Awareness Pack Spreading the word about your industry charity

Awareness Pack Spreading the word about your industry charity

Welcome to GroceryAid Where Your Money Goes Thank you for choosing to support GroceryAid. Without the help of industry colleagues such as yourself, we would find it impossible to reach out and provide help to the thousands of current and former members of the grocery industry who rely on our support. GroceryAid offers help and support to those who have worked, or are working, in the UK grocery trade for 10 years or more and are struggling to get by. The breadth and depth of support offered ranges from an annual annuity to a crisis grant, essential white goods and the Welfare Helpline. The Helpline is free for everyone in the industry from the largest factory, right through the supply chain and down to the smallest of stores. With your help we can reach out to current and former colleagues; just a small amount can make a huge difference to their lives. 10 35 Buys a gift voucher for one of our beneficiaries on their Birthday Pays for an emergency oil filled heater Pack Contents Awareness poster template 105 Covers the cost of an average household monthly energy bill Cash sales slip GroceryAid poster Promotional material order form 145.50 Pays for a TV licence for one year Sponsorship form To find out more about what we do please visit our website at www.groceryaid.org.uk Thank you 300 2,000 Buys a cooker or fridge freezer Covers the cost of an electric mobility scooter, helping to provide some much needed independence

Inspirational Ideas Holding an awareness event for GroceryAid will help us to reach out to potential beneficiaries and supporters within your company. H J HEINZ The team at H J Heinz integrated awareness of GroceryAid into their graduate training programme and held an awareness week at their Hayes Park and Kitt Green sites. This included a Wii Sports Competition, auction, charity presentation, car wash and a tea trolley service. The graduates promoted the awareness week internally using their company intranet site and raised over 1,300. We have been a long term supporter of GroceryAid and our recent fundraising efforts have included Awareness Weeks in Hayes Park and Kitt Green; the first time we have taken the charity awareness programme to a factory site proving to be a great success. The graduates and students did a tremendous job raising awareness and money at the same time. Alex Vellasco, H J Heinz SILVERSPOON The team at Silverspoon displayed branded material at their head office and carried out fundraising activities during their monthly forum, such as games, bake sales and competitions which raised 2,000. UNITED BISCUITS The graduate team at United Biscuits worked together to organise a day of activities at their head office including a bake sale, raffle and auction. They used internal communications to promote their awareness day and raised 662. We re really pleased with the amount of effort United Biscuits graduates put into this day. Their level of enthusiasm was infectious and meant that a lot of people became interested in the work of GroceryAid. Lisa Warner, United Biscuits Pernod Ricard Pernod Ricard wanted a fun way to raise awareness of the charity which would compliment their Jameson brand. They organised a quiz night which included a Jameson label design round, with the winning team competing in the GroceryAid President s Quiz Night. They also arranged a product sale which raised 644.51. MARKS & SPENCER The team at Marks & Spencer raised awareness by placing branded material around their head office and displaying our logo on their website. Unilever Unilever held a number of awareness activities at their head office including; a screen wash competition, car wash, barbeque and a leaflet desk drop. They used social networking sites and chocolate cookies to promote their events and raised over 300.

Awareness A-Z Hints & Tips If you re stuck for inspiration we ve compiled an A-Z of awareness ideas to help. Planning your own awareness event can be both fun and rewarding. Take a look at our hints and tips before you start. A Abseil Afternoon tea Auction B Bad tie day Bake sale Barbecue Bingo C Car Wash Car boot sale Coffee morning D Dress-down day Drinks party E E-mail colleagues Exercise day F Fancy dress Follow us on Twitter Family fun day G Golf day Guessing games H Hair shave Hampers Horse racing I Intranet Indoor competitions International day J Jeans day Jumble sale Job swap K Karaoke Knockout - tournaments L Like us on Facebook Ladies lunch Lottery M Master classes Massages Matched giving N Newsletter Nearly new sale Night time walk O One pound games Online fundraising P Pub games Presentation Porridge morning Q Quiz Question of sport Quiet time R Race night Raffle Recipe book S Sponsored silence Sky dive Sports day Swimathon T Talent competition Tombola Tuck shop U Unwanted gift sale Useless facts day V Valet service Variety show W Window cleaning Website Wine tasting X Xtreme sports X country run Y Yoga class Yes day Z Zumba Class Zzzzz have a lie in Think of an idea It doesn t have to be anything too extravagant just so long as you are informing people about GroceryAid. If you re stuck for inspiration use the Awareness A-Z to help. Advertise A poster template is included in this pack. To help spread the word about your awareness activity, just fill in the details, copy it and display around your workplace. An e-version is also available; please contact us for a copy. You are free to design your own poster but please adhere to our charity regulations and remember to publicise that your event is in aid of GroceryAid. Use the Web Share news of your event over the internet using emails, your company intranet and social networking sites. GroceryAid has Facebook and Twitter pages, just linking to our pages can raise awareness for the charity. Find us on www.facebook.com/groceryaid Follow us on www.twitter.com/groceryaid PRomotional Material An order form is included in this pack. Just decide what you need, how much, and send it back to us at least two weeks before your event. Need Sponsors? If your event has fundraising potential please use the sponsorship form in this pack to help raise funds and encourage your supporters to donate with gift aid, or use online fundraising websites such as www.justgiving.com/groceryaid Donate the Funds Please collect the money you have raised and pay it direct to us as soon as you can.

