Breast Cancer Now it k l o o T Secondary Fundraising For students aged 11-16
Contents 3 Checklist For A Fundraiser 6 Fundraising Ideas 8 Step-by-step Guide To Fundraising 9 Newsletter Blurb 10 Newsletter Thank-You 11 Advertising Template 12 Parent Letter For Students 13 Sponsorship Form 15 Just Giving / Online Sponsorship Cards 16 Thank-You Letter / email Template Wearitpink.org Breastcancernow.org
Checklist for a Fundraiser This is a short checklist for your fundraising activity. It includes things for you to think about or do, before and after the activity. Tick off each point as you work your way through the list. Good luck! Why are you fundraising? Make sure you can explain the reason you are trying to raise money. Look on the Breast Cancer Now website to find out more information on their research: www. How will your sponsorship money be used? Make sure you have a good understanding of how the money will be spent. On the Breast Cancer Now website, there is lots of information about how your fundraising efforts will be used to fund further research. What is your fundraising activity / event? Choose an activity from the list of fundraising ideas, or visit, or come up with your own. How much money do you want to raise? Do you have a fundraising target in mind? Where and when will your fundraising take place? Make sure you are clear about the date, time and place of your activity. Let the right people know. Make sure everyone in school is aware of your fundraising. Hold a meeting with your school council / form tutor / head of house / head teacher if necessary, or create a poster to put up in school.
Checklist for a Fundraiser Do you need support / volunteers? Ask friends, parents and teachers to get involved if you need them. Make sure you have your parent s /guardian s /school s permission. Will you need an organising committee? If your activity involves a lot of people and a lot of organising, it s a good idea to bring together a group of people who can help you with decisions and organisation throughout the build up to the activity. What resources do you need? Do you need any equipment for your activity? Printing, sports equipment etc. Visit to order/download fundraising support materials, for example, collection box, balloons and posters. Have you collected everything together before you start your fundraising event / activity? Advertising your fundraising event / activity: Use the student toolkit to raise awareness and advertise your fundraising activity. Share information by using the school newsletter, website or put posters up around the school / local area. You could even use social media, such as Facebook and Twitter remember to use #wearitpink
Checklist for a Fundraiser Once you have completed your fundraising: I have cleared up. Make sure you have cleaned up after yourself and ensure there is no mess left in the school or wherever you carried out your activity! Thank your sponsors. Use the letter template in the student toolkit to thank everyone who sponsored you. Thank them for their donation and tell them how well you did. You could even write a short paragraph to go in your school newsletter. Send your sponsorship money to Breast Cancer Now. On the back of your sponsorship form there is a list of ways in which you can send in the money you have collected, or you can visit for more information.
Fundraising Ideas Idea Location Description Cake sale School Make cakes or encourage people to bake for you and sell at break / lunch time. Mufti day (fancy dress) School / club Ask your teacher if you can organise a mufti day at school: wear your own (pink!) clothes or come in fancy dress. If taking part in a sporting event wear fancy dress. Raffle School / home Sell pink raffle tickets and ask local businesses to donate small prizes. Walk or cycle to school for a week School Replace your bus or car journey, by walking or cycling to school. Sponsored silence School / home How long can you challenge yourself to be silent?! Car wash School / home / club Ask teachers, parents & family friends if they would like their car washed in return for sponsorship. Bag packing Sporting event / challenge Local community supermarket School / club / Local community Give up a few hours of your time outside of school to pack bags for customers in local supermarkets in return for donations. Organise a sporting event that will challenge you. For example, swimming so many lengths, running so many miles, skipping for a given length of time, complete so many hours / miles on a rowing machine, sponsored walk, or organise a charity sporting match and charge everyone to participate. Talent show School Organise a talent show and encourage students to join in. Charge people to come and watch and you could even sell refreshments. School play School Organise a school/house play and charge people to come and watch. You could even sell refreshments to make more money Sleepover with your friends Home Ask your parents to allow you to have a sponsored sleep over. You could all wear pink pyjamas and ask everyone to make a donation.
