School Fundraising Pack · 2015-05-17 · Top ten tips to planning: 7 Richard Owen, Community and...

1 Richard Owen, Community and Challenges Fundraiser

E: [email protected] T: 0115 910 1008

School

Fundraising

Pack

2014/15

This pack will identify ways in which your school can get involved in some

amazing activities to help support your local community.

Contact Nottinghamshire Hospice:

Email: [email protected]

Phone: 0115 910 1008 (Option 3)

Contents

1) About Nottinghamshire Hospice: ......................... 3

2) How it will benefit your school ............................ 3

3) How to get involved ........................................... 4

3.1: Infant and Junior Schools: .............................. 4

3:2: Primary Schools: ........................................... 4

3.3: Secondary Schools: ....................................... 5

4) Planning and Organising ...................................... 7

5) How your donations help ..................................... 8

6) Paying in your money ......................................... 9

7) What support Nottinghamshire Hospice offers ...... 10

8) A-Z of fundraising ideas .................................... 11

9) Other ways to fundraise .................................... 12



1) About Nottinghamshire

Hospice

Nottinghamshire Hospice supports local families when someone

in that family has a serious illness that cannot be cured. We work

with the whole family, to help meet not only the medical care and support needs of the patient but also the practical,

emotional and social needs of everyone in the family, both during the illness and in

bereavement.

We provide some of our services in our Hospice on Woodborough Road and we also

care for people in their own home, especially when they would otherwise have to go into

hospital. Our Hospice at Home service can enable people to stay at home for as long as

possible and die at home, if that is what they have chosen to do.

Why we would like you to get involved

We want to help as many local families as we can and we need to raise over

£4 million every year to do that. We would like your school to be part of making a difference to those families.

2) How it will benefit your school

Taking part in one of Nottinghamshire

Hospice’s fundraising challenges or putting

on your own fundraising challenge as a

school will help students to develop new

skills in a variety of different areas such as

communication, teamwork, negotiation,

business planning, networking, confidence,

time management and many more. It’s also

fun!

A number of the challenges will also be able

to work alongside your school’s curriculum.

Nottinghamshire Hospice also offers a number of volunteering opportunities that

students can get involved in and use towards their Duke of Edinburgh award.



3) How to get involved

This section has been broken down into different schools age

ranges. However, you are welcome to take part in any activity

mentioned if you feel this is suitable for your school.

3.1: Infant and Junior Schools

Care for a Bear

Children are asked to take care of one of our

special bears, give them a name, design them some

clothes and look after them for a whole week to raise

sponsorship for Nottinghamshire Hospice.

Undertake a Personal Challenge

We’d like to encourage whole classes to decide on

their own challenge and get sponsored for its completion, for example a sponsored

silence or doing the most bunny hops they can in one minute. We’d love to hear

what ideas the children have for their challenge and can make it easy to manage

their sponsor money by providing special envelopes.

Take the Christmas and Easter Retail Challenge

We will provide you with Christmas and Easter merchandise to sell through your

school and a prize will be given to the team, class or school that runs the most

successful project.

3.2: Primary Schools:

Be a Nottinghamshire Hospice Hero

Pupils are asked to design their own superhero and

either get sponsored to do five things which make

them that superhero, or donate pocket money for each

task they complete, for example helping others, doing

more than their usual jobs at home.

Empty and Refill a Smarties Tube

Nottinghamshire Hospice will provide children with a tube of Smarties—yum! Once

the children have finished all the Smarties, their task is to fill the tube with 20ps to

the top and then donate it to us.

Penny Picture

Pupils are asked to draw a picture on the floor and then fill it in using loose change.



3.3: Secondary Schools:

Junior Dragons Challenge

This project is designed to help students to develop skills in key areas of business

management, project management, delegation, budgeting, negotiation, networking,

marketing, teamwork, relationship management and many more. The idea is that a

team of students will be given up to £50 to invest in products or materials to set up

and run a money-making enterprise, for example the ingredients to make cakes to

sell at school.

