Fundraising Idea'S

[JohnQuinn]

Please take a minute and read me.

In my OTHER life i am a Support Asst wth LAMH, or The Lanarkshire Assc for Mental Health. The funding for our work primarily comes from the local council. This is of course a time of cutbacks and we as an organisation are suffering as a result, so a working group has been formed to raise awareness of our work and do Fundraising, not just to sustain us at the levels we are at now but in order to develop new forms of support more suited to individual needs.

 

I was invited to become a member of the working group and we had our very first meeting this afternoon. We got an outline of what the funding would allow us to do and the logistics of how we would operate as a group who all work in different offices. Anyway the next meeting will be more about ideas and how to transform ideas into financial contributions that can be relied upon on an ongoing basis, this i hope is where you come in.

 

I welcome any ideas you guys have on fundraising activities that we could do to raise funds on an annual/ongoing basis.

 

To give you a wee hint of the numbers involved, earlier this year we asked all our clients, where if they became unwell again would they like to be treated, there were 3 options offered to them, at home, in hospital or in a halfway house. In other words somewhere they have the security of company without the rigours of going into an acute hospital ward.

This project could cost in the region of £500,000.

Cheers, John.

[Ian McKay]

Hi John

 

I would be pleased to run a fund raising pigeon sale on here sure Fifer would agree with this

 

You have some fantastic Fliers National and Club in Lanarkshire so should be able to get some good doos to start it off

 

Ian

[JohnQuinn]

Hi John

 

I would be pleased to run a fund raising pigeon sale on here sure Fifer would agree with this

 

You have some fantastic Fliers National and Club in Lanarkshire so should be able to get some good doos to start it off

 

Ian

 

Thanks Ian that's a great offer and i'm sure most if not all would donate to it. BUT!! that's the easy idea its the hard wans a need

[Ian McKay]

Yes John but every mickle macs a muckle and at least it's started :emoticon-0136-giggle:

 

And every penny you get from Basic's is a bonus :emoticon-0123-party:

[Guest joshdonlan]

sponsorship from any big companies in the area

 

sponsored charity walks/events

 

look at the Dougie Mac for cancer, they run fundraising really well - 1 example is a monthly lottery

[JohnQuinn]

Yes John but every mickle macs a muckle and at least it's started :emoticon-0136-giggle:

 

And every penny you get from Basic's is a bonus :emoticon-0123-party:

 

Very Very true Ian

[THE FIFER]

get into the supermarkets help packing on the checkouts

[JohnQuinn]

sponsorship from any big companies in the area

 

sponsored charity walks/events

 

look at the Dougie Mac for cancer, they run fundraising really well - 1 example is a monthly lottery

 

Aye NHS Lanarkshire run one and it does well, hadn't thought of it though

 

Here's something members of Clarkston club won't be surprised at, I WON the Very First draw, £2,000 cheque and paraded in the local papers with the head of the Board and a pregnant wife beside me, advertisers dream or what

[THE FIFER]

get into the checkouts at the big supermarkets,help packing or get to leave a bucket on each checkout with the charity name on it

[Ian McKay]

Very Very true Ian

 

 

Look after the pennies and the £ will look after themselves

 

 

I need doos as donation Fifer has approved it Lets go

 

Come on you Lanarkshire guy's and gal's let's get it started

 

May I suggest

 

J Quinn now JQ you add the next one and so on to see where we end up

[JohnQuinn]

get into the supermarkets help packing on the checkouts

 

That's something some of our clients would be able to do Give their confidence a wee boost at the same time

[Ian McKay]

That's something some of our clients would be able to do Give their confidence a wee boost at the same time

 

 

Brilliant idea and we need it in this country :emoticon-0137-clapping: :emoticon-0137-clapping:

[THE FIFER]

any donations to link below

 

http://forum.pigeonbasics.org/topic/50992-lanarkshire-assc-for-mental-healthsale/page__pid__694066__st__0entry694066

[JohnQuinn]

This is a link to our website, have a look.

 

http://www.lamh.org.uk/

[JohnQuinn]

[Guest joshdonlan]

or you need to get on the secret millionaire

[JohnQuinn]

This is a link to our website, have a look.

 

http://www.lamh.org.uk/

 

[bombersbullets]

play a bonus ball on here like we do at the club all players must be 3 week in advance first come first sever on the numbers 60% winner and 40% charity its money every week !!! 1 number per player numbers out of a hat ??

[JohnQuinn]

Was at another meeting on Wednesday and we now have an account with EASYFUNDRAISING.ORG.UK.

 

This is a website where you can purchase goods from the Top online businesses like Argos E-Bay Amazon M&S etc etc etc.

It is a simple way to contribute to your chosen charity, every time you make a purchase through this site a small contribution is made to the charity of your choice. Obviously i would like everyone to choose LAMH as there benefactor and help us to progress in our care of those who are Mentally Ill in Lanarkshire.

 

This is a link to the site which is self explanatory, thanks in advance for your continued supports us in our venture.

 

http://www.easyfundraising.org.uk/

 

PS. Only waiting on one or two payments from the sale to come in then we can get the cheque presentation done.

[JohnQuinn]

It is also helpful for our profile to get as many people onto our mailing list as possible, to get onto it please send your e-mail address to me by PM and i will give it to the co-ordinator. You will NOT be bombarded with information but i'm certain you will come across some very useful information that will be of benefit to you at some stage.