Corporate Fundraising pack

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1 Corporate Fundraising pack

2 The Children s Foundation is a regional charity, set up in 1990, with the vision of giving children and young people in the North East and North Cumbria the best health and wellbeing services in the UK. We help the children that other charities don t always reach; those who are disadvantaged, disabled and distressed. Your support can make a difference to over 23,000 children each year. Superhero September This September the Children s Foundation are running a superhero month of fundraising to raise funds to support distressed, disadvantaged and disabled children across the North East and North Cumbria. Release your inner superhero and get your workplace involved in Superhero September! The Children s Foundation manages projects across a broad spectrum of activities to support children and young people. This includes our work in local hospitals were we install Vpod pain distraction units and organise visits from happy clown doctors to provide relief to distressed children. Your fundraising can enable one child to; 20 - Take part in a mental health educational workshop 38 - Be visited by a Clown Doctor for an afternoon of therapeutic play in hospital 60 - Receive a Stars Award and attend the Awards celebration with their family 1,270 - Have the tuition to complete a City & Guilds as part of the Therapeutic Horticulture project Please visit our website to learn more about our amazing projects.

3 Be a fundraising hero We encourage you to get as creative as you can with your fundraising efforts! Here are some suggestions on how to get started: Sponsored Challenge How about showing your strength of character by getting your friends and colleagues involved in doing a SuperHero 5k, digital detox, no day at the office or battle it out in an eating challenge! Dress up as a superhero Why not transform your staff into fundraising superheroes for the day and dress up as your favourite superheroes or even just a hint of super hero with a tie, belt or cape! Super Bake Sale If your culinary creations go down a treat why not whip up some super cupcakes to sell to your colleagues.

4 Create a buzz about your event We can Invite the media along to get some photographs of your event with our superhero mascot Courage the lion. Help us create a buzz online using #superheroseptember in all your tweets and Facebook posts. We will also be running social media competitions throughout the month so keep an eye out to win! For collection buckets, merchandise and support for your events please contact: Samantha Curtis Samantha.curtis@nuth.nhs.uk Donating your superhero funds There are a number of ways in which money raised can be donated to The Children s Foundation: By cash: pop into The Children s Foundation office at the address below By cheque: made payable to The Children s Foundation Ltd & sent to us at PO Box 2YB, Queen Victoria Road, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE99 2YB BACS Payment: If you would like to pay directly into our bank account please contact Samantha Curtis at Samantha.curtis@nuth.nhs.uk Online Payment: through Virginmoney Giving. Go The Children s Foundation website and click the donate button at the bottom of the homepage. This method requires a debit or credit card to be used. Registered office: The Children s Foundation, PO Box 2YB, Sir James Spence Institute, Royal Victoria Infirmary, Queen Victoria Road, Newcastle upon Tyne NE99 2YB. Registered charity and a company limited by guarantee.

5 are hosting a Superhero Event on As part of The Children s Foundation s Superhero September to raise funds to support disadvantaged, disabled and distressed children across the North East & North Cumbria. Registered office: The Children s Foundation, PO Box 2YB, Sir James Spence Institute, Royal Victoria Infirmary, Queen Victoria Road, Newcastle upon Tyne NE99 2YB. Registered charity and a company limited by guarantee.