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Fundraising Pack2012 Fundraising Pack "Children on the edge looks after those young lives who are marginalised – it is life changing, raw and makes a critical difference to those who need us the most. I so admire their work." Bear Grylls ! 1 Children on the Edge Fundraising Pack Contents Page About Children on the Edge 3 How Your Money Helps 4 Fundraising for Children on the Edge 5 - 6 Regular Donations 7 Online Fundraising 8 Legalities 9 Sending Money to Children on the 10 Edge Gift Aid Form 11 Sponsorship Form 12 - 13 ! 2 ABOUT CHILDREN ON THE EDGE For more information about our programmes, please visit the Children on the Edge website at www.childrenontheedge.org OVERLOOKED CHILDREN ON THE EDGES OF SOCIETY Children should be found safely at the centre of a family. They should be enveloped with layers of protection from their government and wider international authorities. Tragically the children we help have often been stripped of these forms of care and protection. These are children who have lost their parents in conflicts, children whose governments persecute them until they flee their homes, and children overlooked by the radar of international justice. Even the roving eyes of the media don’t settle on the children we work with, they are no longer at the centre, but pushed to the edges and completely overlooked. The Edge for these children entail vulnerability and hardship. Here children cannot access the food they need, the education they deserve, the protection and care that is vital to their wellbeing, nor the opportunities to actually enjoy a childhood. This means they are subject to a life of poverty wracked with malnourishment and disease. They cannot access education, and they are vulnerable to exploitation and abuse. Children on the Edge exists to search out overlooked children on the edges of society and help them to thrive. We give them a safe environment where they are protected and their rights to education, nourishment and play are upheld. By bringing life, colour and fun, we give them a chance to just be children. HOW WE HELP In Bangladesh our learning centres give 600 working children a chance to rest, learn, play and receive a meal each day. This costs only 27p a day for each child. In Thailand our crisis centre shelters 75 children without parental care who have fled ethnic cleansing in Burma. In Haiti our innovative sports programme creates opportunities to engage and educate 400 children living in the slums of Port au Prince, each of whom leave each day with a vital food parcel. In Moldova our Child Friendly Space serves 200 vulnerable children of all ages and aims to protect and support them whilst providing homework clubs, crafts, games and sports. In Burma we have 4 refugee camp nursery schools. These provide early years learning and nourishment for 349 children under five in grave risk of chronic malnutrition. ! 3 FUNDRAISING FOR CHILDREN ON THE EDGE Children on the Edge relies upon donations from supporters to fund its vital work. With this money, we directly help children across Europe, Asia, the Americas and Africa. By raising funds for Children on the Edge you are helping us to continue our work to help vulnerable children around the world. Here are some of the ways your money could help: 50p Will buy all the school stationary a Rohingya refugee child needs for an entire year £1 Could buy school lunch for a child from Burma for one week £5 Could buy hygiene supplies for a teenager in Romania for one week £9 Will feed a hungry child from the slums of Uganda breakfast for an entire year. £10 Will pay for a day of 3 square meals for 12 refugee children living in our Children’s Crisis Centre in Thailand. £25 Could pay for 2 weeks rent at our Learning Centres in Bangladesh £50 Will pay for a healthcare community training workshop in Soweto slum, Uganda £100 Would buy a day trip of a lifetime for 30 children from the slums of Port au Prince, Haiti £300 Could pay for emergency support for a child victim of trafficking in Moldova £500 Will support a football team in the slums of Haiti for 9 months, including a weekly food parcel for each child. £1,000 Could pay the running costs of a nursery school for children from Burma for one year £6,000 Could buy food for over 100 refugee children from Burma for one year For more information about how your money helps, please visit the Children on the Edge website at www.childrenontheedge.org ! 