The Children’s Society Magazine | Spring 2007 |
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Fundraising
Left: Volunteers
from St Mary’s,
Denham, Bucks,
in their afternoon
tea aprons
Community and volunteers
A who’s who
of community
fundraising
volunteers
Each year, our committed and enthusiastic Community Fundraising
Diocesan presidents
team works alongside volunteers and supporters throughout England,
work closely with
existing volunteers
to help raise millions of pounds for The Children’s Society.
and community
fundraising managers
to promote our work
Facts and figures:
country and a further four members
and strengthen our
Three ways to make a
ties with the Church
of staff in HQ, the Community
of England.
7,500
Fundraising team is committed
community fundraising
BIG difference in 2007
to providing our fundraising
Diocesan
volunteers nationwide
volunteers with the support and
1) Become a community
coordinators
162,000
encouragement they need. CFM
give talks to raise
Boxholders
fundraising volunteer
awareness for our
Vanessa Jones explains, ‘It’s about
We are always looking for new
work and encourage
£2m
giving volunteers what they need. others to get
raised through
volunteers to champion our
That can mean practical help –
involved. They
houseboxes each year
cause at a local level. There
training, materials and information.
raise vital funds
are a wide range of flexible
through collections
£3.3m
But it’s also about motivating
a year raised through
opportunities to fit your interests, and by handing
people, showing you care about out houseboxes,
collections and parish events
skills and availability.
them and what they do’.
and help us recruit
and support
£4m raised through volunteer
2) Keep a housebox in
Volunteers help out in a variety of
new volunteers.
legacies over the last 10 years
your home
different ways, each according to
Houseboxes have provided a
Parish coordinators
their own strengths and abilities.
constant source of income for
are responsible for
Each gives what they can, when
The Children’s Society for over
managing our
Over £3.3million is raised through they can; however they choose to
successful housebox
125 years and are now one of our
scheme in their parish
collections and parish events alone, get involved, they all share a
biggest fundraisers, bringing in or local area, helping
and without this money, countless common purpose. ‘It’s my chance
over £2m each year.
to raise over £2m
children would be denied access to give something back. I can see
each year. Many also
to the support they need. how the children are benefiting
3) Invite your friends for tea
organise parish-based
from what we do,’ says Diocesan
fundraising events.
October 2006 saw the launch of
Martin Field, Director of President Anne Faulconer, who
The Children’s Society’s national
Fundraising groups
Fundraising and Campaigns, was recently awarded an MBE for
coffee morning, in which
get together to
explains, ‘Volunteers are the her outstanding contribution to
supporters around the country
organise fundraising
backbone of the organisation. The Children’s Society.
events on our behalf.
got together to share a cuppa
These can range from
There is a very direct relationship
with friends and raise money for coffee mornings to
between what our community And, as one fundraiser points
children. The day was a great
major events such
fundraising volunteers do and how out, it’s not just the children who
success, raising a staggering
as the Stamford
our children benefit. For example, benefit. ‘I have done an incredible
£20,000. We’re planning even
Committee’s annual
every £20 raised, or housebox variety of things, some of which
Horseless Burghley,
bigger things for the next event,
in which runners
filled, could fund a counselling I would never have believed I
which is set to take place on
tackle the Burghley
session for a child struggling to could. I also made a lot of very
20 June 2007.
Horse Trials course
come to terms with issues such good friends along the way. And
on foot! Many also
as bullying, abuse or neglect’. it’s flexible enough to fit around
For more information, please
manage Christingle,
house-to-house
my work and family – in fact,
call the Supporter Action Line
collections and
With 15 community fundraising it has added a new dimension
on 0845 300 1128.
houseboxes.
managers (CFMs) across the to my existing life’.
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