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Fundraising Tips

Let people know about your fundraising!

No matter what type event or activity you chose letting people know is probably the most important thing to consider when fundraising. By spreading the word you allow yourself to engage with maximum number of people who may want to support you and your cause.

There are many ways of letting people know about your event and a very popular method is the use of social media sites such as Facebook and Twitter. You can let people know how you are getting on and share photos and videos from your fundraising event. You can also ask friends to tell their friends about what you are doing.

Social Media

Don't forget you can also use your Facebook and Twitter accounts to promote your events - or why not set up a seperate Facebook group to keep your supporters updated with news and pictures?

If you would like us to help raise awareness of your fundraising event/activity through our Facebook or Twitter pages please contact us with the details and we can update our pages during the build up to your event.

If you use YouTube or Flickr, why not also post videos or pics of your event there? Tag them all with 'Ovacome'! Or keep people posted using simple blogging site, such as Tumblr.

Justgiving

Create your own fundraising page online

Many people find it helpful to create their own fundraising page for their event online and then mail this link to their supporters. Creating your own page at justgiving.com/ovacome is easy and lets you collect contributions online that are then sent straight to Ovacome. Additionally, if you have set up a Justgiving page there are many ways of letting people know about it. Have you tried the following?

• Adding the Justgiving web address to your email signature
• Personalise your message
• Publicise your page
• Keep your page up to date
• Send a follow-up email
• Personalise your thank-you
• Keep fundraising after your event

You can also ask people to donate by text!

All you have to do is text 70070 with the message OVAC00 followed by the amount you wish to give (i.e. OVAC00 £10) and help us continue to support all those affected by ovarian cancer.

This could be used as a quick simple method to get people donating to your cause and the text number can be added to posters, flyers and other promotional material for a fundraising event

Don't forget to ask people to gift aid their donation!

Gift Aid is the simple way to increase your donations. All that is required is a completed gift aid declaration to state that you are a UK tax payer. If you are holding an event and taking donations you can use the downloadable gift aid declaration here to maximise funds collected. After your event just send us all the declarations along with the donations.

If you would like any help with setting up a Justgiving page or the social media sites, please get in touch, we are happy to help!

The key points to remember when fundraising include:

• Allow plenty of time to organise your event
• Choose your activity
• Confirm venue, date and time
• Invite friends, family, colleagues and neighbours
  Ask local companies to donate prizes or cover costs
• Promote the event as much as possible
• Order materials from Ovacome
• Keep a record of the money you make and details of donors
• Send in the money using instructions provided here.

Please contact us at s.vig@ovacome.org.uk or on 0202 7299 6654 if you have any questions about your event.