Getting sponsorship for the Midnight Walk

We understand that raising sponsorship and collecting the money can be daunting. So here are some suggestions designed to help make gaining sponsorship a little easier.

Just to let you and your sponsors know what their sponsorship could buy:
£865 would provide drugs and pain relief for the patients in the hospice for a week
£40 could provide for a patient to receive a complementary therapy session
£134 could provide a week’s transport for our day care patients to get to the Hospice

10 tips for the 9 miles

Think of everybody who might sponsor you and ask them – family, friends, colleagues, clients, suppliers and others.
Use online sponsorship with JustGiving. It’s quick and easy, fun and secure!
Organise a Sunday countryside ramble and charge an entrance fee to take part. The ramble can take on many different themes – fancy dress, three legged etc – and adds a bit of variety to your training schedule as well!
Get someone who you think will pledge lots of money at the top of each sponsorship form. They will set the tone for your later sponsors who will hopefully follow suit!
Check whether your company runs a matched giving scheme – they could double your money!
Get your local pub, sports or community club to organise a fundraising night, with funds going towards your fundraising target.
When asking people to sponsor you, make sure you know something about St Luke’s Hospice and the work hospices do, and about how the money you raise will be spent. Use our figures to let people know what their money could buy.
Get your sponsors to tick the Gift Aid box and provide their full home address details on your sponsorship form – it will boost your fundraising total by 28%!
Change your email auto-signature so that every email you send out promotes your walk and catches people’s attention.
Start raising and collecting money as soon as you can – the earlier you start, the more you will raise.

This event is supported by Anatomie.