Lottery winners buy olympic torch bearer new leg

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Really nice story :)

Seems like the couple have there heads screwed on and happy to help others now that they can :cool:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tees-19061986

A teenager who lost a leg to cancer will have a life-changing operation after Britain's biggest lottery winners bought him a new prosthetic limb.

Kieran Maxwell from Heighington, near Darlington, had his left leg amputated last March.

Colin and Chris Weir from Ayrshire stepped in to donate part of their £161m prize after hearing about his story.
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Im split on this one. on one hand its really nice of them and they should be commended for sharing their wealth, on the other, there are probably people with more important needs that could have done with the money more. im not saying this kid didn't deserve it any less, but to single out one person and not a charity seems mean on the other people that didn't get any.
 
paradisiac said:
Im split on this one. on one hand its really nice of them and they should be commended for sharing their wealth, on the other, there are probably people with more important needs that could have done with the money more. im not saying this kid didn't deserve it any less, but to single out one person and not a charity seems mean on the other people that didn't get any.
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They've done loads for causes since the win :)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-18801698

The couple helped raise funds for local 15-year-old tennis hopeful Ross Wilson to attend a tennis academy in Barcelona and 15-year-old race driver Gregor Ramsay to attend the European and Italian F3 European Abarth.

They have also donated money to help refurbish sports facilities for the National Sports Training Centre Inverclyde and the Largs Thistle Community Club, and helped secure the future of the Waverley, the world's last ocean-going paddle steamer.

Mr Weir added: "What we've done in the last 12 months is to achieve a balance between enjoying our new life to the full with recognising the real difference we can now make to others' lives.

"We are currently in the process of setting up our charitable trust, which will support individuals, groups and charities across Scotland who are struggling to gain funds from the more traditional or mainstream grant makers.
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paradisiac said:
Im split on this one. on one hand its really nice of them and they should be commended for sharing their wealth, on the other, there are probably people with more important needs that could have done with the money more. im not saying this kid didn't deserve it any less, but to single out one person and not a charity seems mean on the other people that didn't get any.
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On the contrary, much better than spending it on a corporation like a charity.
 
i wonder if they are gonna use some of their winnings on some lipo suction, cause man they need it

nice for buying the kid a leg. nothing i couldn't of done with a bit of 2 by 4 though
 
paradisiac said:
.... im not saying this kid didn't deserve it any less, but to single out one person and not a charity seems mean on the other people that didn't get any.
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If I had their amount of money I would only give directly to specific causes as well, if you give it to a charity you have no idea where it's gone (how much is taken in 'admin' for example), and this way you actually get to see you money being put in use in front of your eyes.
 
Edrof said:
Excellent work. I wish more mazillionaires would be as philanthropic.
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They often are actually. Bill Gates for example does huge amounts of charity work. On the other hand Steve Jobs never seemed to make any charitable donations.
 
Yip. I stay only a few miles from the Weirs. They have helped a ton of people out since their win. Good for them.
 
[TW]Fox;22472124 said:
Yet oddly everyone hates Gates and worships Jobs..
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This is what I've always found strange. The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is raising billions by getting the world's billionaires to give up vast amounts of their wealth. Yet trying searching for charitable work by Steve Jobs and the best you can find is some hardened capatilist arguing the amount of jobs created by Apple is chairtible enough for one man's lifetime.

Yet Jobs is seen as the 'cool' guy and Gates the evil capitalist. :confused:
 
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