MEDAL WINNING

FOR CANCER RESEARCH UKTake inspiration from all the sport this summer and go for gold with your fundraising.

Let’s beat cancer sooner

FUNDRAISERS

IT’S ALL IN THE PREPARATIONDon’t fall at the first hurdle. Here are four simple steps to make sure your fundraising achieves a podium finish.

Get readyChoose your fundraising activity. Take some inspiration from our ideas or

come up with one of your own. Summer is a great time to get together

with friends so make it mean even more by supporting Cancer Research

Get setSet the date. Find a time that works for everyone and get your invites out

early. The more people you can get along the more money you will raise.

Use the poster in this pack and create a Facebook event to help spread

the word about what you’re doing and why.

Go!Have fun and enjoy yourself. Don’t forget to remind everyone how much

you are aiming to raise on the day and remember to celebrate your fund-

raising success when you cross the finish line.

Beat cancer soonerThe sooner we receive your funds, the sooner we can get them working

to beat cancer. Pay in your fundraising online at

CRUK.ORG/Return-Fundraising.

Post a cheque with the money return form in this pack.

Pay over the phone by calling 0300 123 1022

Use JustGiving to send it straight to us.

UK.

MEDAL WINNING IDEAS

Sweepstake It couldn’t be easier, simply ask people to make a donation to guess who will end up at the top of the table. Offer a prize to the person with the correct or nearest answer.

The office games

Bring the excitement, exhilaration and the intense feelings of success, failure and celebration to your office. Ask colleagues to make a donation to take part in events like synchronised office chair swivel, rubber band archery, table tennis or pencil javelin. You could always keep it old school with the egg and spoon, sack and the three legged race. We’ve included medals at the back of the pack for you to use at your games.

Have a themed party

Whether you feast on food from your favourite nation or dress like them the possibilities are endless. Having a theme will make for some great memories and photos. Frisbee discus anyone?

Get your kit on Get your colleagues to make a small donation to come to work dressed as their favourite athlete, team or in their sports kit and charge a forfeit for those who don’t.

Sports quiz

Challenge the mental agility and sporting knowledge of your family and friends with a quiz at your local pub, community centre or any suitable host venue. You can use the poster in this pack to promote your quiz and ask a local business for a winner’s prize. If you’re really good at blagging freebies why not hold a raffle or silent auction on the night to raise even more money.

Movie Night

Think Chariots of Fire, Cool Runnings, Bend it like Beckham or Run Fatboy Run. Watch other people strive for athletic perfection from the comfort of your sofa while raising money to beat cancer. Pick your five top sporting films and ask guests to bid for their favourites, then watch the winning film on the night.

TOP TIP:

Use the poster in this pack to advertise your event or to let people know about

your target and why you’re fundraising.

TOP TIP:

Start the fundraising early by asking people to donate

via Justgiving. Then you can concentrate on

hosting your event and hitting everyone up for a

final donation on the day.

The money you raise will help us to accelerate our progress in the fight against cancer

Take some inspiration from our sport themed ideas and let the games begin.

RACING FOR A CURE

PREVENT Reduce people’s risk of

developing cancer

The number of people being diagnosed with cancer is rising, due to changing lifestyles and the fact that more people are living longer,

reaching ages when cancer is more common. So we need to do more to

prevent cancer developing in the first place.

DIAGNOSE Diagnose more cancers earlier

Diagnosing cancer earlier is one of the most powerful ways to improve cancer survival. The

chances of successful treatment are much higher for almost

all types of cancer if it’s found early.

TREAT

Develop new cancer treatments

Cancer is complex. As our understanding of the disease

grows, we have an opportunity to discover and develop

new treatments.

OPTIMISE Make treatments more

effective for each patient

Researchers now have huge amounts of information

about the genetic changes in different types of

cancer. It’s becoming clear that every patient’s cancer

is unique.

Your fundraising will help bring forward the day when all cancers are cured to beat cancer once and for all – thank you.

Through our research, we’ve helped double cancer survival in the last 40 years - but our ambition is to accelerate that progress and see three-quarters of patients surviving their cancer for at least 10 years by 2034.

It’s ambitious but we believe that together, we can do it.

