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Fundraising

Pack

For

Individuals

Chesterfield and North Derbyshire Branch Registered Charity No. 226142

Your Fundraising Guide

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Thank you for your interest in helping to fundraise for the RSPCA Chesterfield and North Derbyshire Branch.

Help us celebrate our 80th birthday in style and raise much needed funds for

the animals in our care by raising at least £80 to become one of our special

‘Birthday Buddies’.

In this pack you will find a selection of fundraising ideas as well as tips and

advice on how we can help you with your fundraising. We can also provide

Sponsor Forms and Collection Boxes and Tubes (ideal for collecting loose

change), which are great for an event, for the workplace or for public display.

We would be more than happy to talk through any ideas with you, and should

you want any advice over the phone or by e-mail, or to gain extra supplies,

please feel free to get in touch by contacting Steph McCawley by ringing 01246

273358 or email to fundraising@chesterfield-rspca.org.uk.

If you are doing a sponsored event, you may also want to create your own Just

Giving Page to help raise funds. If you haven’t done this before, we would be

more than happy to help!

Post Event

Once you have completed your fundraising, please return all money raised and

any Sponsor Forms to us in person or by post to our Animal Centre at 137 Spital

Lane, Chesterfield, S41 0HL. Any cheques should be made payable to “RSPCA

Chesterfield & North Derbyshire Branch”. Please do not send cash in the post.

If you wish to make a direct donation, you can do so via our website

www.chesterfield-rspca.org.uk/makeadonation. Please specify that you would

like your donation to go towards our 80th birthday celebrations.

Thank you for helping the animals and best of luck with your fundraising efforts!

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80 for 80 logo

The RSPCA Chesterfield and North Derbyshire Branch came into existence on 7th April 1938

We are an independent, self-funding branch of the RSPCA.

We care for animals that have been rescued by RSPCA Inspectors from abuse, neglect or abandonment as well as sick and injured stray animals. We also take in pets that owners can sadly no longer keep for reasons such as financial hardship, ill health and eviction.

Our Chesterfield Animal Centre is home to 45 dogs, 24 cats and various other small animals such as rabbits, guinea pigs and hamsters.

We have up to 135 animals in our care at any one time.

We care for, rehabilitate and rehome up to 1000 animals per year.

Its costs over £430,000 per year to keep the doors of the Animal Centre open. That’s £1200 per day!

Our animal welfare work is dependant on fundraising, adoptions, legacies and donations.

Volunteers and the help of our supporters is crucial to keep the Animal Centre running.

About us…………….

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1938 - RSPCA Chesterfield and North

Derbyshire Branch came into existence.

1960 - Chesterfield Animal Centre was opened

at former boarding kennels on Spital Lane.

1971 - Important legacy from Charlotte Mary

Ward allowed expansion of the centre.

1996 - Charity Shop in Chesterfield first

opened on Market Hall

2015 - New rabbit house built

2017 - Acquired a new van to

be able to take animals to and from vets

2018 - Branch’s 80th birthday and work to

modernise the Animal Centre to begin

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Photos © Derbyshire Times

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Fundraising ‘Birthday Buddy’ Tiers

£80

£200

£120

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£80 You will receive a special place on our

celebration ‘Birthday Buddy’ wall of fame

with your name displayed in the Animal

Centre for all to see. You will be awarded a

certificate and we will celebrate your hard

work through our social media pages.

£120 You will receive the same as our £80 ‘Birthday Buddy’ and,

for your fantastic fundraising, we will also invite you to the

Animal Centre to have a photo with members of our team

and one of the gorgeous furry friends in our care.

£200 or more If you have raised more than £200, as well as all the above and to say a very

special thank you for your efforts, we will invite you to come and have a VIP

guided tour of the Animal Centre where you can learn more about what we

do and meet the animals we have in our care.

Find out what happens when you achieve….

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Fundraising suggestions Here are some fun fundraising ideas to get you started, but we are sure you will be able to think of many more…

See how quickly you can fill one of our Collection Tubes with loose

change - tubes are available, free of

charge, from our Animal Centre on

Spital Lane or our Chesterfield

Charity Shop. Alternatively, could

you take one of our Collection Tins

for your home or work? Ask your

friends or colleagues to help.

Could you organise a sponsored

activity? A sponsored walk, swim

or run? Could you and your

friends walk the equivalent of

Land’s End to John O’Groats or 10

walks covering 8 miles. Is there a

personal challenge you would

like to achieve, such as an abseil

or skydive?

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Are you taking part in an event such as a local marathon or triathlon in

April? Could you raise sponsorship

for the Chesterfield Animal Centre

in this way?

How about holding a cake and biscuit

sale at school or work? Unleash your

inner Mary Berry!! A great way to raise

funds, plus lovely, tasty treats to enjoy!

Does the company you work for have a Corporate Social Responsibility

scheme? Could you nominate

RSPCA Chesterfield and North

Derbyshire Branch as your Charity of

the Year?

How about running a competition? For example, you could

offer squares with 80 different names for a ‘Name a Bear’ at £1 a

go and the prize for the winning square is a cuddly toy bear.

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Does your company offer a ‘matched funds’ scheme as part of their Cor-

porate Social Responsibility? If so,

this could help you to double your

donation to the Chesterfield Animal

Centre.

Could you organise a ‘trail of coins’?

Everyone could bring in their loose

change and try to build a trail of coins

around the office…..you could take

photographs of your progress. This is

a really fun way to raise money!

Maybe you could hold a raffle or tom-bola at your workplace, social club, or

college? Offering prizes such as

chocolate, toiletries etc.

