Getting sponsorship

Although the amount of money that our hospice needs annually to serve the community continues to rise, so does the number of families in the area who have experience of hospice care. A large proportion of the people you may talk with will be only too glad of the opportunity you are giving them to support the hospice's work. So don't be afraid to ask! Take note of the well-tried practical tips below.

To get people to sponsor you without tackling them face to face, set up a Justgiving web page and send them e-mails, letters, text messages, etc., encouraging them to visit it. This is a very efficient way of raising sponsorship. Apart from setting up and telling people about your page, you don't have to do anything. It doesn't cost you or the hospice anything, and the money is transferred promptly.


How to set up your own Justgiving page for the Cumbria Way walk
  1. Have a picture ready to upload at stage 7 and think about your message.
  2.  Click here to open the Justgiving website in a new window, so that you can see these notes while you're setting the page up.
  3. Click on select.
  4. Enter your e-mail address and either check "I'm new to this site" or "I have an account" and enter your password. Then click continue using our secure server
  5. Enter any details that may be required, and eventually you get a web address like www.justgiving.com/joesoap
  6. Click on CREATE YOUR PAGE.
  7. Click on Personalise and share your page. Then choose your picture(s) and compose your message.
  8. Click on save and continue at the bottom of the page
  9. Send an e-mail to Lesley Dodd telling her that you've set up your Cumbria Walk Justgiving page. Quote the web address,
  10. If you wish, send a copy of your e-mail to the webmaster who will include you in the list of Justgiving web pages on this website.
  11. You're ready to publicise your page!
  12. You can always go back to your account and edit your page at any time.

Our walkers' Justgiving pages. Please be generous

Russell Sutcliffe   Patrick Wyman   Nicola Speirs   Carole Phelan Ashwini Noronha Dorothy Gonsalves Christine West


Some practical tips


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Last updated on 25 March 2008