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Help with fundraising

tonimh
tonimh Posts: 7 Forumite
in Small biz MoneySaving
My grandaughter suffers severly with epilepsy and needs her garden to be a soft play one as she also as miclonic head drops

We have to try raise the money for her to have a safe play area

What would be the best way to do this as i am new to this

Thanks

Toni

Comments

  • XxXfashionqueenXxX
    XxXfashionqueenXxX Posts: 256 Forumite
    How about you try to get into your local newspaper and set up a website of how people an donate and things I mean most people would donate after hearing about you in the paper
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  • Gertie_Walker
    Gertie_Walker Posts: 631 Forumite
    If you want to afford your family some privacy try 'Grants for indiividuals in need' available from your library.
  • madmartin
    madmartin Posts: 82 Forumite
    You could also see if local businesses could donate the materials needed for the soft play area. If newspapers are going to get involved they might donate as it would be good PR for them.

    If your grand daughter is still at school you could organise a fun day or something perhaps.
  • PartylitePrincess
    PartylitePrincess Posts: 7 Forumite
    I help out as a volunteer at my daughter's Pre-School which is a small registered charity. We recently held an auction evening and got local businesses to donate prizes such as meal vouchers, a pleasure flight gift experience, pamper/beuty vouchers. We also managed to get some signed fooball memorabilia from a couple of premiership clubs where parents had contacts which really helped boost amount raised on the evening. Why not try something like this? If you get the press involved too then the sky's the limit!
  • Deanevans
    Deanevans Posts: 32 Forumite
    edited 22 September 2010 at 1:41PM
    set up an account with one of the Internet shopping sites such as easyfundraising.org. Then recruit all your friends and family to register. When they shop on line you get a small commission, without it costing them anything. all the big names are there, M&S, Next Amazon, Tesco etc. Helps spread your message and raises a small amount of funding. And if you do try this then use the link which i will put on the referral board.
    In that way my fund raising account will also get a small commission without it costing you anything. Everyone's a winner baby!!:j
    Good luck
  • paulwf
    paulwf Posts: 3,269 Forumite
    Deanevans - advertising referral links should only be made on the referrals board as far as I know, regardless of what the money will be used for.

    I'd advise editing your post so your advice can still be seen as otherwise a Mod might delete it.
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