* The first £1 million of our fund will be provided in the form of the new building provided after protracted negotiations as a ‘community gain’ by the developer, for which we are very grateful.

Thinking of fundraising for the Centre?

The Institute of Fundraising has some great ideas to get you started
Click the link here for helpful advice and ideas on fundraising
www.how2fundraise.org

If you would like to take part in a sponsored event, you can use the Just Giving website to have your own fundraising page and get your friends and family to sponsor you directly. It avoids you having to chase your sponsors for money and Gift Aid is automatically added to your total if the sponsors are UK tax payers.

Look up http://www.justgiving.com/chilternsmsc/raisemoney to be guided through the very easy process.  

If you would like hard copies of sponsor forms and or fundraising advice please contact Fundraising. Do inform Fundraising of your plans to raise funds for the Centre and also if you can write a short article and send a photo of you fundraising, we can highlight what you have done on our website.

Alternative Gifts

It might be that you would rather your friends and loved ones make a donation to the Chilterns MS Centre, instead of giving you another present which you feel you don’t really need. Whether you are celebrating something special, such as a marriage, anniversary or a birthday, you could instead consider requesting that donations are made to the Centre. Les Barber recently did just that; he celebrated his 60th birthday Caribbean style and invited 60 of his closest friends attending his celebration to make a donation.

Les said “When you get to my age there really isn’t anything you need and I would much rather the money that would have been spent on presents be put to good use. If more of us did this, charities would receive much needed income and more people could benefit from their work.” A wonderful total of £1,040 was split between Chilterns MS Centre and another chosen charity.

If you are thinking of doing something similar, please contact Fundraising and we will be happy to provide some special cards with our logo stating how guests can donate to the Centre.

Volunteers needed
Would you like to help in the Fundraising Office?  

Volunteers are required to help answer the phone, input data, research for prizes, help plan events or design promotional materials.

Ideally volunteers will be able to use basic systems on the computer, use the internet and be happy answering the phone. It might be that you are given a specific project or help more generally, depending on your skills and what you are happy doing.  

There will be many opportunities to help, all adding to help raise funds for people with MS.

Great Weather Lottery
If you would like to join the Great Weather Lottery scheme you can ask for a leaflet from Fundraising or click on www.theweatherlottery.org.uk.  

How it works:
You choose six numbers from 0 to 9 and enter them in the centre panel inside the leaflet. If your numbers match the last digit of the daily Fahrenheit temperatures (in the right order) of Corfu, Istanbul, Tenerife, Innsbruck, Edinburgh and Stockholm, you win the top prize of £10,000!

The Cost:
Each entry line (i.e. each set of 6 numbers) costs £1 per week (25p per day). There is a draw every day from Monday to Thursday; you have a chance of winning a prize four times a week! You pay monthly by standing order.

Where the Money Goes:
All the money is kept securely in a stakeholder fund, and more than a third comes back to Chilterns MS Centre.

How you know if you have won:
You can check your numbers in the Daily Telegraph or by calling 0113 275 0002. However, there is no need for you to check them as all prizes are guaranteed and sent out automatically.

Corporate Fundraising
We are thrilled to be associated with GE Healthcare who continue to have the Chilterns MS Centre as one of their chosen charities. We are enormously grateful to the Charity Committee and also to all the employees for raising funds for the Centre. On Thursday 6 th December 07, we were delighted to receive two cheques totalling a massive £8,500. Thank you so much!

From left to right
Des Gilmore (Physiotherapist), Celia Blakeway-Phillips (Fundraising Manager), Lynn Johnson (Community Relations, GE Healthcare), Sandra Finan (GE Healthcare), Drene de Silva (GE Healthcare), Emma Nicholls (Physiotherapist)
At the back - Chris Hare (GE Healthcare) and at the front - Janet Hunter (Centre Manager)

If there are opportunities within your company please speak to the Fundraising Manager at Chilterns MS Centre. Some ideas which may appeal to your company are:
Charity of the Year
Payroll Giving
Cause Related Marketing
Matched Giving
Recycling
Having a collection box

Charity of the Year
There are many clubs, societies and companies who kindly choose to fundraise for Chilterns MS Centre and each contribution, no matter how small or large makes a massive difference to patient care. We are very grateful to everyone. In 2008 we are thrilled to know that the following are fundraising for us:

RAF High Wycombe

GE Healthcare

Chiltern Hand Bell Ringers

Chiltern Forest Golf Club

Thank you!

Do you shop on-line?
Why not raise funds for Chilterns MS Centre at the same time? It is easy, just click on www.easyfundraising.org.uk/chilternsmscentre and when you register, select Chilterns MS Centre as the organisation you wish to support.

You can shop with up to 500 on-line well known stores (including including Amazon, NEXT, Debenhams, John Lewis, Toys’R’Us, HMV) at no extra cost to you. Up to 15% of every purchase is donated.

For example:

• Spend £25 with WH Smith and 3.5% will be donated. You will have raised £0.88, at no extra cost to your purchase

• Make any purchase from Amazon and 2.5% will be donated

• Insure your car with Direct Line and raise £30.00

• Purchase a mobile phone from O2 and raise £17.50

‘Every Order Counts’

Collection Boxes
We are looking at expanding our network of collection boxes in the community and if you would like to have a box in your pub, shop, restaurant or any other public place then we would love to hear from you. Also, if you are able to help collect or distribute the boxes please contact Fundraising.

Fundraising Support Groups
Would you like to be part of a Fundraising Group in your local area? We are recruiting groups in the region to support the Chilterns MS Centre by holding local fundraising initiatives such as events, stalls at community groups or maybe street collections. You would have the support of the Fundraising Manager but the important thing will be to help raise the profile of the Centre and raise funds. For further information on how you can help please contact Fundraising.

Recycling

Please remember Chilterns MS Centre if you have an old mobile phone to be recycled. This would be particularly beneficial if you can convince a company you might work for to support the Centre. Recycling envelopes can be collected from the Centre. If you would like one posted please contact Fundraising.

Please click the Recycle 4 Charity banner above to find out how you can recycle your inkjets; alternatively if you have just a few ink cartridges to be recycled you can be sent some envelopes from the Centre.

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