Fundraising Ideas Idea Location Description Give up something you love Jumble / car boot sale Coffee morning School / Home School / Local community Local community / Home Get people to sponsor you for giving up something you love, such as your phone, games console, TV etc. Organise a car boot / jumble sale and sell any items you no longer need or want (ask parents permission). Hold a coffee morning and charge people for any refreshments you sell. You could bake pink cakes! Fun Run School / club Hold a fun run, in fancy dress or sports clothing, and ask people to sponsor you. Quiz School Hold a quiz and charge people to sign up as an individual / team. How many questions can you think of with a pink theme? Cooking competition School Hold a cooking competition and charge people / teams to enter. Go pink as a team School / club Ask each player or your school sports team to get sponsored by their family and friends to wear it pink for their next game. Design time School Design and create customised wear it pink clothing. Suggested Donation You could ask for a 1 4 donation from each participant. Don t forget to visit for further inspiration and ideas.
Step-by-step guide to Fundraising This is the process you should follow in order to successfully organise and complete your own fundraising activities. By using this guide you can plan your own events independently. Decide what you are going to do (don t forget to use the fundraising ideas or visit ), make sure you think about: 1. What/Where/When/And make sure you can explain why you are doing this fundraising! 2. Advertise and let everyone know about your activity/event. use the posters and marketing materials in this toolkit 3. Encourage your family, friends and teachers to join in or sponsor you. use the sponsorship form in this toolkit 4. Collect your sponsorship money. use your sponsorship form to help you and don t forget to tick people off the list once you have collected their money 5. Once you have collected the sponsorship money, pay it into Breast Cancer Now. Here are your options for submitting your sponsorship money: Post Send the completed paying in slip from your school s fundraising pack and a cheque (not cash) made payable to Breast Cancer Now to Freepost wear it pink Phone Ask your parent/guardian to call the pink hotline to pay by credit or debit card on 0800 107 3104 Bank Ask your teacher to fill in your school s paying-in slip and take the donations to any high street bank Online Your parent/guardian can pay by credit or debit card quickly and securely at /payin
Newsletter Blurb Here is a short paragraph you can use for your school newsletter or website to let everyone know what fundraising events will be taking place in school, including your own. During the month of October, we are hoping to raise money for Breast Cancer Now, by taking part in wear it pink. Throughout October, young people from all over the UK will be organising and taking part in various fundraising activities and events. Whilst we are encouraging students to organise their own events, both in and out of school, we shall also be organising some events for our students to take part in. Events include: Event:... Date:... Fee:... Sponsorship required here You can also show your support by providing money by way of a donation or by sponsoring... to complete... Breast Cancer Now raises money for pioneering research and they need your DATE & NAME OF EVENT HERE support to help keep up their work. Every penny raised moves us towards a future that s free of breast cancer and helps save lives. You can find out more about Breast Cancer Now s life-saving research at Your name Descibe your activity here We really appreciate your support in helping to raise money and will keep the newsletter and website updated with further fundraising activities and events. Thank you.
Newsletter Thank you This paragraph could be included to highlight the top fundraisers in each year / across the school. As you know, we turned the school pink in order to take part in wear it pink in support of Breast Cancer Now. Many students and staff organised and took part in fundraising events throughout the month and we are pleased to announce that in total, we as a school raised an amazing... In particular, we would like to say a big thank you to......... for raising... by... Descibe activity completed Total raised Total money raised here Fill in names here We would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone that took part in, supported or sponsored a fundraising event. All the money raised will help support research that will fight breast cancer and save lives. Breast Cancer Now is discovering how to prevent breast cancer, how to detect it earlier and how to treat it more effectively. By acting now, they believe that by 2050, everyone who develops breast cancer will live. Thank you very much!... Teaching staff signature here
Advertising Template If you feel like being creative, why don t you use the wording below as a starting point to create your own leaflets and posters to advertise your fundraising activity? Breast Cancer Now - wear it pink. Fill in fundraising event here I am going to be taking part in...... Support me/us please! Join me/us and help to raise even more money. I am/we are going to raise money for Breast Cancer Now. Date:... Fill in the time here Time:... fill in the date of your activity here describe your activity here. Be sure to say whether you re selling something or you want to be sponsored Activity:......... Your support can help to save and improve lives and the money raised will help support Breast Cancer Now so that they can fund more pioneering research. Thank you for your support / encouragement.
