Fundraising events have a double advantage of not only bringing in much needed funds but also raising the profile of Volunteers for Mental Health. The more people that know about our vital work the better The following is a list of ideas that have been tried to raise money for VfMH:
Other ideas include Fundraising through ebay VfMH has an account set up with ebay to enable sellers to donate between 10% & 100% of the price going to VfMH. http://www.missionfish.org.uk/index.html Fundraising through Every Click (search engine) VfMH has an account with Every Click, a search engine. By using this search engine you will raise money for VfMH. http://www.everyclick.com/uk/volunteersformentalhealth Fundraise by shopping Choose from over 600 of the UK's best-known retailers including many popular names such as Amazon, Next, Argos, John Lewis and HMV, and when you shop using the links on our site up to 15% from every purchase you make is donated to VfMH (once signed up and chosen VfMH as your charity. http://www.easyfundraising.org.uk/ Fundraising on line Everyclick Sponsorship lets you launch an appeal and collect sponsorship to benefit any one of over 200,000 UK charities. You can create your own appeal page and get friends and supporters to give for any event or occasion - see some ideas below.
International and national event days and weeks The following national days may be useful as a focus for your fundraising
Cheques payable to ‘Volunteers for Mental Health’ are to be sent to our treasurer. Treasurer, VfMH The Orchard Drewsteignton Devon EX6 6QT 07779096274 (mobile) 01647281687 clarose47@hotmail.com Alternately you can pay money directly into our bank account. (details available on request) If you do pay money in this way please inform our treasurer so we can check the money has arrived and send you an acknowledgement. Please also contact our treasurer if you have questions about gift aid, regular giving, how the money is spent. If you need ideas about fundraising or would like someone from VfMH to attend an event please contact us VfMH receives a substantial part of its income from people who have set up monthly standing orders into our account. This is very valuable to us as it gives us a regular income that we can rely on each year. Gift Aid A good way to boost the donations made to charities is through claiming Gift Aid. Gift Aid is tax relief on money donated to UK charities. The Inland Revenue treats donations as if the donor had already deducted basic rate tax from them. The charity can then reclaim this tax to increase the value of a donation.This means that for every £100 donated, we can claim back an extra £25 Gift Aid from the Inland Revenue boosting the donation to £125 Donors must:
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