After many hours spend in Bangor library and pouring through the Directory of Grant Making Trusts I had approx. 100 names of trusts.
After further Internet research on each of these I have whittled it down to 35 who I am in with a chance of getting funding from. While PT recommended we sent at least 100, I think it is better to send a few good ones and save the stamps.
The letter has been written and now just comes addressing all 35 and posting them off.
Something that surprised me was the lack of funding in Northern Ireland. I found full lists of trusts for many different area's in England/Scotland/Wales but everywhere seemed to forget us! Seeing that most trusts are area specific this was quite a problem.
Strathearn's got Talent is still in the process of being agreed to by school (fingers crossed) and I really hope I am able to do it because a) it would be so much fun to organise and b) would help fundraising enormously.
I am also trying to organise bag packing but I can't do it in either Tesco's or Sainsburys, Iceland maybe? My friend going to Rwanda was at Iceland bag-packing on Christmas Eve and raised over £300, so if we got something like that it would be good!
Wednesday, 9 January 2013
Tuesday, 1 January 2013
2013!!!
Its this year I go to Africa! (Its a scary thought)
We had a Northern Ireland meet-up in Clements Coffee in the city centre and it was a wonderful opportunity to speak to the others that are going away, although none of us are for the same countries we could still share fundraising tips and ideas. The people who were one one of the first selection courses for 2013/14 are already near finished when i'm only starting and that's another very scary thought.
There's only about 7 of us going from here but apparently that's a lot in comparison to previous year!
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Fundraising Plans for the year;
1) Get Strathearn's got Talent sorted
2) Car boot Sale
3) Coffee morning/ bring and buy sale
4) Random school sweet sales
5) Charitable trusts?
6) Bag Packing?
Help need other ideas fast!
We had a Northern Ireland meet-up in Clements Coffee in the city centre and it was a wonderful opportunity to speak to the others that are going away, although none of us are for the same countries we could still share fundraising tips and ideas. The people who were one one of the first selection courses for 2013/14 are already near finished when i'm only starting and that's another very scary thought.
There's only about 7 of us going from here but apparently that's a lot in comparison to previous year!
____________________________________________________________________________
Fundraising Plans for the year;
1) Get Strathearn's got Talent sorted
2) Car boot Sale
3) Coffee morning/ bring and buy sale
4) Random school sweet sales
5) Charitable trusts?
6) Bag Packing?
Help need other ideas fast!
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