Set up a fundraising page at www.justgiving.comMdM UK has organised a site online specifically for our fundraisers to create their own web page. This is a page to keep your donors updated on your fundraising progress. It will be fun for you to create, as well as making it easier for you to email the link to your potential sponsors. Call us if you have any difficulties in setting it up.
http://www.justgiving.com/medecinsdumonde/raisemoney/This website provides a
secure link for donations to be made online. Sponsors can use a credit or debit card to make a donation. Charities can reclaim
28% of tax under the 'Gift Aid' scheme from the Inland Revenue, if the sponsor is a UK tax payer. Ask your friends to make sure that they click on the “Gift Aid” option.
Once a month,
www.justgiving.com will forward the funds raised to Médecins du Monde UK. This system will help you keep tabs on how much you have left to raise, and is a
very easy way for the sponsorship funds to be collected … both for you, and for MdM UK.
(Médecins du Monde has offices in 16 countries around the world: Argentina, Belgium, Canada, Cyprus, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the UK and the USA. Remember, if you’re emailing friends living abroad for sponsorship money, specify that you are doing this for Médecins du Monde UK).
Email signature
If you can, change your email auto-signature at work and/or home. Include a link to the web page you have set up on
www.justgiving.com and also include
MdM UK’s website address so people can see the work that we do
www.medecinsdumonde.org.uk