Past Fundraising Reports
DAVID’S FUNDRAISING REPORTS
TOTAL RAISED OVER FIVE TREKS = £18,713
2001 (Patagonia, Chile) £3,712
The total amount raised for this challenge was £3,712, and though I no longer have detailed records of the activities involved in fundraising for this trip (it was, after all, 6 years ago as I write this!) it consisted of a mixture of tin-rattling, personal sponsorship, fundraising through raffles, car boot sales, quizzes, and the like, plus some local company support. My employer at the time, Bradford & Bingley, also generously contributed £500.
At the time of course the concept of recording everything online, or donating online through sites such as justgiving.com, were not used to the same extent as they are now.
However after the event I was presented with this certificate showing the total amount raised. This did not include a £299 registration fee/donation which I had to pay as this was my first trekking challenge for Mencap. This total was after paying for insurance, visa, and airport taxes.
2003 (Maputo, Mozambique) £3,012
After raising sponsorship for Mencap for the expedition in Chile I then committed to raise at least £2,500 for another trip, this time to Mozambique. Project Renew Mozambique was special because two groups of people benefited…
(1) Most of the funds raised again went to Mencap. Based in the UK, this charity support people with learning disabilities, their families, and their carers. Learn more through the on the right of this page.
(2) Whilst in Mozambique, and prior to the trekking expedition, we worked to renovate a special school in the capital city Maputo, where the infrastructure still suffer the after-effects of the civil war.
This time, I have more details of the fundraising activities …
Summary of money raised
Registration fee £199
Quiz sheets £320
Individual Donations £631
Bradford & Bingley £500
Raffle £356
Badges & Collecting Tins £51
Charity Auction Rugby £1,117
Donated items on eBay £113
Fun day Ashlawn School £447
Total £3,734
This was distributed as follows
Main sponsorship £3,012
Initial registration “fee” £199
Tax, Insurance and Visa £131
Vaccinations/medication £222
Additional Travel £90
Footballs for Maputo School £80
Total £3,734
2005 (Kathmandu, Nepal) £3,313
Once again, fundraising was a wide variety of activities, though this time I was also supported by several Rugby businesses – Jamesway Travel, The Rugby Town Centre Company, and Franklin Associates, who all made significant donations.
A major contribution to the fundraising came from a traditional collection at the door of Sainsbury’s in Rugby, which raised over £750. Sometimes it just seems to pay to ask people directly for a contribution!
Car boot sales, quizzes, cake and plant sales, and tombolas all added to the kitty.
The justgiving.com page for this trip can be seen by clicking >>here<<. Note that the figure on the certificate in the image here is £7 short of the total raised as a last claim of tax relief was processed after the production of the certificates.
2007 (Sapa Valley, Vietnam) £2,776
No certificate from Mencap for the amount raised in sponsorship for this trip. However the detailed fundraising report is as follows, and some items you can click for more details from the justgiving.com pages.
New Year’s Eve 31/12/05 collection Sainsbury’s £852.15
New Year’s Eve 31/12/06 collection Sainsbury’s £734.41
Sponsored walk of Hadrian’s Wall dressed as Romans £381.25
Various car boot, book sales and tombolas £371.46
Giant East Egg raffle, Easter 2006 £276.67
Stoneleigh Park Summer Fun Quiz £111.00
Treasure Hunt at Stoneleigh Park £79.00
Other individual donations online £74.00
ruralnet|uk Christmas tins (’05 and ’06) £47.39
Plant and cake sale spring 2006 £44.66
Gift aid on online donations (1) £35.82
Gift aid on online donations (2) £29.33
Collecting tins ad-hoc £26.70
Individual donations offline £25.00
Donation from Harbury Church Mens Group £21.60
Interest from closed bank account £0.89
Total raised £3,111.33
Total sent to Mencap £2,776.30 (Target was £2,750)
Equipment and Travel £57.46
Airport taxes £160.60
Insurance £45.00
Vietnam Visa £43.00
Rabies vaccination £28.97
Total £3,111.33
Travel to Heathrow kindly donated by Virgin Trains
Medical and personal hygiene items kindly donated by Boots, Rugby
2008 (Machu Picchu, Peru) £5,900
Car Boot Sale £76.90
Spring Raffle £388.00
Jumble and book sale £600.27
Collection at ASDA £328.50
Own donation air fares £1,110.00
Table top sale Rugby £40.50
Collection at Sainsbury’s £940.00
Collection at Tesco £319.00
Individual donations £285.00
Stoneleigh Park Quiz £88.00
1001 Generous bloggers page £160.00
Own contribution direct £880.00
Gift aid (justgiving) £435.77
Gift aid (direct) £248.20
Total £5,900.14
Insurance, tax, vaccinations, medical kit, additional transport and equipment were all covered at our own cost this time. Full financial record for Peru 2008 is at www.justgiving.com/theheads
I will post the certificate here when I get it from Mencap.
If you would like any more detailed information about my fundraising, or if you would like help with your own fundraising ideas, please contact me through the email link on the top right of this page.
Above all, sincere thanks to all my supporters.
David Head, updated July 2008.
