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Thank you for your interest in joining in the fun during Tommy's splashathon 2005! Once you've registered, all you need to do to get splashing is scroll down to the bottom of this page to download your sponsorship form, and tell all your friends what you are doing... Alternatively if you prefer, contact the splash gang on our splash hotline: 08707 70 70 69 and we'll post you one. |
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We will be in contact regularly with updates on Splashathon 2005! Here's all the information you will need to get you started: |
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Click here to learn some great ways to get fundraising. |
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Share your splashing stories, click here to tell us about your splashing fun. |
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What happened in 2004? Click here to read about the highlights of last year's splash. |
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Fundraising is easy and fun! Below are some simple guidelines to get you started in collecting your sponsorship! |
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Start with friends and family. Mums, dads, brothers, sisters, aunties, uncles, grannies and grandads or friends are a great starting point for your fundraising - then ask them to ask all their friends too! |
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Take your sponsorship form with you everywhere you go, to school, to nursery, to clubs. |
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Remember to tell your sponsors how their money will be spent. Tommy's exist to save tiny babies' lives by funding vital research into miscarriage, stillbirth and premature birth, and offering a unique pregnancy information service. |
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Send an e-mail to all your friends who don't live nearby. Maybe you have relatives overseas? Tell them all about splashathon and fundraising for Tommy's. Why not e-mail them a photo afterwards to say "Thank You!". |
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If they are unable to send you a cheque they can always get in contact with the splash gang here at Tommy's and donate via credit card. |
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Ask the grown ups to take your sponsorship form into work to ask all their work colleagues too. |
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Kick your sponsorship form off with the most generous sponsors - if the first person has pledged £5 or £10, then this can really set the trend! |
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Set a fundraising target, and then tell everyone how much you are trying to raise. This can really motivate the sponsor to help you on your way. |
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Never feel guilty about asking people to sponsor you. You are doing something extremely worthwhile. |
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Collect the sponsorship money straight away - people will sponsor you as a pledge, so ask them for the money there and then - they won't be offended and it saves you the work of collecting it afterwards! If not why not ask them for a postdated cheque. |
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Many companies match pound for pound donations made by their employees to registered charities. This is tax efficient for them and a fantastic way of increasing your sponsorship. You can offer them lots of publicity in local and trade press. (See tips for gaining publicity below). This is an easy way to double your sponsorship money without any extra work! Can you get an article in the next edition of your company magazine, highlighting your challenge with a request for donations? Include your telephone number and email. |
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We can claim an extra 28% fro the Inland Revenue on top of all donations made by tax payers. Just ask everyone to complete their full name, (no 'mummy', 'daddy', or 'granny' please!) home address and tick the gift aid box on the sponsorship form. |
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Gaining local media coverage will encourage more people to join in. We can send you sample press releases and give you advice about how to get started. If you have any further fundraising questions, do not hesitate to give Anne Cohen a call on 08707 70 70 69. Good Luck! |
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The splash gang would love to hear what exciting things all you splashers out there have planned for your splashathons.
To post any comments, photos, or pictures of stories, click here. |
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Welcome to splashathon 2005! Stories and photos from splashers taking part this year will be added here shortly! Click on Robbie and Racheal above to send your splashathon experiences to Tommy's! Tommy's |
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Click here to take a look at the fun from 2004! More than 850 pools and 4,000 participants splashed their way to success, raising over £140,000 for Tommy's vital research. Why not join in the fun this summer, and make it our biggest year yet! |
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Click here to download your splashathon sponsorship form now!