9 FEBRUARY 2018
WEAR RED FOR REDR Every year millions of people around the world are affected by natural and man-made disasters. RedR trains thousands of people each year in order to develop practical, life-saving skills. This knowledge allows communities to prepare for, respond to, and recover from both natural disasters and conflict. Last year RedR trained over 7,400 people in 55 countries, training which will be used and shared and ultimately help thousands more in the RedR ripple effect. By choosing to take part in Wear Red 2018 you, along with RedR supporters across the world, will be raising valuable funds helping us continue delivering knowledge and expertise to aid workers around the world. Wear Red is a day to set aside the usual office mundanity and have a little fun! It s our most anticipated annual event and we want you to help us make Wear Red 2018 bigger and better. You ll also have the opportunity to enter our exciting competitions as well as going head-to-head with companies worldwide to win one of our coveted Wear Red prizes! Now that you ve signed up, get international! We want offices from all over the world to join us for this day of fundraising, so talk to other offices in your company and get them to contact us last year we had over 60 offices and 30 organisations take part globally, from the USA to South Korea to sunny Croydon! Together they fundraised over 25,000 for RedR s humanitarian work. With the support and generosity of supporters like you, we ve been able to train people like Min Htut who attended our Humanitarian Essentials and Managing Projects in Emergencies in Myanmar: Since the training we ve got better at coordinating and sharing information within our teams and across departments As a result we are able to provide assistance at the right time and in the right place and this makes us more effective
FUNDRAISING IDEAS Keep it simple with some of these fundraising ideas: 1. GO RED FOR REDR Ask your colleagues to contribute 2 to go red for the day by wearing a red item of clothing or red accessories, be it scarlet scarves, burgundy berets, or crimson camouflage. You could even consider dressing up as someone else and live vicariously as Super Mario, Elmo, or Sideshow Bob for the day! 2. REDDY STEADY BAKE! Wear Red wouldn t be the same without a cake sale. This is perfect for all you budding bakers or first-timers who want to try out their new-found culinary skills. Simply prepare some tasty treats, decorate in red and sell, sell, sell! If baking isn t your thing then try selling savoury dishes from around the world! 3. QUIZ! Hold your own office quiz; teams pay an entry fee to join the fun and showcase their general or specialist knowledge. Wear Red really is your event! If you have a great idea then run with it- there are no limits on what you should do! So go for it and do something out of ordinary for a day- whether it s holding a chilli growing or table tennis competition, a raffle or an exercise class!?
REMEMBER A THE ABC S OF FUNDRAISING! BEFORE WEAR RED B Agree: on a main contact for the office and a team of helpers Break it down: decide what everyone will be doing in the team Communicate: make sure you re advertise your activities across your office DURING WEAR RED: Add some fun: whatever you re doing make sure you enjoy yourselves! Believe in what you re doing: keep RedR s work in mind to maintain motivation! Contact us: get lots of photos on the day and share with us on social media using the hashtag #WearRED C AFTER WEAR RED Ask for donations: if people promise to give you money, hold them to it! Be in touch: send us your photos and stories. Collect donations: encourage your colleagues to donate through your online fundraising page such as www.justgiving.com or contact us to find out about other payment methods.
THE BORING BIT : ( TECHNICALITIES SETTING UP YOUR ONLINE FUNDRAISING PAGE Go to www.justgiving.com and follow the steps as instructed. If you get into a spot of bother, please don t hesitate to get in touch. Create just ONE page per organisation and ask all other offices to use it. This will eliminate admin stress and allow you to track how your organisation is doing. Personalise your page with information about your event and photos of your team. And then share your page with everyone in the office by email and/or social media platforms. Setting a fundraising target will encourage to your colleagues to donate more! Your fundraising page is hassle free; your donations will be transferred to us automatically and Gift Aid claims processed. GIFT AID IT As a registered UK charity, RedR can claim an extra 25p from the Inland Revenue for every 1 received as a donation. For example, your gift of 10 can be turned into a gift of 12.50. The best way to do this is to set up an online fundraising page, any supporters who would like to add Gift Aid to their donation can do so online, and everything else will be taken care of automatically. If you are planning to do a lot of offline fundraising, please contact us for Gift Aid declaration forms. Please note, we are unable to claim Gift Aid from raffles as this is considered to be paying for goods. Gift Aid can only be claimed on an unrestricted donation. MATCHED FUNDING Some organisations offer to match funds you raise as a charitable contribution. It s worth checking whether your organisation has a matched funding scheme in place as this will be an added bonus for your fundraising, as well as contribution to RedR. LEGAL POINTS If your fundraising involves collecting money or selling goods in a public place, you will need to obtain permission and a license from your local authority. If your event is taking place on private property, you must obtain permission from the owner. Please do not collect money door-to-door, this is illegal without a license! Raffles are fine as long as they do not contain cash prizes and are part of a larger fundraising event. Other raffles may be considered unlawful, so please check with us before holding these. RedR cannot accept liability in response to loss, damage or injury suffered by any person as a result of any activity undertaken for RedR.
WE RE HERE TO HELP! QUESTIONS? PROMOTIONAL MATERIALS? JUST GET IN TOUCH! E fundraising@redr.org.uk T 020 7840 6025 RedR is here to help you with your fundraising every step of the way and we ve got lots of promotional materials that we can post out to you: Leaflets and publications Posters T-shirts Stickers Balloons Banners GET SOCIAL Facebook: www.facebook.com/redruk Twitter: @RedRUK #WearRED Instagram: www.instagram.com/redruk Flat-pack donation boxes Quiz Registered Charity No 1079752 Photography: Amy Murrell