Prepare Yourself
Fundraising - Should be Fun!
Fundraising ideas are on their way...but here is one to keep you going...
- Why not obtain part or full sponsorship from a local business or newspaper and agree to write reports for them. they gain good publicity from sponsoring you and
publishing your reports and you get at least a proportion of your costs covered. You have nothing to lose writing some introductory letters about yourself, what you intend to do, why you are doing it and what you hope to achieve. You then include a polite request for consideration of sponsorship and explain
the potential benefits to the organisation or business you are writing to.
- Prepare a travel blog on the internet before you go and seek sponsorship for your travels using that. Perhaps an online travel company would be interested in you promoting them on your blog especially if it has interesting content. You could provide links to that company so that they get promotion. You could sell the concept to them by explaining that all your friends and fmaily will be accessing the blog
on a regular basis whilst you are away. Indeed it will likely receive a lot more visitors than just those you send the web address to. We have listed some possible blog sites in our useful links and volunteer resources section.
REMEMBER - you are going to be a voluntary worker - you are doing something good that will be of benefit in many many ways. So why not get yourself sponsored or raise money in other ways?