Fund raising advice

GlasweJen

To be honest, given what the fundraising is for I wouldn't expect to see you running marathons, I would happily sponsor your relative to run a marathon. I think you should turn up at events but not necessarily be doing everything yourself.

Have you tried gofundme?

Mupette

Sorry guys and gals for not getting back sooner.

I do have a go fund me account.

Husband and son have decided to do a sky dive :eek:
I can do crafts and have a few plans up my sleeve to sell in the spring/summer. making bath bombes glass painting (knew those coffee jars would come in handy, i would of carried on making candles but the rules are just changing there about labels etc and its quite an effort to get companies to respond about what they have in their items you use and weights and measures etc.

I don't like asking something for nothing, I've sponsored people myself this week in work for good causes so its not all me me me.
And yes brilliant idea's its the encouragement, hope and the ability to stand up and say i need help

I really can't do anything physical unless its a sponsored sleep, really.

Son contacted Cadbury about donating easter eggs for raffles they said no, I am sure whilst Cadbury was UK based they might have said yes, but now being owned by an American plastic cheese company they said no.

fairy_lights

How much money will you need to raise in total?
I've seen people raising money or awareness for causes before by creating a facebook post about their cause and getting their friends to share it, whose friends in turn share it, maybe you could do something like that with a link to a gofundme page.
I think your husband and sons skydive idea is lovely but they can be expensive, you don't want to end up spending more on the cost of the skydive than you raise through sponsorship.

Ms_Chocaholic

Do you live close to a premier league football team, could you ask them for donations (signed shirts, signed gloves, signed balls etc) for fundraising purposes.

Good luck x

coolcait

Do any of your local schools or churches rent out their halls for 'events'?

If so, you could try arranging a quiz night, bingo night, race night, beetle drive, etc.

Many church/school communities have people who will go to those events just because they're used to going along.

There will also be people who will go because it's a good cause. That works even better if you've arranged with the school/church that you'll give a brief talk to raise awareness.

Good luck with it all.

Mupette

fairy_lights wrote: »

How much money will you need to raise in total?
I've seen people raising money or awareness for causes before by creating a facebook post about their cause and getting their friends to share it, whose friends in turn share it, maybe you could do something like that with a link to a gofundme page.
I think your husband and sons skydive idea is lovely but they can be expensive, you don't want to end up spending more on the cost of the skydive than you raise through sponsorship.

have done all that i need £50k

Wellyboots6

I know you've tried the purple chocolate company, but try the brown and gold one. They donated some hot chocolate and some money to a group I ran, and the group sold cups of hot chocolate to add to the total.

Also try crisp companies, biscuit companies etc. They often donate to health causes to try and offset their unhealthy image!

PenguinOfDeath

Maybe try a local supermarket as well the source for donations, many are willing to donate to local causes, owt for a bit of positive publicity!

Ms_Chocaholic

How about bag packing at a local supermarket, get a group of friends together but try and book for a busy period, pay day or the Fri/Sat before a bank holiday.

tomtontom

Wellyboots6 wrote: »

I know you've tried the purple chocolate company, but try the brown and gold one. They donated some hot chocolate and some money to a group I ran, and the group sold cups of hot chocolate to add to the total.

Also try crisp companies, biscuit companies etc. They often donate to health causes to try and offset their unhealthy image!

All good ideas, but most large businesses will only donate to registered charities. They have to be able to account for giving away stock, and they can't do this when donating to random individuals.

It's also a way to ensure (as far as is possible) that they are giving to legitimate causes. They receive countless requests and can't spend time verifying each claim is valid.