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Bike Ride for Charity
It's a good idea to start locally - contact local papers and local
radio stations and see if they are interested in publicising you (past experience of working on local newspapers suggests that they will be very interested). Also try contacting the bigger local businesses directly. I wouldn't bother with any of the really big national/regional companies - not at first, at least - because they tend to get lots of requests of this kind (having said that, the UK HQ of Pfizer is local to me and I know someone who successfully tapped them up for a few quid on a recent charity endeavour). It also helps if you have a specific charity in mind - if you do, contact them and see what mechanisms they have in place to help you. The bigger charities usually have a press office and 'packaged' strategies for fund-raising activities that will make life much easier for you. d. |
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dannyfrankszzz wrote:
Hi, I'm thinking about doing a long bike ride for charity later this year. I was thinking about doing a Europe to Asia trip of some variety. If I asked my close family and friends, then I would probably not raise much more than a few hundred pounds and so I was thinking about approaching some companies for sponsorship. Does anyone have any experience of doing this sort of thing - if so I would very much like to hear from you and what sort of approach you took. Certain Trusts can be worth approaching so long as you can show that there is benefit to others and its not just a way of financing a holiday - which far too many charity events are. And *always* be prepared to give something tangible back. John B |
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In message .com,
davek writes Also try contacting the bigger local businesses directly. I wouldn't bother with any of the really big national/regional companies - not at first, at least - because they tend to get lots of requests of this kind (having said that, the UK HQ of Pfizer is local to me and I know someone who successfully tapped them up for a few quid on a recent charity endeavour). Most large and multinational companies draw up charity policies to avoid getting tapped by every person looking for sponsorship for this or that charity. They vary in nature, but in my experience it's usually a lump sum for a year over an agreed number of years, before the policy is reviewed and another charity selected (sometimes voted on by staff from a shortlist produced by the HR office). There's usually nothing to stop local offices supporting their own local charities, but these tend to be ones in which the staff, or whoever in the company takes on the job of fundraising, already have a specific interest. -- congokid Good restaurants in London? Number one on Google http://congokid.com |
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