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Fundraising is a great way to make a difference and show
that you are against bullying. Raising
money for Beatbullying helps us train more young people become CyberMentors and
help more young people affected by bullying.
Here’s some cool ideas to get you started:
Get sponsored to forfeit your favourite thing, like
chocolate, tv or even texting!
- Do a sponsored walk
- Shhhhh! Do a sponsored silence and be quiet for an hour or even a whole day!
In fact, you can get sponsored to do pretty much
anything!
But, if you decide to do something sponsored, don’t
forget to create a JustGiving page and send all of your friends the link to
make getting sponsorship that much easier - justgiving.co.uk.
Events are a good way of getting lots of people involved,
are great fun, and can be really good fundraisers!
- For example, you could hold a talent contest – BB’s Got
Talent! Sell tickets to your show and wow the audience with your
talents! Or put on a gig like Ellie Coleman (see her slide). We can also help you with your event ideas. Give
Rebecca a call on 020 8768 1029 for a chat, or you can email her on
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Loads of schools have done some great fundraising for
Beatbullying and CyberMentors over the past few years.
- Get your school or college to hold a fancy dress day, or
ask everyone to wear blue, and ask everyone to pay £1.
- Take over the tuck shop and donate the profits to
Beatbullying.
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Why not hold an event, or a sponsored activity and get your school involved?
- Or ask around – there might already be some good
fundraising activities that you can use to donate money to BB.
It’s also best to get the approval of your Head of Year
before starting out any fundraising for BB. If you email Rebecca (
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she can help you sort out some ideas and plot the best way for you to approach
your teachers.
Getting your community involved in fundraising is also
really cool.
- Ask for a donation by offering to do some hard work: car washing,
gardening, dog walking, pet sitting, or even doing the washing up!
- Hold a garage sale, etc.
BB has just launched a big recycling drive! Collect ink and laser cartridges, and mobile
phones, and we receive money for each one you collect and send in. Do
it by yourself, or better still, get your school involved!
To register with our scheme and get the bags to send off your cartridges
and phones visit www.eachonecounts.co.uk/beatbullying
Ellie Coleman was just 14 when she organized a gig in her home town and raised
a whopping £1,000 for Beatbullying! With the help of a promotions
company she found some amazing bands and put them on stage at Norwich Arts
Centre, charging people to come and watch.
Ellie said: “Organising the event for
Beatbullying was great because I knew I was doing my bit to help a fantastic
cause. I had worked with them before so I knew that the money raised from
the gig would go directly into teaching more kids about the effects of bullying
and how to deal with it. I wanted to
help Beatbullying because I’d been bullied when I was younger and I don’t want
it happening to others. It was really good fun and I’m glad I helped raise so
much money!”
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