They will be asked to return the original stake plus any

profits they make as a donation to Nottinghamshire

Hospice. All participating teams will be entered for our

Enterprising Learners Prize which will be given out at our

annual awards ceremony. Students will be given a brief

and objectives to achieve during this challenge, including

identifying and assessing their business environment and

projecting how they will achieve a profit, all of which can

go towards their learning outcomes across several topics.



The Creative Challenge

Teams will be invited to help us save money or staff time by helping us source free

raffle prizes for an event, develop a product for us or help us promote a product or

event.

Each team will receive:

A briefing and information pack

The opportunity to come to the Hospice and make a presentation on their

findings and learning from the project to senior managers and ambassadors,

and receive feedback.

Automatic entry for consideration for the team prize

The chance to be considered for our annual Hospice Hero prize

Promotion via our website and social media

Dress Down Day

Students dress down and wear their own clothes. This could be a themed dress down

day, maybe at Christmas and all dress as Santa, have a pyjama party, have a crazy

hats day . . . the opportunities are endless!



4) Planning and organising

If you choose to run your own event it is really important to be

organised - start by writing a list of things that need to be done.

Top ten tips to planning:



1. Decide what you’re going to do - Use our A-Z guide on page 10 for

inspiration.

2. Let us know - Please let the fundraising team know so we can offer

you the right support.

3. Choose a date and time - Check that this doesn’t clash with any

major events e.g. Red Nose Day and give yourself enough time to plan.

4. Set deadlines and stick to them - Helping you to keep on track for a

successful fundraising event. Make sure you are sending out invitations

a minimum of 4 weeks in advance.

5. Think about a budget - What will it cost? Can you get sponsorship?

6. Pick a venue that is suitable - Tell the venue that it is a charity

event. Has it got the correct facilities e.g. disabled toilet, suitable

lighting, correct number for your projected capacity, catering.

7. Ask for help - Delegate tasks among team members, family and other

friends.

8. What equipment do you need - Work out what equipment you may

need and think about how you will secure it for your event and how it

will get to your venue.

9. Don’t rely on the weather - Think of a contingency plan in case the

weather is not suitable for your event.

10. Do you want a member of the Hospice team to attend - If you

would like a representative from the Hospice we would appreciate as

much notice as possible. We will always do our best to attend - please

note we have so many similar requests we cannot guarantee that we

will definitely be to attend.

5) How your donations help



Creative Projects

A day in Day Therapy

Physiotherapy

Counseling Session

Uniforms

Therapy

6) Paying in your money

Sponsorship money can be paid in one of several ways:

1. Cheque: Send a cheque, Charities cheque or postal order made payable to Not-

tinghamshire Hospice to

Nottinghamshire Hospice, 384 Woodborough Road, Nottingham, NG3 4JF.

2. Credit Card or Debit Card: You can phone your details through to the office

0115 910 1008. Please make sure you explain which sponsored event this is for.

3. You can bring your money direct to the

Hospice and ask for Fundraising.

4. We can supply you with donation enve-lopes and sponsorship forms.



7) What support

Nottinghamshire Hospice offers

Nottinghamshire Hospice will

support you every step of the way.

The Community and

Challenges Fundraiser can attend

school assemblies, team

meetings and events (when

suitable) to deliver information to

students about Nottinghamshire

Hospice and how their money is

being used to support patients,

families and carers. We can also

arrange for students to visit us here

and meet some of our patients.

Nottinghamshire Hospice can also support with promoting fundraising challenges,

helping to design and send posters, through social media and the use of the

Nottinghamshire Hospice website to maximise their reach and fundraising potential.

Nottinghamshire Hospice’s

Community and Challenges

Fundraiser will also be available to

advise students on events

decisions.

Contact Details:

For more information on how we

can support you or if you have any

questions please contact the

Fundraising team via email or

telephone.

E: [email protected]

T: 0115 910 1008 option 3)



mailto:[email protected]

8) A-Z of fundraising ideas



A: Assault course challenge, Afternoon

tea party, Arts/crafts stall/exhibition/fair, Abseil, Auction of promises,

Arm Wrestling

B: Bad hair day, Balloon race, Bingo, Bring & Buy sale, Back-to-front day,

Baked beans bath, Battle of the Bands, Beat the goalie, Bike ride, Beard Shaving.

