialling is 66 38209. The address is 126a High Street, Orpington, Kent..