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In your local communityHere are some suggestions for fundraising activities in your local areaSupermarket collection: ask your local manager for permission to do acollection or bag pack at your local supermarket. The best day is usually a Saturday,but they do get booked up early, so plan it in advance and get some friends to helpyou. To attract more attention, you could put up a table with information and photosabout CLIC Sargent – or why not wear fancy dress? You could raise £500 to £1000.At your sports centre or gym: ask the manager if you could do a collection on anagreed day. If you’re looking for sponsors for a challenge or competitors to take partin an event, ask if you can leave a poster or sponsorship form on the notice boardso other members can sign up, contact you for more details or sponsor you.Your local Rotary Club or Round Table: get in touch with your local group and see whetherthey can support you in any way. They often have lots of local contacts. You could offerto do a talk about CLIC Sargent and your event or challenge in exchange for a donation.Pubs and clubs: why not ask your local pub or social club if you could hold a pub quiz – itneedn’t be that serious! You can find books of quiz questions at most book shops, orbrowse the web for some tricky questions. You can charge around £5 entry per teamor £1 per person. Pub crawls are also a great way to raise funds – especially if everyonewears fancy dress. Please make sure you get permission to collect from each pub.Top tipsRaffleWhatever kind of event you’re planning, you can increase your fundraising total by including a raffle.Ask friends or local shops if they could contribute prizes such as wine or chocolates, or even unwanted presents.It’s a great way to raise extra money without much extra effort!Get in touch with local companiesDon’t write speculative letters to companies and organisations with which you have no connection. For the bestresponse, approach local companies you know personally or where your friends or family work, and ask themwho you should contact. If they can’t provide a donation or sponsorship, ask whether they could offer a freeprize for your event or raffle.6 Your guide to fundraising
In your work place“CLIC Sargent has been Wesleyan’s chosen charity since the beginningof 2011 and we are delighted to be able help raise funds and awarenessfor this excellent charity. CLIC Sargent has also proven to be a popularchoice among our staff, with a huge increase in monthly payroll giving.Staff have also raised thousands of pounds from a variety of eventsincluding a sponsored walk up Mount Snowdon and even an abseildown our head office building. The team at CLIC Sargent have beenvery helpful in enabling us to build a mutually rewarding partnership.”Clive, Chairman of the Wesleyan Charity CommitteeAsk your company if it supports charities either through one-off events or aspart of a charity of the year relationship. Nominate CLIC Sargent if they do.Match fundingAsk your manager whether your companyoperates a match giving scheme, wherethey’ll match the amount you raise, poundfor pound. If they don’t, this could be agreat time to start!SponsorshipAsk all your colleagues to sponsor you,place sponsorship forms on communal noticeboards, and use your internal email systemor intranet to keep everyone updated onyour progress.Fundraising ideasOrganise a casual clothes day: check with your company first whethereveryone can come in casual wear for a day in exchange for a smalldonation. Those who don’t take part pay a £2 penalty.Ask people to sponsor you (or a colleague) to have your head shaved or wear awig to work as part of our Big Buzz campaign: this is a great way to raise fundsfor CLIC Sargent because it shows what many children and young people withcancer have to go through when they lose their hair during treatmentMake the most of any inter-departmental rivalry by organising a football, rounders orsoftball match: players pay for the privilege of showing off their sporting skills in frontof their colleagues. You could also hold a collection or sell tickets to watch the game!Ask all your colleagues to bring in a photo of themselves as a baby:run a ‘guess the baby’ competition and charge £2 to enterPlace collection boxes in your reception or canteen: these are availablefrom CLIC Sargent. Remember to put them away safely each night.If you’re taking part in a sponsored running, walking or cycling event: hold acompetition to guess your finish time or the distance you’ll achieve. Ask peopleto pay £2 to enter, and give a donated prize to the most accurate guess. You canalso do this online; visit www.Guess2Give.com to set up your sweepstake.Set up a Facebook page and ‘like’ the local CLIC Sargentpage. This can help promote your fundraising.www.clicsargent.org.uk7
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