How about a pub-games night or quiz? Or maybe an aerobics

or Zumba session if you have someone willing to lead this

safely?

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If you belong to a sports club or organised group, could you organise a tournament or

competition? Golf, football, netball or a

badminton tournament? Could you turn this

into a fundraising event? Zumba-thon?

Sing-athon? Knit-athon? Or could you come up

with a 80 second challenge eg. who can score

the most goals?

Could you organise a Treasure Hunt?

Maybe set a series of challenges for

teams to complete, or a list of bizarre/

unlikely items to find in a set period of

time, or who can find 80 items on a list

in the fastest time.

Could you organise a silent auction or an auction of promises?

For example, could you and your friends auction off a service

each, such as a music lesson, ironing for a day, a week’s dog

walking…….?

Do you and your friends like cooking? Could you hold a

‘Come Dine With Me’ style evening at home asking each guest

to make a donation?

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How about a non uniform day at work or

school? You could have an animal themed

day where everyone dresses in their animal

onesies, wears animal ears or even has

their face painted.

Could you hold a concert or a talent

show for family and friends? Donate

all proceeds to the RSPCA Chesterfield

and North Derbyshire Branch

Are you interested in selling RSPCA merchandise at work, school or college?

We can arrange to provide you with

merchandise to sell at your office or

canteen, such as pin badges, keyrings,

trolley tokens, pencils and so much more.

Would you like to organise an Arts

and Crafts sale? Do you or anyone

you know love making gifts and would

like to sell them to friends or family?

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Would you be able to hold a school disco or a animal themed evening?

Animal themed music could be played

or it could be an 80’s party or 1930’s

themed evening.

Could you organise a coffee morning in your local community or

at work? Get everyone you know to

come and have a coffee and a slice

How about a ‘Guess the baby’

competition? You could hold this

with colleagues at work or teachers at

school. They provide the baby photo

and everyone pays £1 to guess.

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Could you ask your boss to raffle off one day of annual leave to

your colleagues? This is a great

way to get everyone involved, who

doesn't want an extra days holiday!

If you can incorporate ‘80’ into the theme, that would be great but

whatever you decide to do we are sure it will be fantastic! We

would love to hear from you and see your photos. Most

importantly we hope you have fun and enjoy your fundraising

activity.

Thank you and good luck!

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Share your stories and ideas with us…….

Feel free to send us photos of your fundraising in action and tell

us all about it.

Are you celebrating a landmark birthday this year

like us?

We would love to hear what you are doing especially if you

have chosen to include fundraising as part of our 80 for 80

challenge in your birthday celebrations.

Do you have any fond memories or photos you

would like to share with us about the history of

RSPCA Chesterfield and our work?

We are looking to build a picture of the Branch over our 80

years. (If sending photos, please only send copies or email to

fundraising@chesterfield-rspca.org.uk)

We would love to hear from you! Thank you.

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This is some useful advice to help ensure your fundraising goes smoothly.

We are very grateful that you have chosen to fundraise in aid of the RSPCA Chesterfield & North Derbyshire Branch ‘80 for 80’ Challenge as we could not carry on our vital work without your support. The tips below are intended to help you carry out your fundraising; please read through them before you start to fundraise.

1. You have chosen to fundraise for the RSPCA Chesterfield & North Derbyshire Branch, we are a separate charity from the National RSPCA. You should display the registered charity number of the charity you are fundraising for, our

registered charity number is 226142.

2. As an independent supporter (as opposed to an employee or paid fundraiser for the RSPCA) please note that you should refer to your fundraising as being ‘in aid of’ (and not ‘on behalf of’) the RSPCA. This shows that you are not a representative of the charity.

3. You are responsible for ensuring that all donations and sponsorship money from your event is paid to the RSPCA . Any cheques should be made payable to ‘RSPCA Chesterfield & North Derbyshire Branch.’ You must inform potential donors if any amount or percentage of the funds you raise will not be paid to the charity.

4. You may need to carry out a health & safety risk assessment for your event and to ensure that all participants are fully briefed and adequately supervised. Depending on the nature of your event, you may need insurance to cover your liabilities.

5. You need to be aware that if you do something that threatens or damages the name or reputation of the RSPCA we would have to ask you to stop fundraising.

6. You may need a licence for your activity or event e.g. a licence from the local authority to collect funds on the

street, in a public place or by going from house to house; a licence under the Gambling Act for a raffle or lottery; or a licence for the sale of alcohol/entertainment.

7. If you are collecting personal information from donors, remember that there may be requirements under the Data Protection Act 1998 relating to how you deal with that information.

8. Please encourage eligible donors/sponsors to make gift aid declarations. This will make the most of your fundraising efforts by enabling us to recover basic rate tax on their donations.

9. You need to make sure you only use fundraising materials that you have a right to copy and use.

10. We would love to receive photographs of your event – if you wish to share these with us, please email them to fundraising@chesterfield-rspca.org.uk and we will use them to promote the ‘80 for 80’ challenge.

11. If you are under 18, your parent/guardian would need to take responsibility for your fundraising activities. Please show them this guidance and make sure they are happy about what you have chosen to do.

12. We want to raise money to be used for our charity’s general charitable aims including helping care and rehabilitating our animals in need.

13. To qualify as a ‘Birthday Buddy’ we must have your fundraising proceeds returned to us by no later than the 14th May 2018.

14. If you have any queries, please contact us at fundraising@chesterfield-rspca.org.uk or by telephone: 01246 273358