4 FUNDRAISING FOR CHILDREN ON THE EDGE Raising funds is both fun and challenging. Here are some ideas to help you get started: Web-wise Create your own online sponsorship page on http://www.justgiving.co.uk/ childrenontheedge and email it to your contacts. They can donate quickly and easily online with a credit or debit card. Simply follow the instructions on page 8. Prizes, prizes, prizes Ask companies to donate bottles of wine, chocolates or vouchers that you can use as prizes for quizzes and raffles. Everyone’s a winner Host a Vegas style poker night: £10 to play, gamble with chips, winners get prizes. And the winner is… Raffles. It’s an old favourite, and a nice little earner. Cash for questions Pick the brains and pockets of local punters by hosting a Quiz Night at your favourite pub. Spring clean Empty that cupboard under the stairs and flog your old junk on ebay or at a car-boot sale. ebay Sell your unwanted items on ebay. Visit: http://pages.ebay.co.uk/community/charity/sellerinfo.html. Dancing on the ceiling Hire a function room over a pub (often free on a weeknight) and invite your friends to get down for a good cause. Food for thought Invite your friends over for a fundraising dinner at £10 a head or organise a pancake party for a larger group. GOAL! Organise a sports event sweepstake. Your friends pay £3 and pick a team out of a hat. The winner gets half the total cash and the rest is donated. ! 5 Nobody says no to cake Bake some cakes and cookies and take them down to your sports club on a Saturday or offer them around the office. Double your money Ask your company to open the corporate wallet and match what you raise. One lump or two? If you work at a large organisation email the database asking your colleagues to sponsor you the price of their morning coffee. It adds up fast! Share ideas on facebook If you have a facebook profile you can share your fundraising ideas by joining the Children on the Edge Facebook group. Search for: Children on the Edge (COTE) on the groups application. Keep up to date via Twitter Fundraising ideas as well as updates about the work of Children on the Edge are regularly posted on our Twitter blog. Follow our tweets at www.twitter.com/cote_uk For more information about fundraising, please visit the Children on the Edge website at www.childrenontheedge.org ! 6 REGULAR DONATIONS Regular donations to Children on the Edge provide a steady, reliable income that enables us to plan ahead, budget more effectively and undertake more programmes to support vulnerable children around the world. Where they exist in situations where nothing is safe or stable we need you to provide constant and unwavering support. In return we will commit to: • Spend your money wisely, always going where the need is greatest. • Update you with news about our projects and how your money is helping. To sign up to our monthly giving scheme simply click here to download a standing order form, fill it in and post it to: Children on the Edge, 5 The Victoria, 25 St Pancras, Chichester, West Sussex, PO19 7LT. For more information about regular donations, please contact the Children on the Edge office by calling 01243 538530 or email offi[email protected] ! 7 ONLINE FUNDRAISING Online fundraising is the quickest and easiest way to raise money for Children on the Edge. It means no more dealing with cash or cheques and no more chasing your friends, family and colleagues to collect sponsorship money. Simply create your own online fundraising page, email it to your contacts and get them to donate online with a credit or debit card. Online donations from UK taxpayers collect a 28% tax bonus known as Gift Aid. By creating your own online fundraising page you can: Email the page to all your contacts Watch your total grow on screen Include a photo and personal message Update your target amount as often as you like Be assured that all card information is totally safe Creating your online fundraising page for Children on the Edge takes just 5 minutes! Simply visit: www.justgiving.co.uk/childrenontheedge Click on ‘RAISE MONEY’ then follow the instructions. The sponsorship money that you have raised including Gift Aid is paid automatically to Children on the Edge. If you work for a company that supports Children on the Edge, ask your manager if your company has an online fundraising page. For more information about justgiving, please contact the Justgiving Help Desk by calling 0845 021 2110 or email [email protected] ! 8 FUNDRAISING LEGALITIES Collecting money and fundraising for charities is governed by a number of regulations to ensure that people do not secure funds fraudulently. When you are fundraising on behalf of Children on the Edge please follow the guidelines below: •On any printed materials you produce (including letters, tickets, posters etc.) you must include the statement: ‘Children on the Edge is a registered charity number 1101441’.
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