great glen challenge 2012 fundraising pack

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Welcome to

We are delighted that you will be joining us for Above and Beyond’s Great

Glen Challenge 2012. Above and Beyond expresses MAF’s more youthfulside and exists to spread the word about MAF, raise funds and have a loadof adventures together whilst doing it! We have put this fundraising packtogether to help you raise, and maybe even smash, your fundraising targetof £200.

If you are fundraising for the first time we have lots of ideas and suggestionsto get you started. You’ll be surprised how quickly you can reach your target

and then go on from there! For those veteran fundraisers you may find ourtips useful to fine tune your tried and tested fundraising techniques.

Setting up an online fundraising page is a great way to get for your friendsand family to sponsor you. See our step by step guidelines below as well assome handy tips on getting the most out of your fundraising page.

If you prefer a paper sponsorship form to collect sponsorship from friendsandfamily please use the one below. Remember to encourage your sponsors totick the gift aid box if they are a UK tax payer. This will enable MAF to

collect 28p from the government for every pound donated by your sponsors!

The Great Glen Challenge Team is always here to provide you withfundraising help or advice. Please do get in touch any time and we’d behappy to help. Email us at [email protected] or call 0141 332 5322.



Flying to thousands more destinations than any airline, MAF is aChristian organisation operating light aircraft in developing countries sothat people in remote areas can receive essential help.

Today, countless men, women and children remain cut off by difficult or

dangerous terrain, deprived of basic necessities for a full and healthy life.Our planes enable those who are bring vital medical, relief anddevelopment services, as well as hope and love to people. We work in closepartnership with indigenous groups, national churches, governmentdepartments, missions, local aid workers and international aid agencies.

Every three minutes, an MAF plane is taking off or landing. Over 135aircraft at work in more than 35 countries speed physical and spiritualcare and hope to those living in isolation.

If you want to get involved with MAF then Above and Beyond is the way togo. We are on Facebook, Twitter, Youtube and do all those old fashioned

things like answer the phone and meet face to face too.

Please contact us to discuss our future events, ways that you can supportMAF or if you would like someone from Above and Beyond to come and

speak at you church we do all that too. “Because we prepared the airstrip and MAF is coming, other agencies have come to work

here – Tearfund and UNICEF. No one would travel on the roads now.”

Simon Nangiro, Oxfam, Uganda

“MAF is awesome – we couldn’t do this without you guys!”

Ruth Creber, Medair Emergency Response Team, South Sudan



Let’s get started!Set up your online fundraising page

If you haven’t used an online fundraising page before, now is your chance todiscover a quick and easy way of getting sponsorship from your friends and

family across the world!

Why use an online fundraising page?

1. It’s personal and fun - you can put up a picture and share it with yourfriends and family 2. People can donate securely, quickly and easily with a credit/debit card3. The money is transferred directly into our bank account4. Sponsors can leave messages of support on your page but can alsoremain anonymous if they wish5. We can reclaim the gift aid (28p in every pound sponsored) from thegovernment on all sponsorship made on your page6. Research has shown that people will sponsor you more if they are usingtheir debit/ credit card, rather than digging for lose change in their pockets

JustGiving Logo (link)/ Virgin Money link

1. Click on the logo above which will take you straight to the JustGiving site2. Click on ‘Create Your Page’3. Follow the onscreen instructions to add your personal details4. You will then be presented with a pre-formatted page5. In this section there is space for you to:

• choose your website address (we recommend you use a title whichrefers to the Great Glen Challenge eg. www.justgiving.com/graemes

greatglenchallenge• name your page

• set a fundraising target minimum £200

• include a personal message about what you are doing, why you are

doing it and what you ultimately hope to achieve

• add in a photograph if you wish (please seek permission from anyoneelse who may be in the photograph with you).

NB. If you get stuck or come across any problems when trying to set up aJustgiving page please call the Great Glen Challenge Team on 0141 332 5322



Online fundraising hints and

tips

1. Personalise your message The best fundraising pages tell a really goodstory. Let people know why you're going to the trouble of raising money,and they're much more likely to take the time to donate. Explain why MAF

deserves support and what a difference it makes.2. Add photos and video A personal photo makes your page much more

engaging. Even better — add your own Flickr photos and YouTube video. It

gives you lots of scope to be funny, imaginative and compelling and gives your supporters a good reason to send your page on to their friends. Youcould also promote the site on your Twitter or Facebook pages!3. Tell everyone about your page Before you email your entire addressbook, ask your closest friends and family to donate first. An empty page canbe a bit intimidating, so having a couple of donations on the page shouldencourage other sponsors. People tend to match the amounts already listedon the page, so if they’re generous ones, all the better!

