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Fundraising for the Cairngorm Challenge

Thank you to the Barnardo's team for all your hard work and support both before, during and after the challenge at the weekend (Selwyn 2011)

By raising sponsorship for your Cairngorm Challenge, you’ll be transforming the lives of vulnerable children in Scotland and the UK.

The team at Barnardo’s will give you fantastic fundraising support along the way, giving you inspiring tips and guides.

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Where to start

First time fundraising? Read our fundraising guide (PDF), perfect for beginners
Think about who you can ask to sponsor you - family, friends, colleagues and community members - ask the most generous first!
Why not find out if your employer has a matched giving scheme and will match all or part of what you raise?

Set up an online sponsorship page

Go to www.virginmoneygiving.com and set up a page. Write a short description of what you are doing and include a picture
It is the quickest and easiest way to collect donations
You can contact everyone you know at once and get them to sponsor you in a safe and secure way
There’s no need to handle the money yourself - it goes directly to Barnardo’s
Email links to everyone you know and add it to your email signature!

Keep it legal!

Collecting in any public place or going door to door is illegal without a licence – read our fundraising guidelines (PDF) to find out more

Publicise it!

Be short, compelling and to the point – tell people how they can help and where their money will go
Advertise your sponsored run on a social networking site like Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter
Use our press releases (Word doc) to help get your efforts into the press

Collecting donations

If you use paper sponsorship forms, it’s much easier if you ask your sponsors to pay upfront
Start your sponsorship forms with your highest donations – seeing this will encourage others to be generous too
Remember to ask all UK taxpayers to ‘Gift Aid’ their donations – meaning Barnardo’s can can claim back the tax, at no extra cost to the donor! Read more about Gift Aid (PDF)