Fundraising
Anyone can help to support the Trust by raising funds through sponsorship, organising an event, selecting the Trust as charity of choice for an exisitng event or simply by making a donation.
We’ve teamed up with Virgin Money Giving and Justgiving.com, the UK’s leading online fundraising websites, so it is now very easy to raise funds for us online. You can create an online fundraising page in minutes to collect donations for any sponsored event or appeal. See links below:
Fundraising pages are just like paper sponsorship forms, except they’re online, so you don’t have to traipse around collecting cash and cheques. Simply personalise your page with a photo and message and email the web address to all your contacts. Friends, family, work colleagues and anyone else, from anywhere in the world, can then make a donation using your page.
You can create a fundraising page for absolutely anything. You could get sponsored to run, swim, cycle, get fit, grow a moustache or have your head shaved. The only limit is your imagination.
If you have any questions, or need any help, you can contact:
Virgin Money Giving helpdesk: 08456 10 10 46 (Monday to Friday, 9am – 5.30pm)
Or email: theteam@virginmoneygiving.com
Justgiving helpdesk: 0845 021 2110 (Monday to Friday from 9am to 6pm.)
Or email: helpdesk@justgiving.com
For more information about arranging a fundraising event or about selecting the John Merricks Sailing Trust as charity of choice for an existing event - please contact Elizabeth Robinson – elizabeth@jmst.org.uk
Use the John Merricks Sailing Trust as your charity for a sponsored challenge – there are many different ways to raise money through sponsorship. Utilising your favourite sport or hobby in a sponsored challenge is a fun way to help the Trust by raising money and also awareness of the Trust itself. Once you have decided on a challenge then ask as many friends, relatives, work colleagues, companies or schools to sponsor you to achieve your challenge. Many people have helped the Trust in this way with a variety of challenges including: Ironman competition, sailing, running the London Marathon, bike rides, dieting and swimming.
For further information about sponsored challenges please contact: info@jmst.org.uk
