Small Business Fundraising Pack

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1 Small Business Fundraising Pack

2 What you can do for us Your business can get involved in a variety of ways, from having a collecting can in a prominent position, to choosing us as your Charity of the Year/Month/Week, to holding a Casual Friday, or simply encouraging your staff to join in our fundraising activities. The support of local businesses is crucial to Julia s House. We receive only five per cent of our annual funding from the government, which was been frozen for the next three years. Julia s House is one of the worst funded hospices in the UK as respite care is not seen as a funding priority. There are huge benefits to you as an organisation in supporting Julia s House. It demonstrates to your staff and customers your commitment to corporate social responsibility, staff motivation and engagement, morale and team building, as well as making a big difference to the lives of those in need in your immediate community. How you can help Fundraising In the next few pages we will give some examples of the different ways, big and small, in which you can fundraise for Julia s House. Volunteering You and your employees can volunteer to help us with: collections, at events, at our retail outlets, or in the office. Donations Your business may have suitable products you could donate for raffle prizes, to use in a tombola or to use at a fundraising event. Regular donating You could have a collecting can for spare change on a counter, set up a regular donation, or have a donation linked to a particular product or service.

3 What we can do for you 1 As a well-respected, family-focused charity, we can help with brand awareness across Dorset and Wiltshire, thanking via website and social media platforms. 2 We can offer a wide range of ready-made challenge and social events so you can support Julia s House in a simple, timeeffective way through staff participation fundraising, volunteering, or through event sponsorship for maximum exposure. 3 and your staff have the opportunity to visit the hospice and see first-hand how your money is having a direct impact. You ll also receive regular visits and updates from our experienced, passionate fundraising team. We can offer excellent support to partnerships including; advice, a range of literature, pull-up banners, vinyl banners, collecting cans, t-shirts and posters and flyers for your event. Social networking You Facebook We can post your event on our Facebook event page, reaching a wide audience. You can update your Facebook event or status with a link to our Facebook page. YouTube Make a video of your event or fundraiser and post to YouTube! Twitter Julia s House can share tweets about fundraising events you are holding to promote them. Julia s House website We can advertise events, sell tickets, and post thank yous to your business through our web page.

4 Fundraising examples Here s what some of our supporters did in 2015 to raise funds for Julia s House Wykefest Beer & Cider Festival The Wyke Smugglers in Weymouth has organised the Wykefest Beer and Cider Festival two years running for Julia s House. The event has been hugely popular with their patrons, this year raising 3,490. M&Co Fashion Shows Several M&Co shops have hosted fashion show nights for us, assisted by our enthusiastic volunteers. Guests received a special discount on purchases on the night. Quiz Nights Hold a quiz night for us at your local pub, restaurant or café, like the Lambs Inn Green which held a quiz night for us raising 652, or the Bournemouth Flying Club Café which holds regular fortnightly quizzes donating 1,220 in Family Fun Days or Music Events Several pubs and restaurants have held family fun day fundraisers, with raffles, tombola s, face-painting, BBQs, and competitions to raise money for us, including The Coventry Arms in Corfe Mullen which raised 62. The Crown Inn raised 1,350 with a fun day with live music and The Willett Arms organised a successful gig night raising 4,000. Specsavers fundraiser Specsavers Poole branch held a three day fundraising event for Julia s House, involving a raffle, bake sale, fancy dress, glasses cleaning stand and goody bags raising 545.

5 Regular giving examples Moonfleet Manor - 1 on the bill Moonfleet Manor offer diners the option of adding an extra 1 on their bill to go to Julia s House. This raised 1,500 in Hot Rocks Surf Company - 1 from every child s meal A fitting donation for a children s charity! Raising more than 20,000 in less than three years. Seven Springs Studio Seven Springs Studio donates 25 per cent of the profit from each photo shoot to Julia s House, as well as 5 from every frame sold, raising 1,100 in less than two years. Hotel Royale Hotel Royale supports us by selling merchandise in their foyer, as well as leaving out Gift Aid donation envelopes in their guest rooms, so hotel guests can choose to leave a donation. They raised 1,500 in a year. Made in Dorset monthly vintage fayres Made in Dorset supports us once a month by holding a Saturday morning sale of their homemade food and vintage and craft products, will all proceeds coming to Julia s House, raising 240 in 2015.

6 Fundraising Ideas Ways for your company to give its support include: Having a collecting can in a prominent position for the public or your staff to put donations in Choosing us as your charity of the year/ month/week Sponsoring a nurse/carer for a year Promoting events & challenges to staff Providing volunteers Donating a percentage or portion of sales or profits Setting up a Payroll Giving scheme Holding internal or external fundraising events Matched funding Introducing Julia s House to contacts and customers Providing prizes for raffles and auctions Support for specific charity appeals such as donating earnings from the last hour of the year End of year tax-friendly donations Ways in which employees can fundraise include: Taking part in sponsored challenge events Hold an a-thon, such as a dance-a-thon, bake-a-thon, fitness-a-thon Dress-down/up days Cake sales and tuck shop Lottery syndicates Tombolas, raffles and auctions Donating via Payroll Giving Quizzes Golf days Attending Julia s House events Text giving Donations in lieu of Christmas, birthday, christening and wedding presents Head shave Donations in lieu of customer Christmas cards

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