4. Publicise your page You can also share your page on Facebook with theJust giving Facebook app, and on your blogs and websites with the just

giving widget or badges. Ask your company if they’ll link to your page fromtheir website or intranet. Do this by going to your Facebook page and searchfor Justgiving in the search box. After that follow the steps to complete yourlinks.

5. Put a link in your email signature Add your page's web address to youremail signature. That way, every email you send raises awareness of yourfundraising and attracts more donations.6. Keep your page up-to-date Post regular updates on your progress and

upload new photos. It gives people a reason to come back to your page andencourages them to donate again or to send your page on to their friends.

7. Send a follow-up email Be persistent. It takes more than one round of emails to reach your target. You know what it's like - people mean to donate,but sometimes they don't quite get round to it on the first request.Remember to thank the people who've already supported you, and to askthem to send your page to their contacts



A – Z of Fundraising Ideas!

A

Auction of Promises Get people to donate a gift, the promise of their time or use

of their belongings. You can even ask people to donate themselves as 'slaves for

the day'!

B

Ball Organise an evening with posh dinner and entertainment for members of

your church. Charge them for the tickets and donate the proceeds (make sure you

budget well!)

C

Cake Making Bake some delicious cakes and sell them to church and family

members

D

24 hour Dance Party Organise a dance party with a shift system which last 24hrs.

Charge for tickets or get sponsored to dance the day and night away!

E

Expeditions Large or small, to Snowdonia or just down the road, group

expeditions can be sponsored, ticketed or team building events

F

Fancy Dress Get sponsored to wear fancy dress for a day or organise a fancy dress

party

G

Guessing Competition: guess the number of lollies in the jar or the weight of

your youth worker or church minister (with their permission!)



H

Helping elderly neighbour need help tidying their garden? Tell them what you’re

doing and see if they would like to donate.

I

Inter-church Sports Match football, tennis, netball, beach volleyball or anything!

J Jazz evening Host a black tie jazz night and charge for tickets

K

Karaoke Organise a karaoke evening and charge people to get in or take part…or

pay for an exemption ticket!

L

Lunch Money Challenge all your friends to go without lunch for a day and donate

the money you all will save to MAF

M

Media Let the local newspapers, TV channels and radio stations what you are up

to

N

Non School Uniform Day Ask your teachers if the proceeds can go to the work of

MAF

O

Olympic Challenge Think up some fun competitions such as chair-racing, who

can punch most holes in a sheet of A3 in a minute, or who can cover themselves

in the most post-it notes

P

Paper Aeroplane Racing Collect a donation for each paper aeroplane and see

which one can fly the furthest or create a target and award prizes to those who hit

the target

Q

Quiz Nights always a favourite. Charge people to take part

R

Raffle A traditional fundraising favourite



S

Swap shop- ask your friends and family to donate clothes they no longer want,

hang ‘em up and then charge others £1 for each item they buy.

T

Treasure Hunt Organise a treasure hunt by car, bike or on foot. Teams pay to

enter

U

University Challenge Collect together teams who attend the same or nearby

universities and hold a challenge to see which university comes top

V

Variety Show Round up your talented friends, dust off your dancing shoes andput on a show for family and friends. Charge for admission

W

Welly wanging competition line up a load of willies, get people for pay to enter

and then stand in a line and chuck ‘em as far you can, furthest wins.

X

Xylophone Playing Competition (OK, it’s hard to come up with an X!)

Y

Your Own Ideas They’re often the best!

Z

Zero Tolerance: give up chocolate or some other treat for a month… donate the

money saved



Sending in your Sponsorship Whenever you send money to MAF, please complete and enclose one of the

Collected Funds tear off slips below. By doing this you can help us put all your hard earned funds to use as quickly as possible.

Please don’t send us cash through the post, instead bank it and send us acheque/postal order to cover the amount. All cheque and postal orders need

to be made payable to ‘MAF’ and sent to MAF, Challenge House, 29 CanalStreet, Glasgow, G4 0AD

Thank you so much for all your support and hard work raising these vitalfunds!

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Sponsorship Paying In Form

Important Information:1. This form is to be completed for all sponsorship cheques sent in

2. We need a separate paying in form for each participant’s money 3. Remember to return your Sponsorship Forms with this so we can claim Gift Aid 4. Please send forms and sponsorship monies to us by 31st July 2012

5. Please photocopy this form if you need further copies

Please process my sponsorship

Please process my sponsorship money as follows:

Amount Enclosed £

Participant Name

Thank you so much for your support.Please remember that the minimum amount you need to raise is

£200. monies as follows

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