C: Cabaret, Car washing, Carol singing,

Coffee morning, Cooking Competitions, Computer games marathon, Concert,

Conker Championship, Chocolate ban, Cartwheel Competition

D: Dance marathon, Darts tournament, Disco, Dog walking, Drawing competition,

Duck race, Dress down day, Doughnut eating challenge.

E: Easter egg hunt, Egg and spoon race,

Egg painting, Exhibitions, Eating baked beans with a cocktail stick.

F: Face painting, Fancy dress party,

Fancy dress sports, Fashion show, Football tournament, Fun-run, Film show/

premiere, Fair/Fete, Flower Show.

G: Game shows based on TV quizzes,

Guess the height/weight/amount, Gigs.

H: Hula Hoop competition, Hair Beading/plaiting, Halloween Party, Hopscotch.

I: Ice cream & movie night, International

Cooking Evening.

J:Juggling competition, Jigsaw Marathon, Jumble Sale, Jewellery

Making/selling.

K: Karaoke, Kite flying, Kiss-a-thon, Knobbly knees competition, Kiss-selling.

L: Line dancing, Loud Tie Day, Limbo Competition.

M: Magic show,

Musical chairs, Music quiz, Movie

night, Marathon, Masquerade ball,

Music quiz.

N: Name the face, Netball tournament, Non-uniform day, Nature Trails, Name

that Baby.

O: Obstacle course, Odd clothes day.

P: Pancake day, Pantomime, Pet show, Pie eating competition, Pool competition.

Q: Quiz night, Quasar nights.

R: Record breaking attempts, Raffle, Roller-blading, Rock ‘n’ roll night, Relays,

Rowing marathon, Rugby match.

S: Swim-a-thon, Salsa dancing, Scalextrix Grand Prix, Sack Races,

Santa’s Grotto, Sponsored anything!

T: Talent competition, Tea party, Three-legged races, Treasure hunt, Tug

of war

U: University Challenge, Umbrella

dancing, Uniform-free-day.

V: Valentines ball, Variety show, Video-athon, Vegetarian evening.

W: Welly-throwing competition,

Wine-tasting evening, Wheelbarrow racing, Word search.

X: Xmas ball, Xmas pantomime,

Xylophone competition, X-files quiz.

Y: Yogathon, Yodelling competition, Yo-Yo competition, Yacht racing.

Z: Zany clothes day, Zoo quiz.

9) Other ways to fundraise

for Nottinghamshire

Hospice



Recycle your old mobile phones, empty laser printer and

inkjet printer cartridges

Nottinghamshire Hospice have teamed up with leading electronic waste management

company Clover Environmental Solutions to help turn these items that would otherwise be destined for landfill into valuable funds for Nottinghamshire Hospice,

whilst also protecting the environment.

So if you have old mobile phones or empty laser printer and inkjet printer

cartridges then don't throw them out. Clover Environmental Solutions will

supply a collection point box for your phones and cartridges - why not encourage

pupils and their families to help by adding theirs. When it is full, all you have to do

is call the number on the box to arrange collection. It’s as simple as that. For more

information, or to request a collection point box call Clover Environmental

Solutions on 01635 876900 confirming your support for Nottinghamshire Hospice.

Buy on Amazon and raise money for us

Do you purchase goods for yourself or school from amazon.co.uk? If the answer is

Yes then you could raise vital funds for Nottinghamshire Hospice at no additional

cost to yourself or your school by using the Nottinghamshire Hospice Amazon link.

It’s so easy!

Remember, as long as you entered the site via the Nottinghamshire Hospice link any

future purchases will be counted and we will receive approximately 4% of the total amount of your orders.

Why not bookmark the link or add to your favourites to ensure that each time you buy you are raising funds for Nottinghamshire Hospice?

http://www.amazon.co.uk/?&tag=nottinghospic-21&camp=1790&creative=6962&linkCode=ur1&adid=0XDVC9HQ6B3X30JFXHNQ&&ref-refURL=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nottshospice.org%2FOneStopCMS%2FCore%2FTemplateHandler.aspx%3FNRMODE%3DPublished%26NRNODEGUID%3D%257b969A0EDB-48B5-4A7A-

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