Community Fundraising
How can you support?
There are many different ways that individuals and community groups can and do support the Hospice:
These include:
- holding coffee mornings
- arranging concerts and balls
- organising golf days and quiz nights
- having open days and charity evenings
- carol singing……
Lenten Fundraising
This year for their Lenten Fundraising Project pupils of St Paul's Catholic School chose to raise money for Willen Hospice. Each year group watched a DVD from Willen which described the very valuable work carried out at the Hospice. Students carried out a number of fundraising events including sponsored cycle rides, a musical showcase, a year group fair and a sponsored ‘Stay Awake All Night!’. Over £4,600 was raised. Lynn O’Gorman, Community Fundraiser Willen Hospice received the cheque on behalf of the Hospice and congratulated the students on their amazing effort.
Talent Show
Knowles school held a talent show on the 28th May and raised a magnificent £133.16
Florence Moo (the MK Midnight Moo mascot) was invited to attend and had a wonderful time meeting all the talented young people.
Soft Furnishings & Gift Fair
Barbara Bone Upholstery recently held a special event and raised £2,252 for charity, splitting the proceeds between Willen Hospice and Cancer Research. Barbara has been a regular charity fundraiser for 15 years and is a great inspiration to her local community in Soulbury.
Charity Raffle
Employees at Nampak plastics held a Christmas raffle in their workplace and raised a tidy £500 for Willen Hospice.
Pictured L to R: Joe Brown - Stores Supervisor, Eric Collins - Managing Director, Diane Dawe - Receptionist, Elaine Johnston - Community Fundraiser, Willen Hospice
Operation Tyreless
Alan Baldwin is raising money for Willen Hospice. He, along with other police colleagues and friends is all set for Operation Tyreless, raising cash for Willen Hospice and The Prostate Cancer Research Foundation. Don't be fooled into thinking this is just about a cycle challenge....The first event is a charity football match. If you would like to sponsor Alan and his mates, and for more info, please visit Alan's JustGiving page:
http://www.justgiving.com/operationtyreless-willen
Retired but still working for Willen
Tesco Retired Staff Association (pictured) recently organised a sponsored walk and raised a total of £832 in sponsorship for the Hospice.
Your efforts appreciated...
We are always staggered by the many interesting and innovative ways that the communities we serve find to support us. If you need some further inspiration try our
A-Z of Fundraising
You may find this website useful for information about how to fundraise:
www.how2fundraise.org.
Our community fundraising team can support you with advice, posters, banners, collecting tins and buckets. They can also come to your group, school or organisation to give a talk about the services the Hospice offers and how you can get involved in supporting us. If you have a fundraising idea you would like to discuss or would like someone to come out and visit your group please call Allison on 01908 306695 or contact her here.
A big ‘THANK YOU’ to all the community groups who do support us - last year your combined efforts raised over £136,000 for the Hospice.