Parent Letter You can use this letter to tell your friends and family all about the fundraising activities you are planning. Dear... This October, my school is taking part in Breast Cancer Now s wear it pink event and I am planning to raise money for this fantastic cause. Write the date here Last year Breast Cancer Now raised over 2 million and were able to fund pioneering breast cancer research that saves and improves lives. Every year 50,000 mothers, daughters, sisters and wives will be newly diagnosed with breast cancer so this remains an incredibly important cause. To find out more about wear it pink and Breast Cancer Now, you can visit their website www. On..., I am going to...... I hope to raise a total of... Write your goal for money raised here Descibe your activity here I would really appreciate your support and encouragement and I might need help with organising my activity, and I will ask you if I do. I will certainly need your support to raise money and reach my fundraising goal! I will show you my sponsorship form soon, or you can visit my sponsorship page here:... Thank you!... Sign your name here insert link to online sponsorship page
SponsorshipForm If you re a UK income taxpayer we can claim tax back on your donation, which means that for every 1 you give, we could receive an extra 25p from HM Revenue and Customs*. For example a 10 donation could be worth 12.50. Please sponsor me as I am taking part in wear it pink and all sponsorship money collected will be sent to Breast Cancer Now to help them fund pioneering research and help to save and improve lives. Fundraising Activity/Event:... Fundraising Target:... Name:... Form:... Full name Home Address Post Code Gift aid ü Anne Smith 1 Silverthorne Road GL3 4NQ ü Date 1st September amount sponsored amount received 5-00 Y/N *I understand that I must pay Income Tax and/or Capital Gains Tax in the tax year at least equal to the amount of tax that all the charities I donate to will reclaim on my gifts for that tax year. I understand that other taxes such as VAT and Council Tax do not qualify. I understand the charity will reclaim 25p of tax on every 1 that I have given. **Declaration: If I have ticked the Gift Aid box, I confirm that I am a UK Income or Capital Gains taxpayer. I have read this statement and I wish Breast Cancer Now to reclaim tax on the donation detailed above.
SponsorshipForm Full name Home Address Post Code Gift aid ü Date amount sponsored amount received Total Raised Instructions for submitting your fundraising money: Post: Send the completed paying in slip from your school s fundraising pack and a cheque (not cash) made payable to Breast Cancer Now to Freepost wear it pink Phone: Ask your parent/guardian to call the pink hotline to pay by credit or debit card on 0800 107 3104 Bank: Ask your teacher to fill in your school s paying-in slip and take the donations to any high street bank Online: Your parent/guardian can pay by credit or debit card quickly and securely at /payin Parent s signature (if needed):...
Just Giving / Online Sponsorship 1. Don t forget to set up your own Just Giving page by visiting www.justgving.com/breastcancernow Cards 2. Add your own URL on these Just Giving cards and encourage people to sponsor you 3. You could also share your Just Giving details on your Facebook profile or via Twitter #wearitpink Create your own sponsorsip cards Please sponsor me! Name I am going to be: (Fundraising activity/event) Please show your support for this excellent cause by sponsoring me You can visit my Just Giving Page to donate: Please sponsor me! Name I am going to be: (Fundraising activity/event) Please show your support for this excellent cause by sponsoring me You can visit my Just Giving Page to donate: # www # www Create your own sponsorsip cards Please sponsor me! Name I am going to be: (Fundraising activity/event) Please show your support for this excellent cause by sponsoring me You can visit my Just Giving Page to donate: Please sponsor me! Name I am going to be: (Fundraising activity/event) Please show your support for this excellent cause by sponsoring me You can visit my Just Giving Page to donate: # www # www Create your own sponsorsip cards Please sponsor me! Name I am going to be: (Fundraising activity/event) Please show your support for this excellent cause by sponsoring me You can visit my Just Giving Page to donate: Please sponsor me! Name I am going to be: (Fundraising activity/event) Please show your support for this excellent cause by sponsoring me You can visit my Just Giving Page to donate: # www # www
Thank you Letter /email Template You can use this template to thank everyone that has sponsored you in your fundraising activities. Dear sponsor, Thank you for sponsoring me to I was raising money for Breast Cancer Now s wear it pink event I have really appreciated your support! Write the total amount here Altogether, I raised, and your help really made a difference in achieving that total All the money raised will help support research that will fight breast cancer and save lives Breast Cancer Now is discovering how to prevent breast cancer, how to detect it earlier and how to treat it more effectively By acting now, they believe that by 2050, everyone who develops breast cancer will live Descibe your activity here Thank you so much again for your support! Best wishes, Sign your name and put your form here (No 9347608) and a charity registered in England and Wales (No 1160558) and in Scotland (SC045584) Registered Office: Fifth Floor, Ibex House, 42-47 Minories, London EC3N 1DY wear it pink is a registered trademark