If the HLF realise that £100,000 + has been raised in 10 days there may be more incentive for them to put some additional grant in place, if only to extend our fund raising time for a couple more months.
The more people that know of 558's plight, the more chance we have and a lot of small donations will do the job just as much as one large donation.
The HLF may be prepared to loan the money, provided the fund raising is kept on a high priority.
The HLF are, as Tim keeps saying, custodians of our lottery money and as such should be able to make some sensible decisions on how to use it, based on public opinion.
Nigel