Fundraising
Our supporters often ask how they can support us in a practical way? Well, the best way is to help raise funds for our work. Vision Africa has no independent income, so our ongoing work is totally reliant upon the generosity of our friends and supporters. Can you help to give a child a future?
It doesn't matter how much you raise, any amount will help us to continue helping thousands of children to have a better future. What's more, because we spend so little of our income on overheads, you can be assured that whatever you raise will make a difference in the life of a child.
Fundraising Events
Have you ever considered running a fundraising event? Why not get together with your friends, school, church or club and hold a fundraising event for Vision Africa? Here are a few ideas for events you might like to consider...
- Hold a cake sale
- A quiz night (charge an entry fee)
- Hold an auction (could be items, or people's skills etc.)
- Run a dinner dance / ball
- A craft or jumble sale
- Do a fun day with stalls etc.
- A backwards banquet (serve coffee first, then desert etc.)
- Hold a fancy dress party
- A country dancing / line dancing / ceilidh evening
Whatever you do, whether it raises £5 or £5000, will make a big difference to our work and every penny will be very gratefully received.
A Sponsored Event
This can be a great way to raise money and can be something that can be done by just one person, or by a whole group of you.
You could organise your own event, such as a sponsored walk, sponsored silence, a cycle ride or sponsored swim. Or join an organised event such as a parachute jump, bungee jump, abseiling event etc. Or why not tackle a real challenge such as the 'Three Peaks Challenge'?
See our resources panel for information on how to set up a fundraising page with justgiving.com, or to download a Vision Africa sponsor form.
Special Occasions
Some of our supporters use their special occasion to raise money for Vision Africa. Any event can be turned into a fund-raising event just by asking folks to give to Vision Africa as a birthday or wedding present. etc.
A really simple way to set this up is to use the service offered by justgiving.com and set up a page for your event. See our resources panel for more information.
Join a Sponsored Challenge
Occasionally Vision Africa organises special challenge events and in the past we have done a 100km canoe trip down the Zambezi River, and a trek up Mount Kenya.
Now for August 2011 we are doing a 90km Trek in the Maasai Mara! Interested in joining us? Visit our Trek Kenya page to find out more, or send an email to challenge11@vision-africa.org and we will send you all the details.
Not interested in the Mara trek? Watch this space for future Vision Africa events, or you could join another organisation such as Action Challenge UK and nominate Vision Africa as your beneficiary.
Resources
justgiving.com is a great resource for setting up your fundraising or sponsored event page. Just visit the justgiving.com website 
to setup your page today.
Sponsor Form
Need a sponsor form to download? We have one in pdf formal that you can use here:
Note: Right Click and choose the 'save' option to download. Left click opens the form in a new window.
Vision Africa Presentation
We have a short PowerPoint presentation that you can download which provides an overview of our work, you might find this useful to present at your event. Right click to download...
VAoverview2008.ppt (3.5Mb)
Requires Microsoft Powerpoint 2003 or later, or the free Open Office Impress application.
Where to Send Funds
So you've done all the hard work and raised some money for Vision Africa, so where should you send it?
Please send cheques made payable to 'Vision Africa' to our Treasurer, Babara Hewitt at:
Vision Africa
3 Wadebridge Avenue
Baguley
Manchester, M23 9LS
United kingdom.
Thank you!