We will concentrate our research in four areas to give us the foundations we need to tackle cancer head on and make a real difference to people affected by cancer and their families.

In this pack you should find everything you need for a successful medal winning fundraiser event but if you have any questions call 0300 123 1022 to speak to a member of our team.

FUNDRAISING

TOOLS Whatever you’re

doing to fundraise,make it easier and

more fun withour helpful

materials.

PLAN IT

Check-lists

Keep on top of your fundraisingactivities with handy to-do lists. You caneven download our Fundraising Plannerto plan your next fundraiser and keep sight of your goals

Keep it safe

Whether you’re popping allergy information on your party food, or making sure everybody knows about where the fire exits are at your dinner party, conducting a risk assessment can be made simple with our downloadable guidance, here.

PLANNING YOUR OWN EVENT?

Visit CRUK.ORG/Planning-Fundraising

PROMOTE IT

Spread the word

Social media and local press are great ways to shout about your fundraising. Spread the word and raise even more money to beat cancer sooner!

Keeping it small? Ask your boss to send an internal email to encourage workers to dig deep.

PROMOTING YOUR OWN EVENT?

Visit CRUK.ORG/Promoting-Fundraising

TOP TIPChallenge your

employer! Ask themto match your personal

fundraising amountas an easy way of

doubling your totalamount!

RETURN IT

Use the money return form in this pack as a quick and easy way to make sure your funds go towards beating cancer even sooner.

Raise it easily

Start the fundraising early by getting people to make donations through JustGiving. It’s also great for those who can’t be there on the day!

PAY IN YOUR MONEY

Visit CRUK.ORG/Return-Fundraising

GIFT AID – VERY IMPORTANTBoost your donation by 25p for every £1 you donate

I want to Gift Aid my donation and any donations I make in the future or have in the past 4 years, to Cancer Research UK. I am a UK taxpayer and understand that if I pay less Income Tax and/or Capital Gains Tax than the amount of Gift Aid claimed on all of my donations in that year, it is my responsibility to pay any difference.

Please let us know if you want to cancel this declaration, change your name or home address, or no longer pay sufficient tax on your income.

MEDAL WINNING FUNDRAISERSDONATION FORM

Tick here for Gift Aid

Title First Name

Surname Postcode Home address NOT YOUR WORK ADDRESS (This is essential for Gift Aid)

Amount Gift Aid Date Collected

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• Please ensure you fill out each section in full.

• Please ensure the details of each donation are recorded accurately in your sponsor’s own handwriting – forms in the same handwriting or printed are not valid for Gift Aid purposes.

• Please ensure each donor ticks the Gift Aid box next to their address below if eligible.

• Please note we cannot claim Gift Aid on business addresses or on multiple sponsors e.g. Mr & Mrs Jones.

YOUR DETAILS

Title

First Name

Surname

Address

Postcode

Telephone

Please use blue or black pen and write in CAPITAL letters. All fields are mandatoryFULL NAME + HOME ADDRESS + POSTCODE + DATE COLLECTED + = GIFTAID

Cancer Research UK is a Registered Charity in England and Wales (1089464), Scotland (SC041666) and the Isle of Man (1103).Registered address: Cancer Research UK, Angel Building, 407 St John Street, London EC1V 4AD.

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Become part of the movement to bring forward the day when all cancers are cured. Hear about our latest breakthroughs, campaigns and how you can support our life saving work.

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Next Steps

• Simply collect your donations from your donors and send us a cheque made payable to Cancer Research UK (please do not send cash) along with this donation form to: Cancer Research UK, PO Box 1561, Oxford, OX4 9GZ

• Please do not photocopy this form.

• To pay money in by phone please call

0300 123 1022.

• If you have raised money via the JustGiving.com website, this will come directly to the charity.

Office use only: Source Code: 16XFE5 Product Code FUNDON

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latest breakthroughs, campaigns and how you can support our life saving work.

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Cancer Research UK is a registered charity in England and Wales(1089464),Scotland (SC041666) and the Isle of Man (1103).

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FOR YOUR CHAMPIONSPrint and cut our these medals for your champions whether it’s your winning quiz team, the office olympian or awards for the best outfit or cake at your event. Get creative with your winners categories and go all out at the medal ceremony.