Alison Richmond has worked within fundraising in the third sector for several years and enjoys discovering easy fundraising ideas for charity. She currently works for easyfundraising, with whom supporters can fundraise for the Society of St James. When Alison approached us with the offer of writing a guest post on the use of Social Media [...]
I Hate Homeless People! Charity advertising goes too far …
I Hate Homeless People! When charity advertising goes too far … There, that got your attention didn’t it? How can a corporate and community fundraiser for a homelessness charity possibly made an outlandish statement like that? Well, here’s the thing; I do hate homeless people. Or, to restructure that sentence – I hate people being homeless. [...]
13 Mile (fancy dress) Sponsored Walk Anyone?
Edited to add; The Half Bat-Marathon sponsored walk was a huge success raising over £30 in TEXT donations, almost £800 in online donations and a further £140 in the collection containers along the way. The walk was relatively straightforward as it’s a flat route. However, the weight of the Batmobile was not insignificant and the [...]
Fundraising for a Charity Challenge
You’ll know by now that we’re taking a group of intrepid explorers to trek the Himalayas in May 2013, all in the name of fundraising to support homeless people here in Hampshire. In order to participate in this amazing opportunity, trekkers are committing to raise in excess of £3000 each. Many of the group are [...]
Olympic Inspiration
Himalayas Trek – Are you inspired by our Olympians? Looking at my Facebook and Twitter feeds, I know I’m not alone in being in awe of the competing Olympians. I’ve also noticed something of a trend in people saying they feel ‘a bit flabby’ or ‘somewhat unfit’ by comparison … Have you been inspired to do something [...]
Our TOP TEN Fundraising Ideas
Charity Tuesday TOP TEN Fundraising Ideas Yesterday was another Charity Tuesday (#charitytuesday) on Twitter so we decided to tweet our TOP TEN fundraising ideas or ways to be involved with SSJ, most of them at little or no cost in terms of time, effort or money. It’s not always easy to know how to help [...]
Himalayas Charity Trek Recruitment
Himalayas Trek and Delhi Project With a shade over a year and a month until we embark on our biggest community fundraising project yet, we’re still in a position to recruit more Himalayas charity trek participants. This begs the question, who do you know who’s ripe for a challenge? Who do you know that enjoys [...]
Environmental Rock Quizathon
Somewhat excitingly, we were recently approached by the team organising this year’s Environmental Rock event in Southampton. They are running a charity Quizathon (8 pub quizzes, 8 venues, over 11 days) to raise funds for their annual event, and for the Society of St James. Yesterday evening, two of our fundraisers met with the Environmental Rock committee to thrash out [...]
Great South Run: Run for SSJ
Run the Great South Run Why not run the Great South Run in support of The Society of St James? So far 20 wonderful supporters are running the Great South Run to raise vital funds for the Society of St James. We’re encouraging people to get together in teams of four so [...]
A Guest Post from Starbucks’ Dave; ONE BIG Sleepout
Below is a fantastic guest post from Starbucks Dave about his ONE BIG Sleepout experience. Thanks Dave, for supporting us and for writing such an honest account. Hello there, I’m Dave! You may remember me from… well actually, you probably don’t know me at all, so I’d best introduce myself! I’m one of the [...]
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