Easy ways to fundraise for Special Kids in the UK

Raise awareness through the Wisdom Trust

Special Kids in the UK is a member of the Wisdom Trust. You can help raise funds for Special Kids in the UK just by registering and logging on once a day to voting for us.

The Wisdom Trust is a charitable organisation which seeks to promote awareness, raise funds and encourage volunteering for issues relating to health care, the environment and world poverty. They achieve this through marketing, education of it’s members and by word of mouth. Their aim is to leave people thinking how they can help those people around them.When you register with the Wisdom Trust, you are entitled to two votes every day. These relate to the two charity lists: one list contains the larger charities and one list contains the smaller charities. The Wisdom Trust sets aside half of its funds in a donation fund. Members vote each day which charities receive this money and the most popular charities get a percentage share of the donation fund for a period of three months.

Members can also raise funds for Special Kids in the UK by reading any of the educational material in the Wisdom Trust library. Every time you log in and read something educational you will receive 1 fundraising credit which is worth £2.50 which you can then donate to Special Kids in the UK.

To find out how yourself and Special Kids in the UK can benefit from your membership to the Wisdom Trust please visit their website www.wisdomforall.org and register.

Fancy doing a Skydive and raising money for Special Kids in the UK? ………. For Free?

Skyline offers the chance of a lifetime for those who have a sense of adventure and who have a desire to raise money for special causes, and you can do both for FREE!

Special Kids in the UK are registered with Skyline. Through Skyline, you can do a sponsored parachute jump for FREE. They will provide you with full training and ensure that you have the experience of a lifetime. All you have to do is raise a minimum amount of sponsorship money which will allow you to jump for free (from £290 depending on the jump you choose) and in return Special Kids in the UK will receive an average donation of £140. Plus every extra pound you raise over the minimum will come straight to us!

If you think you have the guts to do a parachute jump then please email KLovesey@specialkidsintheuk.org who will send you an information and sponsorship pack.

Recycle inkjet and toner cartridges and mobile phones through D.A.Y.S!

Donate as you Spend . They are able to convert old used inkjet cartridges, toner cartridges and mobile phones into money for Special Kids. They will donate 60p for every ink jet cartridge and £2 for every old mobile phone.

To collect large numbers of the ink jet and toner cartridges you will need to have some connections to an office environment. A sample letter you can use to help you collect the cartridges is available on their website which you can download. Send this is to your local businesses and see if they will help you collect them for recycling to benefit us and of course help the environment.

You do not have to collect lots of the above for recycling. D.A.Y.S can supply you with a recycling bag which you can use to post cartridges or mobile phones back to them. However for larger collections D.A.Y.S can collect the items for free. You will need to collect 30 ink jet cartridges or mobile phones and 20 toner cartridges for free collection. A collection fax form would need to be completed and faxed to D.A.Y.S and then they will collect the items for FREE! The collection form and recycling labels can be downloaded from the D.A.Y.S website. The recycling bags can also be requested via the D.A.Y.S website.

Please visit the D.A.Y.S website for more information or email KLovesey@specialkidsintheuk.org if you have any queries.

Ebay for Charity

Are you looking for a new and unique way to support Special Kids in the UK? Now you can sell an item on eBay and donate from 10% to 100% of the final sale price to help us.

eBay has partnered with MissionFish, a non-profit service provider, to create the eBay for Charity fundraising programme which makes it safe and easy for charities to benefit from trading on eBay. While listing an item on eBay you can choose to donate a percentage, or all, of your item's final selling price to Special Kids in the UK! Your item will feature a charity ribbon, our name and logo and the percentage you are donating so that buyers know that they are supporting a worthy cause.

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Search the web with everyclick.com

Raise money for Special Kids in the UK just by searching the web. everyclick.com is an internet search engine with a big difference - it donates half its revenues to charity! It does not cost us, or you, a penny. Now you can support Special Kids in the UK every time you search the web. Just make http://www.everyclick.com/uk/specialkidsintheuk your home page and make sure you use it whenever you search the web!

Fundraise easily through Justgiving.com

If you are considering fundraising for Special Kids in the UK and would like to raise money online, we have a system in place that allows you do all of that and create your own fundraising page too! For example if you are going to run in a sports event or do a sponsored event, you can use this facility as many times as you wish. Click here and start raising funds for Special Kids.



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