Organising your own event

Fundraising events can be as small or as extravagent as you like. Whether you just want to individually take up the challenge of a sponsored silence or you get your whole office to attend a Valentine Ball, follow the below tips to ensuring success of your event.

Why not start by getting some inspiration from our A-Z of Fundraising Ideas!

• Try to set up a fundraising team with regular meetings, to make the event as easy as possible to organise - many hands make light work!
• Brainstorm to come up with an event that will be both fun and rewarding.
• Set a date for your event.
• Set a budget - how much do you expect to raise? How much will you need to spend? What will you need to charge people in order to make a profit?
• You may find it helpful to do a breakdown of actions and costs. Use our event planner to help you.
• Don't forget to ask permission to fundraise - especially if you are planning to do a collection in a public place.
• Please email us to let us know if you are fundraising for us - we are always delighted to hear from our supporters!
• Please let us know before you contact a large corporation or a celebrity, to avoid crossed wires - we may have contacted them before, or be about to contact them
• We can provide you with sponsorship forms or you can download them direct from this site.
• If you are a UK taxpayer St John's can make an extra 28p for every £1 you raise with Gift Aid.
• Advertising and publicity. Use our straight forward tips on writing press releases to help you get the most from your publicity.

For more information please contact Anna Foley on 020 7806 4074 or by email.