To raise 30K in 30 weeks celebrating 30 years of CancerCare FUNDRAISING PACK

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1 To raise 30K in 30 weeks celebrating 30 years of CancerCare FUNDRAISING PACK

2 HELLO! Welcome to your CancerCare Challenge 30 Fundraising guide. We hope that you like it and that it helps you to have fun whilst you help us to beat our target of raising 30,000 in 30 weeks. Why Challenge 30, why 30k and why 30 weeks? Well, CancerCare is thirty years old this year and during this time we have been providing support for local people affected by cancer throughout North Lancashire and South Lakeland; indeed, we may have even given support to someone you know. All of the work we do is made possible by the generosity of people like you, who either make donations or organise events to raise money for CancerCare. Without this help, quite simply CancerCare would not be able to continue with the work we do. So, if you are reading this as you consider helping us to smash our 30k in 30 weeks target, then we THANK YOU in advance for your support and we wish you a successful event and a fabulous time.

3 SOME IDEAS! We have listed some ideas to help you plan your fundraising event, however you may have some even better ideas and we would love to hear about them. Why not Tweet pictures of your event using #challenge s Film Night Sell Tickets 2. Street Party Sell Tickets and invite donations 3. Quiz Night Sell Tickets and invite donations 4. Tea Party Sell Tickets and sell sandwiches, tea, cakes etc s Disco Sell Tickets 6. Coffee Morning Sell cakes and coffee etc 7. Bake off (in school or work) Sell the baking and charge people to watch 8. Auction of Services 9. Car Boot Sale 10. Games Night Sell Tickets and raise donations 11. Dress Up/Dress Down/Mufti Day Donate to Participate 12. Fashion Show Sell Tickets/Sponsor/invite Donations 13. Swear Box at home/work/the pub etc 50p a time s Buffet Style Lunch/Dinner Sell Tickets 15. Pyjama Party Sell Tickets to participate 16. Car Wash 17. Break a World Record Get Sponsors and sell tickets to watch 18. Sponsored Wax Get Sponsors and sell tickets to watch 19. Collect Loose Change 20. Open Your Garden Sell Tickets 21. Organize a Knit-a-Thon Get Sponsors s Party Sell Tickets 23. Talent show Get sponsors and sell tickets to watch 24. Have a Swish Party Sell Tickets 25. Walk to Work for a Week Donate the money you save! 26. Sponsored 30 Length Swim - Get Sponsors 27. Relay Race for Minute/Hour/Longer? Sponsored Silence Mile Bike Ride Get Sponsors 30. Give something up for 30 days Get Sponsors

4 what your cash can do Could buy two pencils for a young person to write a letter to a dying relative Could buy a bag of play sand for children to use in a therapy session Could buy a specialist book to help someone coping with bereavement or loss through cancer Could buy memory boxes for children to keep sentimental treasures Could provide a one to one session with a CancerCare counsellor or therapist for a cancer patient Could buy an Aromatherapy Inhaler to aid sleeping using anti-nausea essential oils used for chemo therapy side effects. - Could buy a mobile massage table to be used for our clients who are too poorly to leave the house - Could buy Aromatherapy Oils and towels for aromatherapy and therapeutic massage sessions for a whole year at both of our centres - Could buy all the equipment needed to kit out a brand new therapy room at one of our local centres

5 PRINT OUT THIS PAGE AND USE IT MARK YOUR FUNDRAISING PROGRESS! TOTALISER! 30 ideas to raise 30K in 30 weeks celebrating 30 years of CancerCare

6 SOME GUIDES HOW TO Create a page on: Making a fundraising page takes just 60 seconds! All you need to do is visit and search for CancerCare. Once you ve done that it s really simple to get started: 1. If you re new to JustGiving, enter your address, fill in your details and choose a password. 2. Choose your event, or another type of page and click select 3. Choose a web address for your fundraising page and click create your page 4. Go to your account and personalise your page with a message, image and target Your support is really important to us. Good luck and let us know how you are getting along.

7 SOME GUIDES top tips on using social media to reach your fundraising goals: FACEBOOK Update your Facebook status with your JustGiving link so all of your friends see your link in their News Feeds. For an extra push, post your link on their walls. Ask friends to donate their status update to you. Via their statuses, you can reach people you might not know. Use the JustGiving Facebook application to invite people on Facebook to sponsor you: YOUTUBE Get on YouTube. Make a video maybe a funny parody of your training, or just you telling the camera what you re doing and why people should donate. FLICKR OR PICASA Take photos of your training or event and share these on sites like Flickr or Picasa. Show people what you re doing and why they should support you. Don t forget to link to your page. TWITTER Use Twitter to share your JustGiving page write what you re doing and why people should sponsor you, in the shortest sentence possible. Ask your followers to retweet your link so it reaches their followers too (remember: the shorter your tweet, the more retweet-able it is). Ask CancerCare to share your link on their Facebook or Twitter sites. Or post it yourself on their Facebook wall. ON A BLOG If you ve got a great story, start a blog about it. Blogs are a great way to share your photos, videos and tweets in one place, keeping your supporters up-to-date. ON THE INTERNET Search ALL of these sites for people talking about the charity you re supporting. If you find people interested in the same cause, talk to them. They might be interested in supporting you, and you might make some new friends along the way.

8 TELL YOUR FRIENDS & NEIGHBOURS! what: when: where:

9 HOW TO PAY IN YOUR MONEY Thank you for raising money to help CancerCare continue to do its work with people affected by cancer in North Lancashire and South Lakeland and CONGRATULATIONS on your fantastic contribution. Now all that s left to do is pay in your money. The easiest way to do it is online, where you can pay directly into our account using the following details: Account Number: Sort Code: Please mark your payment CHALLENGE 30. You can also pay by post, please cut out the form below and complete with your details and send with your cheque. Please make your cheque payable to CancerCare (CHALLENGE 30) and post to: CancerCare, Slynedales, Slyne Road, Lancaster LA2 6ST. From everyone at CancerCare and on behalf of everyone whose lives will be helped by your fundraising, thank you! Name Tel. No. Organisation (if applicable) Job title (if applicable) Your / your organisation s address Postcode Number of cheques Total amount Please note this slip is for postal donations only and cannot be used at a bank. If you have any queries please us at - [email protected] CancerCare North Lancashire and South Lakeland // Charity No //