Compassion Direct UK
supporting children in the streets, schools & shanties of South America
HOW YOU CAN HELP THE FORGOTTEN CHILDREN OF SOUTH AMERICA
simply by changing your internet search engine to "EVERY CLICK" CDUK will receive a donation every time you search the web. It is simple and free and only takes 2 minutes. HELP US TO HELP STREET CHILDREN BY CLICKING THE LINK BELOW
GREAT NEW FUNDRASISING IDEA - MERRY MURDER,
find out who is the
"THE PUNGENT PUMPKIN POISONER"
This is a game for 7-10 players and takes a couple of hours, so invite your friends round for supper or lunch and have some fun. All you need to do is to register for the http://www.merrymurder.com/ newsletter and then you can download this game FREE - you will need quite a bit of paper though!
At the end of the evening pass round unmarked envelopes so that you friends can donate whatever they can afford and pay the cash into your fundraising page at http://www.mycharitypage.com/compassiondirect.co.uk My Charity Page will pay the money into the CDUK bank account.
ENJOY!
RECYCLE, RAISE CASH & HAVE FUN!
CDUK encourages fundraising events that recycle & consider the environment & we do our best to help you to enjoy your fundraising for us. Below there are a few ideas to get you going. You don't have to recycle to raise cash but if you can it helps that bit more?
Don't forget to let ros@compassiondirect.co.uk know if you are organising an event so that she can put it onto the web site to encourage support.
If you have something you would like to auction to raise cash for CDUK go to the Compassion Direct UK page at www.buyoncegivetwice.co.uk
TAKE PART IN THE CDUK ANNUAL STROLL FOR STREET CHILDREN, SEE SEPERATE PAGE FOR DETAILS
SPONSORED EVENTS WITH www.skylinecharity.co.uk
If you like RUNNING MARATHONS or FUN RUNS, or PARACHUTING or WHITEWATER RAFTING or OUTWARD BOUND then skyline charty events are the sponsored events for you and you can have fun while raising cash for our projects. Get teams together for
Whitewater Rafting - team size 8
Parachuting - team size 15
Outward Bound Corporate Team Building Event team size 8
Just let ros@compassiondirect.co.uk know if you want to enter a team to riase money for CDUK
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It's great that in the UK we are recycling & realising our impact on the planet BUT in the UK we only produce 1% of the worlds CO2. CDUK believe that we also need to encourage developing countries to use environmentally friendly technologies wherever possible and we bear this in mind with all our overseas projects.
Recycle your used ink cartridges and mobile phones for us via http://www.therecyclefactory.com/
Set up a standing order to CDUK, go to our Donations on Line page and make a standing order through your bank or go to our page at http://www.mycharitypage.com/ of £5 per month or whatever you can afford. A regular income makes all the difference to our plans and aspirations and to the people we work for.
Balloons - We love balloons and they are great for celebrations, but did you know how harmful they are to wildlife when released into the air or dumped indescriminately? Think twice!
SHOP ON LINE www.simplefundraising.co.uk/2732 - or go to 'shop on line' page for more details. Whatever you buy will automatically make cash for CDUK. CDUK SUPPORT FOR YOUR EFFORTS - We will support your events with speakers, leaflets, display boards if practicable and a promotion video / CD / DVD if you need us or we can provide our leaflet 100 fundraising ideas or better still, you could send us your own ideas.
You could......... hold a Raffle, Tombola or Auction for us.
Grow & sell Plants or hold an Open Gardens Day
SET UP PAYROLL GIVING AT YOUR PLACE OF WORK.
Please let us know if you decide to help!
If you would like to go on our mailing list and receive the latest newsletter twice a year, send a donation of whatever you can afford to the address below.
Or more simply go to http://www.mycharitypage.com/ and make a visa donation on line and they will pay your donation directly into our bank account and collect Gift Aid for us too.
You may not be able to afford a donation this year but here are 12 easy/free/environmentally friendly ways to make cash to help street children through Compassion Direct UK – CDUK
Take a few minutes to read them there might things you can do that you did not realize? Or you might work for an organization that will help you to raise funds.
