STAR Fundraising Guide - Student Action for Refugees

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co-ordinate the STAR network, train STAR members and empower them to run their groups STAR runs with the support charitable trusts, who give us £130,000 annually, but we need at least £200,000 this year which we are working hard to find. Continuous dependence on these trusts is not an option, they cannot give us all the money we need and expect you to fundraise part of the amount. We need to show them that STAR members value STAR and want to keep it going as much as they do. As STAR members you need to own the network, so that we can continue our grass roots activism. STAR key facts Refugees are people fleeing war, torture and oppression. Most come from countries experiencing serious human rights violations, such as Iran and Zimbabwe The UK is home to less than 3% of the world’s refugees. 19,894 people sought asylum the UK in 2011 Asylum seekers in the UK are not allowed to work and receive £36 a week to live on STAR is the national network of 36 student groups across the UK STAR receives no government funding. The network relies on grants and student fundraising 2
How to fundraise - Organising events…………………………………………………………3-4 - Personal and group Challenges………………………………….………...4 - Collaborations and joint events…………………………………….…….4-5 - Advertising your event……………………………………………….……5-6 - Paying in the money……………………………………………..…………..6 - Fundraising ideas…………………………………………………..……..7-12 - Organiser’s ticklist…………………………………………………….…….13 Events When organising a fundraising event: Plan carefully and work backwards! Mark your event on a calendar and work backwards adding deadlines for when each task has to be completed. Make sure everybody in your group puts these deadlines in their diaries to ensure that nothing is left to the last minute and you do not start too early. Read the advice on ‘Planning Projects’ and on ‘Events Organisation’ in the STAR Guide and follow the steps. Create a budget. This should help you ensure that the event will raise money and that you don’t commit to large costs you can’t afford. It may only need to be small, but put down all the costs and realistic estimates of how much you’ll raise. Try to avoid paying large amounts of money in advance unless you can guarantee that you will make the money back. A good way to do this is securing money in advance through ticket sales. Check that the time and effort you’re putting in will be rewarded by the amount of money raised (i.e. don’t spend 2 months organising an event that will only raise £20!). Try to get as much as possible for free. This could be anything from the venue to raffle prizes and refreshments. As a student group you can offer local businesses a chance to advertise themselves to the student community. You could even offer to put a little “sponsored by…” note in your advertising! Plan how you are going to sell tickets. How you sell your tickets is important as the tickets need to be accessible to everyone and promote your event in a positive light. If you’re holding a comedy night, why not get a comedian to tell jokes on campus as a free preview while you’re selling tickets? Alternatively you could add a cake sale to the ticket sales to attract people over. Selling your own tickets works well for smaller events, however for larger events it can be very time consuming and complicated. Instead you could ask your student union to set up an online payment page, which you could direct people to via Facebook and posters. Be careful with money. Money needs to be kept safe and dealt with transparently. If you’re collecting cash then arrange a place to store it until it can be deposited and ensure that others can see where the money has come from and where it’s being held. Try to have two people present when money is being counted or transferred. Include this in your event planning. 3
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