Has anyone got experience of fund raising?
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Good one, thank you Len.0
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A girl from our town put on a show "Songs from the musicals" or something like that, to raise money for a charity nobody had ever heard of. We all thought it would fail...the show booked for one night ran for two weeks such was the demand.
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If, as appears, there is community and educational benefit you could probably legitimately set up a registered charity "Friends of Faversham Boatyard" or whatever. You could then claim gift aid on your membership subscriptions as well as larger donations assuming that the members and / or donors are tax payers.
http://www.charitycommission.gov.uk/detailed-guidance/charitable-purposes-and-public-benefit/guidance-on-charitable-purposes/
If you do set up a charity and produce a newsletter make sure you edit it yourself!
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That's an interesting one. Do you happen to know how much was raised?maybe_baby said:A girl from our town put on a show "Songs from the musicals" or something like that, to raise money for a charity nobody had ever heard of. We all thought it would fail...the show booked for one night ran for two weeks such was the demand.
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Half a Sixpencestilladdicted said:
That's an interesting one. Do you happen to know how much was raised?maybe_baby said:A girl from our town put on a show "Songs from the musicals" or something like that, to raise money for a charity nobody had ever heard of. We all thought it would fail...the show booked for one night ran for two weeks such was the demand.
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Steele yourself for a comeback....SuedeAdidas said:
Half a Sixpencestilladdicted said:
That's an interesting one. Do you happen to know how much was raised?maybe_baby said:A girl from our town put on a show "Songs from the musicals" or something like that, to raise money for a charity nobody had ever heard of. We all thought it would fail...the show booked for one night ran for two weeks such was the demand.
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LOL. I think I'm after more of a Thoroughly Modern Millieon.0
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Around £3,000 (after the show costs were taken out)stilladdicted said:
That's an interesting one. Do you happen to know how much was raised?maybe_baby said:A girl from our town put on a show "Songs from the musicals" or something like that, to raise money for a charity nobody had ever heard of. We all thought it would fail...the show booked for one night ran for two weeks such was the demand.
Me and the gf also raised £250 in one hour for Downs Syndrome, by simply busking in front of their stall...this was completely unrehearsed and a bit patchy to say the least, but nobody seemed to mind.
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Use social media to advertise any fund raising events0
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Has your gf got big tits - that always helps to persuade people to put some coins in the bucket. :-)maybe_baby said:
Around £3,000 (after the show costs were taken out)stilladdicted said:
That's an interesting one. Do you happen to know how much was raised?maybe_baby said:A girl from our town put on a show "Songs from the musicals" or something like that, to raise money for a charity nobody had ever heard of. We all thought it would fail...the show booked for one night ran for two weeks such was the demand.
Me and the gf also raised £250 in one hour for Downs Syndrome, by simply busking in front of their stall...this was completely unrehearsed and a bit patchy to say the least, but nobody seemed to mind.0 -
Has your gf got big tits - that always helps to persuade people to put some coins in the bucket. :-)
34b...but she does have a persuasive manner :-)
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You could ask Sir Henry of Rightousness but it would end up with a lecture and an argument.0
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Do you know roughly how much you need?
I help manage fundraising for a local charity and from events, grants, legacies, donations etc we raise about £30k a year, but it's a slog and getting harder. If you need significantly more than that you'll need a pretty big team of dedicated people.
There might just be some trusts that exist for the purposes of establishing such community facilities, I can make some enquiries if you want to go down that route. Be ready for some serious form filling though.0 -
Heritage lottery funding up to 10k is relatively quick and easy. Over that it there is a lot of dosh but a lot of work. Find your local museum/heritage centre and tap into their expertise.
Ditto other similar campaigns. Pick their brains.
See what you can get in kind ie local colleges for design and build work, prisons for cleaning out.
Local celebs might donate items to sell or attend fundraising events.
I would avoid taking money off people for a flag which never sees the light of day. : - )0 -
Do you actually already have a charity with number etc.0
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#whataknobHenry Irving said:
I would avoid taking money off people for a flag which never sees the light of day. : - )0 -
In process of applying, but only for part of the total scheme.Athletico Charlton said:Do you actually already have a charity with number etc.
Many thanks to all. There appear to be quite a lot of funding streams for different purposes e.g giving kids a chance to learn to canoe and build small boats attracts EU funding. Fascinating area. A cool £3 million should see us through! I get the feeling I'm going to be kept busy. Luckily the one thing we do have is a large number of very determined people.
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Start a 'Boatyard Addicks' group - get Chris Powell down to open it and charge a fiver to get in.
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