To find it difficult to fundraise

[Bedofclouds]

I’ve joined a team of work colleagues in a fundraising event for a very good cause. But I think it’s really hard to ask people to donate As much as I want to do my best, I don’t know how to approach this situation as I’ve not done anything like this before. AIBU in feeling uncomfortable in knowing how to go about this?

Are you asking for straight donations or offering something in return?

Stick a message up on a noicite board at your work place and get the manager to email all if they want to fund you

Hi, know how you feel. I have entered a couple of these charity challenges, I found a cake bake was very popular as people felt they were getting something back. Also try a just giving page - I posted on Facebook and also emailed people I knew at work.

Local councils often have pockets of money they can give to good causes, B&q and Tesco also give community grants. Often easier to substantial amounts from grant-givers than raising money pennies at a time!

Are you just asking for money or running fundraising activities such as raffles etc? You will always get more takers if there is a chance of something for them in return and it feels less awkward asking.

It’s a team of us signed up to a run in memory of a dear colleague of ours. So the donations are in sponsorship of our run. We’ve set up a justgiving page but apart from popping it up on my social media pages im not sure how else to help raise our target. It feels a little ‘beggy’ but it’s all for a good cause. Not sure if work will allow me to make a post about it as I work for a large council and majority of people won’t have known our old colleague

You can still run raffles/football cards etc to raise money and then just add those funds to your Just Giving. People generally get so many sponsorship requests they kind of zone them out but a chance to win something makes it a bit different. Also people often feel bad about sponsoring on Just Giving if they can only afford £1 but if you sell raffle tickets for £1 they feel they can contribute without losing face.

It's hard but people will donate to a good cause. SM is the way forward Facebook, instagram and WhatsApp- good luck! I did a cake sale at my DCs school and a local car boot sale (people donated items).

I recently did a sponsored event with a friend and we raised a lot of money. What made the difference was that the friend is bloody hilarious and made some videos, posts and emails. We wouldn’t have made nearly as much if I’d just posted.

Problem is that most causes are very good causes and we’re all being asked for donations for all sorts of things, all the time.

I would think it likely that people who know you might donate in order to be nice to you, and people who knew the colleague, might donate in memory of them. I would stick to those two groups and leave everyone else alone.

Update your just giving and SM pages regularly with how your training is going and how long until the big day.

Cake sales for your office can do well, often the charity that you’re fundraising for will send posters, tablecloths etc to make it look more professional.

You’ve said the money is for sponsorship of your run … where is the money ultimately going? People may be more motivated to give if they know what the fundraising is for.

People are more willing to donate for a former colleague.

I would ask manager if you’re allowed to email your colleagues the just giving link with a summary of who the colleague was, what she did, why she was so dear etc.