Send this page to a friend and ask them to read it and send it on. Thank you.
Everyclick is a search engine with a difference! Working just like any other search engine, Everyclick enables its users to raise funds for their favourite charity.To date, they have generated thousands of pounds every week for charity by their users searching the web. There are no sign-up fees or up-front charges; it’s free to the charity and the user. The money raised for charities comes from advertising placed on the site. Everyclick also has an option allowing people to donate directly to their favourite charity.
Sign up now, go to www.everyclick.com
Parties around the World
Parties around the World is a new stress-free way of organizing a child’s party whilst supporting a charity.
To find out more visit:http://www.partiesaroundtheworld.co.uk/
JumbleAID
The online charity jumble sale where you can sell any unwanted stuff that's too good to go to the landfill, use it to raise valuable funds for your chosen charity. Simply post the items on JumbleAID.com and nominate a charity to benefit. Then, anyone who wants an item can make a pledge in return for you gift. You choose who wins and the donation goes to charity - it's a "Mega Online Charity Jumble Sale" and it's good for the environment too!
For more information go to http://www.jumbleaid.com/
Buyoncegivetwice
A charity auction site! You find an item you would like to auction for charity, take a photo and submit it to buyoncegivetwice, they auction the item and when they receive the cash you send it on to the winner. They pay the cash into our bank account.
Another great way to recycle, go to http://www.buyoncegivetwice.co.uk/
theBigGive
www.theBigGive.org.uk helps business donors to quickly and intelligently find charity projects in their fields of interest. Donors can give online through the site or contact their charities directly using the details provided. In December 2008, theBigGive.org.uk pioneered an online matched funding challenge which raised an amazing £2million in 45 minutes. In December 2009, they are aiming to raise £6million for worthy causes through a similar scheme.
www.thebiggive.org.uk
FX4Charity
FX4Charity provides a unique opportunity for individuals and businesses to save money and generate a donation to the charity of their choice when executing their foreign currency transactions. Currencies Direct, one of Europe’s leading foreign exchange and
international payment companies, is the founder of this initiative. The aim is to maximize the fundraising opportunity that foreign exchange can represent for the charity world.
www.fx4charity.com
Cleversquirrel
Cleversquirrel has discovered a source of money worth many millions.
Cleversquirrel unearths it and converts it into charitable donations.
People who join Cleversquirrel don't give any new money. They simply
nominate their favourite charity to receive a share of the donations. Visit cleversquirrel.com to find out where the money is hidden.
Look at http://www.cleversquirrel.com/
Eazyphone
Eazyphone operates "Envirocharities" which provides fundraisers the
opportunity to recycle their old mobile phone and raise cash for their
favourite charity.
O2
Charity top-up- Matched funding from O2 on behalf of their employees.
Bibby
The funds from Bibby Line group are monies raised by their employees and then matched by Bibby Line Group up to £1500. There are also Event
Identification numbers of the Bibby employees who raised funds for your charity.
Credit Suisse
Through their employee participation grant scheme, Credit Suisse recognizes the diverse interests of their employees across the Bank and empowers them to make a corporate donation to their charity of choice.
Disney
Through their "Ears to You" programme, cast members and employees at The Walt Disney Company worldwide, are given the opportunity to apply for a grant for their favourite charity. The amount given is based on the number of volunteer hours served throughout the year.
T-Mobile
A match-funding scheme from T-Mobile on behalf of their employees.
Thanks for reading this and here at CDUK we do hope there might be something above that will help you to raise funds for us or another charity this year.
All the best
Ros Grant = Chairman of Trustees CDUK
- CDUK. 12 Walton Fields, Banbury Road, Kineton, Warwick. CV35 0JP
T: 00 44 (0)1926 640085 M: 07773 470384
Compassion Direct UK - CDUK is a registered charity no. 1113505 regulated by the Charity Commission of England and Wales. To find out more about 'the formal stuff' you can go to guidestar.org.uk the Charity commission's Public Register of charities.
