Save the Children Week
An update on success stories from Save the Children week, and all the information you need to get involved next year.
Save the Children Week 2010
Running from Sunday 25 April to Saturday 1 May 2010, energetic participants held events up and down the country to raise funds for Save the Children. Do let us know how your tea parties and other activities went so that we can share your success stories.
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Every One
Save the Children Week supports our Every One campaign. Every year, more than 9 million children die before they reach their fifth birthday. We think that's wrong and want to give every child the chance to survive. Help us dramatically change the future for millions of vulnerable children.
Successes
The Petersfield branch have always been an inspiring group. This year's 50/50 sale event for Save the Children Week was a brilliant success. Income was up from last year and they have raised a fabulous £23K and this figure is set to rise.
After more than 40 years of sale events this one was extra special. Not only was it filmed by John Thirwell from Ilkley, but students from Bedales School modelled the clothes and were captured by photographer Michael Focard (http://www.focard.co.uk/). More than 100 workers over ten days were involved in the project and their hard work has really paid off.
‘Tea at the Ritz’ was held by the Kettering branch with support from the congregation of St. Michael’s Church who provided the venue and donated cakes. Afternoon tea was served on traditional china and a pianist added to the wonderful atmosphere. Over £500 was raised at this wondeful event.
The Balsall Common Branch had a successful house to house collection during Save the Children Week. 15 of the 53rd City of Coventry Berkswell Beavers were put in groups with adults and explained how they were raising money for Save the Children Week. The branch intends to do a cake and coffee evening for the parents later in the year.
Missionfish and ebay support Save the Children Week raising nearly £14,000
Shoppers from ebay had the opportunity to donate £1 during Save the Children Week when they paid for their purchase. The scheme is called 'Give £1 at checkout' and was set up with Missionfish, the charity partner of ebay. Missionfish is a registered charity that helps other charities raise money online. All shoppers needed to do was tick a box at checkout to make the donation to Save the Children during our charity week. 'Give at Checkout' raised over £13,500 during our fundraising week and we also made extra funds from our online auctions, raising a total of nearly £14,000.
Remember, when you sell items via ebay you can donate a percentage of your sales to Save the Children. You can choose to sell between 10% to 100%. This is an easy way to raise funds, find out what you can do and read more about ebay for charity.
Resources and warehouse details
You can still use some of the resources for your fundraising outside of Save the Children Week. Order your fundraising materials through your fundraising representative, The Fulfilment Store warehouse or supporter care, details below. Remember, we have tshirts in blue or white in various sizes and thank you postcards.
Most of our resources will need to be ordered but should you have access to a colour printer and need an item urgently the PDFs for Tea Party materials are below:
Tea Party Poster (PDF 134 KB)
Tea Party Flyer (PDF 2,443 KB)
Tea Party Organiser's Guide (PDF 3,891 KB)
Tea Party invites/tickets (come in books of 15) (PDF128 KB)
Order via The Fulfilment Store on 0845 521 3987 (Mon - Fri 9-5) or email savethechildren@tfstore.co.uk. You will need to give the order codes, quantities and delivery address. If you do not have warehouse access please contact your local Save the Children representative or call Supporter Care on 020 7012 6400.Other activities
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Read more about the V&A Brompton Rose tea set range available on our online shop. The press release tells readers to show off their lovely tableware and hold a tea party for Save the Children
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Last year house to house collections raised the most money during the week, but there were plenty of other brilliant fundraising methods used, such as street and store collections, holding special events and tea parties. We even had 'Extreme' tea party events, such as underwater tea parties and a sky diving event. For more ideas on how to fundraise, visit our fundraising page for inspiring ideas and resources.