Things to Remember How to Donate Like all UK charities, we must adhere to a set of rules laid out by the Charity Commission, please consider the below when planning your event. Once your awareness event is completed please collect in any money you have raised and send it in to us as soon as you can. Charity Numbers Any printed publication which bears our name and/or logo must have our registered charity number clearly displayed on it: GroceryAid is the trading name of the National Grocers Benevolent Fund. A Registered Charity Reg. No 1095897 (England & Wales) & SCO39255 (Scotland). A company limited by guarantee, registered in England & Wales No 4620683. Insurance If you feel you may need insurance for your activity please bear in mind this is something that will need to be organised between yourself and your company. Guidance If you need any help or advice about your awareness activity please contact our fundraising team directly on email: events@groceryaid.org.uk or tel: 01252 875925. Our Logo The GroceryAid logo needs to be displayed as per our guidelines. Please do not change the colours or move the text and keep the logo to the right hand side of a page. Bank Payments Please pay directly into our account at your local Lloyds TSB bank quoting: Branch: Market Square Reading Sort Code: 30-96-96 Account Number: 04426050 Account Name: GroceryAid By Text Message Donating by text is quick and easy and allows the charity to claim 100% of your donation. Just text NGBF01 quoting your donation amount to 70070, for example NGBF01 3. The minimum text donation is 1 and all donations must be in whole pounds sterling. The maximum text donation allowed is 10 for all mobile operators. By Post Please send your cheque made payable to GroceryAid, along with the cash sales slip included in this pack to: GroceryAid 2 Lakeside Business Park, Swan Lane, Sandhurst, Berkshire, GU47 9DN Card Payments If you d like to pay in any money raised using your bank card please call us to arrange. Online Fundraising If you re raising money online through sites such as JustGiving, your funds will be automatically transferred to the charity.

People We ve Helped Thank You It was a really tough time, I received no compensation whatsoever for the accident and struggled to make ends meet.the money from the charity is greatly appreciated and has made a real difference to me. When the boys were small it meant that I could afford to buy them things like new shoes. We are so grateful for your support and look forward to hearing all about your awareness activity. JOAN s* Story Joan was 46 when she was involved in a serious car accident that broke her neck and back and left her with quadriplegia. Prior to the accident she owned and managed a greengrocers and florists shop. However, the accident meant that she was wheelchair bound, had to give up work and was reduced to living on benefits. Only a year after the accident her husband left her, and Joan was left on her own to bring up her two young sons, who were aged six and nine. She came across the charity while she was looking into funding to pay for a carer and applied to the fund for assistance. Following a visit from a member of our trained welfare team, we provided a mobility scooter and also regular quarterly payments. When my wife left me, I became a single parent with three children to raise. The emotional and financial pressure this brought led to me suffering a breakdown. Alan s* Story Alan worked as a successful manager of a supermarket until his wife left him and their three young children. Alan was forced to reduce his hours to care for them and as a result lost his job. He struggled to cope as a single parent and suffered from depression, his life quickly spiralled out of control and he was left with very little money to care for his family. Alan was referred to the charity by the National DebtLine and has since received quarterly payments as well as extra money for the children. He is slowly getting back on track and hopes to return to work in the near future. *To protect their identities, these names have been changed but their stories are real.

For more information Visit: www.groceryaid.org.uk Call: 01252 875925 Email: events@groceryaid.org.uk Follow us on: Printed on FSC accredited recycled paper GroceryAid is the trading name of the National Grocers Benevolent Fund. A Registered Charity Reg. No 1095897 (England & Wales) & SCO39255 (Scotland). A company limited by guarantee, registered in England and Wales No 4620683.