Guest Posted March 20, 2011 Share Posted March 20, 2011 Hi all Me and my friends are thinking about organising a fund raising event to help raise money for Japan. We are thinking of hiring a huge function room and charge people £5-£10 to get in and then during the night have different entertainment and games/raffles etc as an incentive for people to come. Some of my friends work for T4 and other television production companies so they are trying to get different performers/stand up comedians etc to come but we are struggling to think of other types of entertainment/games/raffles etc that we could do. does any one have any ideas or words of advice that would help?????????// thanks kate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fredbear Posted March 20, 2011 Share Posted March 20, 2011 What about getting people to donate from companies and do an Auction. Good luck with your fund raising efforts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan Posted March 20, 2011 Share Posted March 20, 2011 Im going to move this to the lounge area. Good luck with your venture! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finleysmaid Posted March 20, 2011 Share Posted March 20, 2011 dear katiepotatie we are all of course devasted about the problems in Japan but as yet i do not believe there is any fundraising being done. Japan is the third largest economy in the world and as such will probably be able to see to its own needs (unlike haiti) the issue is the long term economy and the worlds financiers are already dealing with that. So although i admire your efforts i am not sure there will be a fund for you to send the money to unless you have personal connections out there...even comic relief were unable to find an outlet for funds as yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 21, 2011 Share Posted March 21, 2011 What about an Auction of Promises - My sons school used to do these and they were fun and raised lots of money. The idea is that rather than items being auctioned (although you can do this too) people offered the 'promise' of a service - such as 10 hours of gardening, babysitting, dog walking etc. Creating a meal for 2 / 4, baking a celebration cake. Golf lessons, swimming lessons etc. Whatever skills people have. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 21, 2011 Share Posted March 21, 2011 I have donated to a pet charity working in Japan. Paws for Japan is begining organised by World Vets. Good luck with your fundraising. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JacquieL Posted March 21, 2011 Share Posted March 21, 2011 Save the Children is fundraising for the thousands of displaced children in Japan so that they can provide safe spaces for these highly traumatised children. I think the sheer scale of devastation in Japan has meant that this one country is unable to cope alone without the support of others, and we see specialist teams being sent in from around the world. Other charities are also fundraising for specific purposes. http://www.savethechildren.org.uk/en/japan...ecode=A11038054 http://www.redcross.org.uk/japantsunami/?a...CFcod4QodISiC-Q http://www.oxfam.org.uk/applications/blogs...ls/?v=campaigns Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finleysmaid Posted March 21, 2011 Share Posted March 21, 2011 i apologise the information quoted was from reliable sources as way of compensation i have posted this to bump it up...hopefully you'll get more help than i've been good luck with your venture Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 21, 2011 Share Posted March 21, 2011 hi all thanks very much for all your support and advice. We are donating to the red cross Japan Tsunami Appeal and hope to raise as much money as possible. We have already got a lot of services free such as a function room holding up to 350 people, catering from a very kind catering company and a dj for entertainment. We have contacted local radio stations to see if they can contact companies to donate items to auction off, every one is being really helpful which is fantastic it is for an amazing course. I like the idea of auction promises Sam fab thanks. Thanks again i really appreciate your ideas. kate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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