So good old Whitewater gave me £100 to donate to a charity of my choice (as long as I agreed to tell people what happened next).

It's an interesting feeling - giving money away which won't affect your personal pocket situation. It must be a bit like winning the lottery and splashing a bit around to do some good. You get a great feeling, plus you know you've still got enough for essentials like booze, fags and popular music downloads.

I wanted to give to a cause that wasn't a 'popular' one. So no animals, kids or saying "I'm in".

I whittled it down to two: the Bumblebee Conservation Trust and A N Other. In the end I settled for the latter, logged on to their website, hit the donate button and was seamlessly transferred through to Justgiving. I hit the donate button again and listened as a slug of Steve Andrews' hard-earned cash whistled into cyberspace.

I got a bounceback email from Justgiving, thanking me for my donation and passing on the thanks of the charity I gave to.

That was three weeks ago. Since then, nothing.

A couple of days ago I was reading an article about the area of work that A N Other charity was involved in. It mentioned a smaller charity, and what I read moved me so much I wished Mr Andrews' £100 had gone to them instead.

I wonder why they're taking so long to thank me? Perhaps they think that the bounceback email is enough. It isn't! I want to hear from the charity, personally. Three weeks is just too long to wait when I've given £100. Even if I'd given £10.

I really want to write about a good experience with them. I'll keep you posted…

Nick Couldry