After-event help

Atticuss

Hi folks
Hope im posting this in right place.

My nonprofit team I head and I held a charity ball in October last year for a local charity in order to help raise funds for them.

However, due to many factors, not all turned out as great as I would've hoped.

The event went ahead but failed to raise much indeed, so much so, it turned out that my team were out of pocket. We spent alot more organising it than we had raised.

Now through looking for advice on this situation, I have found many resources that state you should always recoup what you spend... but nothing to state what would happen if the event cost more than raised.

So as you can imagine, we're kinda stuck in limbo right about now. Do we give the charity £50 out of good will or admit defeat and tell them we raised nothing?

Any help gratefully appreciated

Thank

Att

Savvy_Sue

welcome.

did the charity know you were raising money for them? you should always ask before using a charity's name to advertise something.

if they did, I'd talk to them. because if you don't, it could look as if you made a profit and ran off with it!

I have had to 'chase' a group who had run an event in our name: I was sure it was lack of organisation rather than deception, but it does happen.

Atticuss

Hi Sue

Absolutely. We had letters and contracts etc. So they definately knew
But in the last two weeks in the run up to the event, they were not that much help.

oldtoolie

Either way, you should tell the charity what happened. Where I work we would thank you for your efforts despite the negative results. Not everything always works out.

Larry
Tools for Self Reliance