Guy s Urban Challenge 2018 Fundraising Guide Guy s and St Thomas Charity. Registered Charity No. 1160316 4 easy steps to hit your fundraising target
So, it turns out you re pretty amazing Why? Because of you, Guy s, St Thomas and Evelina London Children s Hospital will be saving more lives! As an Urban Challenger, you re: Providing even better support for patients, visitors and staff. Funding life-saving equipment, life-changing research and better facilities above and beyond what the NHS can provide. Making a difference to thousands of lives. So thank you for taking on the award-winning* Guy s Urban Challenge in 2018 to raise money for our hospitals! Read on for information and tips on how to hit that sponsorship target fast. If you have any questions or need any advice, please don t hesitate to call us, we re here to help! Best of luck you urban challenger! The Events and Community Team *Running Awards 2016 Best Charity Event Silver Winner
What s in store 1. Get online 2. Spread the word 3. Get the most bang for your buck 4. Gather your fundraising squad
1. Get online Just create your page, pop in a great photo of you or your team and some emotive words, then stand on your chair and shout I m an Urban Challenger. (Ok maybe not the last bit!) Then let your friends, family and colleagues know about your page and watch the money roll in. Easy peasy right? Let s get started
Choose Organised Event and search for the Urban Challenge Choose Guy s and St Thomas Charity or Evelina London Children s Hospital
Highlight anything that ll make your fundraising activity stand out, especially if you have a relationship with the hospital as an ex-patient, staff member or supporter! Show off the challenge we re guessing this is the first time you ve ever climbed Europe s highest hospital tower, after running and cycling like crazy? Well tell people that it s a pretty darn amazing challenge to take on! Add incentives to encourage people to give more. E.g. one of our Marathon runners pledged to listen to Barbie Girl on repeat for all 26.2 miles if he reached his fundraising target... legend!
2. Spread the word SupportGSTT SupportEvelina
3. Get the most bang for your buck
4. Gather your fundraising squad All set to go and ask everyone you know for money now? STOP right there! While you might think asking everyone you know for money is the way forward, it pays off to line up a key group of friends who you don t ask for money to help support you! Instead ask them to share the load by helping you out with your fundraising. Maybe they could round up new contacts, or organise a mini-events for you e.g. a cake sale or a dress down day at work. Sharing is caring after all!
Donate by post Please make cheques payable to Guy s & St Thomas Charity and enclose a completed donation return form, which you can find on the next page. Include any completed sponsorship forms, the donation return form and payment to: Guy s and St Thomas Fundraising Team, Virginia Woolf Building, 22 Kingsway, (2nd Floor) London, WC2B 6LE Call us on 020 7848 4701 to make a credit or debit card donation. Be sure to quote Guy s Urban Challenge when calling. If you have offline sponsorship money and your sponsor has added their details to your sponsorship form, please post this to us at the address above so we can claim Gift Aid. Collect up all the money you have raised, and pay it into your bank. You can then pay this amount onto your online fundraising page. Please be aware that we will not be able to claim gift aid if you make the payment onto your own page.
Urban Challenge Donation return form Please complete this form and send it back to us along with any cheques so we can make sure that the money you send is correctly allocated to your record. Please ensure that all cheques are made payable to Guy s & St Thomas Hospital Charity. As Evelina London is a part of Guy s and St Thomas Hospital, if that is what you re fundraising for please write Evelina London on the back of the cheques. Name: Address: Please find enclosed a cheque(s)/ postal order for: Remember, don t forget to include any completed sponsorship forms (to enable us to claim Gift Aid on your contribution) to: Guy s and St Thomas Fundraising Team, Virginia Woolf Building, 22 Kingsway, (2nd Floor) London, WC2B 6LE