Fundraising and Your Company

The Jennifer Trust works hard to give a range of support services to all those who live with SMA. However our work would not be possible without the generosity of our volunteers and fundraisers who enable us to give Help for Today and Hope for Tomorrow. With your support we are able to continue increasing awareness and raising the profile of SMA.

As an organisation we rely heavily on our support from the corporate sector. There are many ways your company can get involved. As an employee you could try to get your company interested, or get some work mates together to fundraise.

Charity of the Year

Make the Jennifer Trust your Charity of the Year! Different fundraising events can take place throughout the year to raise money for us! Also if you work for large companies such as Barclays or Marks and Spencer, they may have a match-giving scheme whereby they match the funds raised and donate them to the Jennifer Trust!

Payroll Giving

This is a flexible scheme which enables you to make charitable donations straight from your gross salary (before tax has been deducted) therefore you get immediate tax relief on the value of your donation. This means a basic rate taxpayer wanting to donate £10.00 would only pay £7.80. The government is also adding a further 10% to every donation made like this, so your gift becomes £11.00 for the Jennifer Trust. Furthermore many employers are encouraging the scheme by matching their employee donations. This can be done regularly or as a one off!

Find a Friend

Add your name to our list of generous friends and make a regular monthly gift by Standing Order. No matter how small or large it really will make a difference.

You at work

Sweepstakes -These can be done for any major events, for example the Grand National or Wimbledon. You could donate a percentage of the winnings to the Jennifer Trust or allocate one competitor to us!

Raffles - get colleagues or local businesses to donate the prizes.

Cook - Take in SMArtie cookies or cakes for the day and charge for them!

Swear Box - Every time someone in your office swears they have to put 20p or 50p in a swear box!! Empty it at the end of the month, or when it's full and send us the contents!

Office Quiz - Get your work mates together and organise an office quiz!

Worst Tie Competition - Pay a £1 entry fee for your tie, the winner gets 50% of the winnings and so does the Jennifer Trust.

Office Auction - Bid off prizes such as the use of the bosses office for a day, or a day off, dress down day.

Sponsored work swap - sponsor the boss to work on reception for a hour, or pay to make him/her do your jobs for you i.e. photocopying, answering the phone, and other errands.

Gunge Tank - put you and your colleague's photos on a board for a week and charge people to vote to have them gunged at the end of the week! Then auction off the job of gunging them to the highest bidder.

Fancy dress day / dress down day - everyone pays a £1 to come to work in what they like.

For further information please call the Fundraising Department on 01789 267 520

Thank You