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Fundraising Promise

Mesothelioma UK Charitable Trust is a member of the Fundraising Standards Board (FRSB) Scheme. Please click to read about our Fundraising Promise to you.

Fundraising

Fundraising is about having fun and raising money and whilst doing that being safe and within the law. Mesothelioma UK Charitable Trust do not want you to accidentally break any laws so if you decide to hold a fundraising event you must always consider health and safety and any legal requirements when doing any fundraising activity.

Please contact your local authority and ask for their advice and visit the Health and Safety Executive website www.hse.gov.uk who will provide advice on keeping safe and legal. Visit the Insititue of Fundraising at www.institute-of-fundraising.org.uk which features information on the best ways to fundraise.

Fundraise For Us

We need your help not only to raise funds but to raise awarenss about the dangers of asbestos and the disease it causes.

We will always welcome new supporters to organise fundraising events on our behalf such as cake sales, coffee mornings, jumble sales, or quiz nights. Maybe you would like to run in a marathon, or cycle from London to Paris or attempt the 'Three Peaks Challenge' or maybe do some other sponsored event to support Mesothelioma UK.

Have a look at our Fab Fundraisers for inspiration and see what wonderful personal goals and achievements they have reached and the sense they feel of doing something grand. If you are a school pupil or involved in a school, read about asbestos in schools and why we should highlight the dangers that are there.

Let us know about your fundraising endeavours as we can help you every step of the way with your event by providing collection tins, leaflets, posters, gift aid forms and sponsorship forms.

Mesothelioma is mainly a chest cancer that develops between 15 and 60 years after exposure to asbestos. Only six per cent of the UK population know what the disease is, yet this deadly cancer kills one person every five hours in the UK. The rising number of deaths from the condition is linked to the use of asbestos in the building industry up until the mid 1980's and it doesn't discriminate, it can affect anyone even if you haven't worked with it you may have been exposed through a secondary route and all it takes is one fibre inhaled, so please take up a challenge and get the message out there. Asbestos is Dangerous, lets do something about it............

Jill Lemon Fundraising Manager.

There are many ways you can get involved in fundraising activities for Mesothelioma UK. Whether you are holding or taking part in an event we have plenty of ideas for you.

Sponsorship

Thank you so much for wanting to support and raise money for Mesothelioma UK Charitable Trust. We are thrilled to have you onboard. Please make sure you let us know about your fundraising activities so that we can provide you with support, a fundraising pack and include you on our fab fundraising pages.
Email us or call free on 0800 169 2409; we'd love to hear from you.
Sponsorship forms are included in our fundraising packs but if you require more you can download them from our website just Click here.

Please do not forget to tell your friends and family to gift aid their donations, for a gift aid form please click on the link. Gift Aid

A great way to raise money online is to set up a Justgiving or a Virgin Money Giving page, it's such an easy and efficient way to raise money for all your family, friends and colleagues. It only takes about five minutes to set up your page and you can add photo's and a write up about the reasons why you want to support us, then just e-mail it around and off you go. See below for the links.

Remember to carry your sponsor forms everywhere you go, you never know who you are going to meet who would be happy to sponsor you! Approach all the networks you are involved in such as your place of work, sports/gym club, football/rugby/golf clubs, school, church and your local community groups!

Every little helps and without your help we simply couldn't continue our work. Thank you!

Do something good today, Support Mesothelioma UK Charitable Trust.

Taking Part in an Organised Event

If you are thinking of taking part in an organised event (walking, running, climbing, trekking, cycling or swimming) you will need to sort out sponsorship from family, friends, colleagues etc: go to our Photo gallery to read the experiences of our fundraisers.
Here are a few tips on how to raise your profile and gain the maximum amount of sponsorship money. Raising your profile

Holding Your Own Event

You may want to hold your own event, ie: Cake Sale, Tombola Stall, Coffee Morning or hold a Quiz Nite or even a Summer or Winter Ball, it is entirely up to you! It doesn't matter how big or small the event is every little helps to raise awareness about Mesothelioma and supporting Mesothelioma UK. Hints on how to plan an event.

Sue and Graham hosted a quiz night in 2009 and uploaded pictures and details of their event on our Photos and Blogs 'Our Fab Fundraisers', they also put together a guide full of advice of holding your own quiz night or similiar event which you can find here.

If you are taking part in any type of event you can set up your own fundraising page which will help to raise your profile, you can tell your story and why you want to personally fundraise for Mesothelioma UK Charitable Trust.
Just click on the Just Giving or Virgin Money Giving or Charity Choice link and start fundraising today. Ideas and tips from Virgin Money Giving

When raising money for a charity event, always try to be honest with your sponsors about the reasons why you want to raise money for the Mesothelioma UK Charitable Trust. Give them some background information, tell them about the charity and it's services and why it is important to you, being more personalised may make them more likely to sponsor you.

Volunteering

Currently we do not have any opportunity for volunteering for Mesothelioma UK Charitable Trust. As we are a small charity hosted by the NHS we do not have any external offices or centres that would require volunteers. This may change in the future.

Alternatively you could volunteer your time hosting a fundraising event or donating your time to an event like the London Marathon on behalf of Mesothelioma UK Charitable Trust. Every penny raised is greatly appreciated.

If you would like to discuss volunteering for Mesothelioma UK Charitable Trust in the future please contact Jill Lemon, Fundraising Manager on Freephone 0800 169 2409.

Mesothelioma UK Charitable Trust would like to thank you all for your continued support and we wish all our fund raisers 'Good Luck' in their chosen event.

If you would like to discuss fundraising for Mesothelioma UK Charitable Trust please contact Jill Lemon, Fundraising Manager on Freephone 0800 169 2409.

Mesothelioma UK Charitable Trust cannot accept liability for any damage, injury or loss suffered by you or anyone else as a result of you or them taking part in a fundraising event.