A few ideas for fund raising.
In August 1998 I was fortunate enough to be in the right place at the right time to be guided by an exceptional
individual. It was a fund raising project for a local youth group, and, at the time was Kevin’s ‘best practice’.
This is how the team raised thousands of pounds and we repeated it in other projects. I just wanted to jot it down, might
be of some use.
The plan was actually very simple
1
Apply for funding from the local council and all other local government funded
agencies. We applied to
Halewood Town Council.
Halewood Regeneration Partnership
We approached the local councillor for the area who put us onto some other
funding that was available.
2
Approach local groups who were known to support local causes. We approached The University of the Third Age
(U3a). This group raised around £800 with a sponsored walk.
3
We as a group raised funds by our own actions.
a
sponsored bike ride in the lake district.
b
bag packing at Asda Hunts Cross, Liverpool.(x2)
c
We organised a raffle. We had to obtain a licence from the
local council for this. Local businesses and our Member of Parliament donated the prizes.
4
We wrote to local businesses asking if they would sponsor the club and they did.
5
We sent letters to all the rugby union/league clubs in this country asking if they would be kind enough to donate items
that we could raffle. Plenty of shirts were donated by sportsmen.
6
We visited the local voluntary support office who had access to www.funderfinder.co.uk. This is a data base of
organisations that you can make applications to.
Again a letter was sent to a number of organisations and we received funding.
At the end of the project we put on a ‘thank you’ presentation to all of the sponsors. We presented them with a
‘Certificate of thanks’ for their support. The young people were responsible for the speeches. It went down a treat.
And it worked, it was good fun, we had a great time and a large group of young
people benefited.
In August 1998 I was fortunate enough to be in the right place at the right time to be guided by an exceptional
individual. It was a fund raising project for a local youth group, and, at the time was Kevin’s ‘best practice’.
This is how the team raised thousands of pounds and we repeated it in other projects. I just wanted to jot it down, might
be of some use.
The plan was actually very simple
1
Apply for funding from the local council and all other local government funded
agencies. We applied to
Halewood Town Council.
Halewood Regeneration Partnership
We approached the local councillor for the area who put us onto some other
funding that was available.
2
Approach local groups who were known to support local causes. We approached The University of the Third Age
(U3a). This group raised around £800 with a sponsored walk.
3
We as a group raised funds by our own actions.
a
sponsored bike ride in the lake district.
b
bag packing at Asda Hunts Cross, Liverpool.(x2)
c
We organised a raffle. We had to obtain a licence from the
local council for this. Local businesses and our Member of Parliament donated the prizes.
4
We wrote to local businesses asking if they would sponsor the club and they did.
5
We sent letters to all the rugby union/league clubs in this country asking if they would be kind enough to donate items
that we could raffle. Plenty of shirts were donated by sportsmen.
6
We visited the local voluntary support office who had access to www.funderfinder.co.uk. This is a data base of
organisations that you can make applications to.
Again a letter was sent to a number of organisations and we received funding.
At the end of the project we put on a ‘thank you’ presentation to all of the sponsors. We presented them with a
‘Certificate of thanks’ for their support. The young people were responsible for the speeches. It went down a treat.
And it worked, it was good fun, we had a great time and a large group of young
people benefited.
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