Fundraising Tips

Taking part in the Cycle-A-Thon is a fantastic achievement. Your friends, family and colleagues are bound to be impressed that you have cycled the equivalent distance of a famous cycle event, so make sure you get them to sponsor you.

The Cycle-A-Thon challenge will help to raise much needed funds for some of the vital services the Spinal Injuries Association provides, as well as promoting awareness of spinal cord injury. It provides an event that spinal cord injured and non-disabled people can take part in.

Set Up a Just Giving Page
The best and easiest way to help get your fundraising started is to set up a Just Giving page. This is an online fundraising page. Setting up the page is very quick and easy to do and once created you can email the link to all of your friends, family and colleagues and they can very simply sponsor you online. The other advantage of setting up a Just Giving page is that for any money you are sponsored online, you can also receive gift aid which counts towards your sponsorship total. Gift Aid is worth an extra 25p for every £1 you raise if the donor is a UK tax payer. We find that on average those who use Just Giving raise around 10% more funds than those who don’t.

To set up a Just Giving page go to:
http://www.justgiving.com

Top 10 Fundraising Ideas

1. Set up a Just Giving Page (www.justgiving.com)

2. Lots of companies offer a Matched Giving Service where they match the money that you raise. Speak to your company to find out if they offer this service to help with your fundraising.

3. Undertake bucket collections at your local supermarket, football / rugby stadium, race course, shopping centre (remember you must ask permission to do this first).

4. Sell unwanted items on E-bay.

5. Hold a themed party at your house and get people to buy tickets e.g. curry night, cheese and wine night, cocktail party, 60’s / 70’s / 80’s night, garden party.

6. Send out regular emails to your friends, family, work colleagues, Facebook friends, Twitter followers, reminding them of what you are doing and to sponsor you.

7. Arrange a pub quiz and raffle.

8. Hold a dinner with an auction and raffle.

9. Arrange a non-uniform / jeans day at work and get people to help make cakes and serve tea / coffee and hold a raffle.

10. Put up posters in your workplace in prominent areas such as your canteen, department notice boards, and reception, asking people to donate. Promote yourchallenge in your company intranet.