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Our Appeal...
Apparently, we cannot register as a charity for a private individual and in order
to become a charity we need to have a charity income of £1000 a year and have that
in the bank before we apply. There is also a fair amount of legislation and paperwork
required and in particular a constitution in the beginning that may restrict our
activities. We feel we are far better off sticking to community or local fundraising
and appealing to people's good nature!
Fundraising...
We have checked with UK fundraising and this is the situation regarding fundraising:
In general we can fundraise for anyone/thing (that is legal) in the UK. So yes,
we can put collecting tins in workplaces or shops, with their permission. But not
to indicate in anyway that we are collecting for a charity - this is not allowed.
We can hold fundraising events, contact the local media or ask individuals to give
to our cause. Also, we wouldn't be able to receive some of the tax-effective gifts
that are available to charities e.g. payroll giving grants from trusts, Gift Aid
donations etc.
We have put together a list of fundraising ideas for you rbut if you think you will
be unable to do any of them then why not speak to your manager and see if they could
donate gifts for example:
A meal for 2 at a fancy restaurant, a luxury weekend away, vouchers etc. anything
like that is fantastic as we would be able to hold a "Fundraising Auction" and these
would make brilliant items to bid for.
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Auction of promises, art exhibition, sponsored abseil, all day events (e.g. walk,
snooker), armchair, aerobics. |
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Bring and buy sale, barbeques, Beaujolias Nouveau evening, Burns Night, sponsored
bike rides, barn dance, bad hair days, beetle drives, back to front day, balloon
race, bouncy castles, book sale, bring a £ in to work/school day, Charity ball. |
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Celebrity speakers, car washing, collection tins, coffee mornings, foreign coin
collecting, concerts, car boot sale, cake stalls, christmas card party, craft fairs,
craft stalls, carol singing, Christmas calendars, favourite recipes cookery book,
Christmas bazaars, ceilidh, cheese and wine evenings, cookery demonstrations, competitions |
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Dog walks, discos, dress down day, dinner dance. |
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Egg and spoon race, environment day, egg rolling competition, egg painting, Easter
egg hunt |
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Fashion shows, fetes, flower festivals, face painting, football tournaments, fun
runs, fancy dress, film show. |
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Open gardens, guess the weight of the pig/number of sweets in the jar etc, charity
golf matches. |
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Halloween parties, heritage walk, handmade gifts and craft stall, hairdressing evening. |
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International themed evenings e.g. curry nights, it's a knockout competition. |
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Jumble sales |
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Karaoke |
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Line-dancing evening |
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Magic show, murder mystery evening, masked ball, make-up demonstrations |
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Non-uniform day, name the baby/teddy |
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Obstacle course, charity odd job days, on hundred clubs. |
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Parachute jumps, pool competitions, picnics, pancake races, plastic duck race. |
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Quizzes, quiz evenings |
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Raffles, race nights |
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Sponsored challenge (e.g. silence, read, swin, walk, run) supper nights, sumo wrestling
suits. |
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Tombola, talent show, tug-o-war, treasure hunt |
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Unicycle racing, used stamps |
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Valentine's day events |
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Whist drives, welly throwing, wine tasting |
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Xmas fair, X Factor competition |
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Yo-Yo competition |
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Zebra (black and white) evening |
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