Ideas for Fundraisers
Fun Fundraising
There are many ways in which you can raise money for the work of WWF. Here are a few ideas from recent fundraisers to help inspire you.
Marathons
At the 2010 Edinburgh Marathon over £7,000 was raised from the teams and individuals entered. A very big Thank You to them all, but a special mention goes to the following: James Taylor who raised £825.64, Kenneth McArthur -£710.38, Tim Foley - £874.74 and the Tiger Lilies relay team who raised the magnificent sum of £1113.80
Half Marathon
Elizabeth Cripps raised £649.41 after competing in the Chris Hoy half marathon
Guides and Brownies
Guide and Brownie packs across Scotland raise lots of money for our work. Here are a few ways in which they have recently raised money:
- 3rd Inverkeithing Brownies held a sponsored silence and raised £50.00
- 1st Alyth Guidesworked on the Changing the Eorld initiative and raised £108.00
- Ellon Brownies had a Bake Sale and raised £260.00
- 4th Parkway Brownies had a Pamper Night and raised £140.00
- 2nd 'A' Kilmarnock Brownies had a Coffee Evening and raised £275.00
A big Thank You to them all
Schools
Many schools across Scotland hold fund raising events for charity and we are pleased to say that the following schools nominated WWF Scotland as the recipient of their efforts:
- Newburgh Primary School -had a non-unifrom day and raised £27.31
- Bruntsfield Primary School - Dressed up as their favourite animals for the day and gave money for the privilege. They raised £60
- George Heriot's School held a cake and cany sale and raised £127.47
- Baljaffray Primary School donated £1,000.00 in aid of Save the Tiger
I am sure all the children had a lot of fun planning their activities.
Individuals
A very aware young lady called Ellie Davidson asked her friends to donate money instead of giving her birthday presents and raised the fantastic amount of £200 that she donated to the Panda Appeal.
Under the Scotland's Garden Scheme the Cox family of Glendoick opened their garden and donated £589.60 to our work.
North West Edinburgh Eco Club held a silent auction which raised £400 for our work.
And finally.......
If you do decide to hold an event, in whatever format, if you could please state on any publicity material that your event is 'in aid of WWF', rather than on behalf of, that would be great. This is due to new laws that govern charity fundraising.
Thank You
James Taylor
What difference does your money make?
£1
Buys a seedling to help replant the forests of Tanzania;
£3
Could pay to plant one native tree seedling to help restore degraded orang-utan habitat in Borneo.
£10
Could pay for an oil spill clean-up kit for an Arctic volunteer in the Barents Sea
£12
Could buy a set of books about conservation for a school in a community neighbouring a giant panda reserve in China's Minshan mountains
£25
Will equip and train one ranger for anti-poaching / monitoring patrol for snow leopards or pay a Rhino Protection Unit ranger's salary for 10 days;
£50
Could buy ten torches to help critical snow leopard night monitoring and prevent attacks on livestock
£60
Will build two livestock pens to help prevent snow leopard attack.
£100
Pays for 5 days' training in cork oak forest management for a local worker;
£150
Pays for a slide projector for education talks in seven village schools in Malaysia.
£200
Pays for a camera trap to film tigers and other wildlife in Huai Kha Khaeng, Thailand.
£300
Would pay for the training of one local youth to become a turtle tour guide on the nesting beaches of Costa Rica
£500
Pays for a park rangers post in Gashaka Gumti National Park - Nigeria.
£1000
Pays the annual salary for 3 staff for a year to help protect mountain gorillas.
£1075
Pays for a satellite tracking receiver to study elephants in Doi Pha Muang, Thailand.
Need to get in touch?
If you need any further information then please do get in touch. You can email us at scotland@wwf.org.uk - or you can phone on 01350 728200