Volunteering
We need your help!
If you have some spare time, and would like to help the animals in the London South East area, please contact us on 07952 680 522 or email rspcalondonsoutheastbranch@googlemail.com for more information.
Other Ways You Can Help
RSPCA London South East Branch is now listed on everyclick.com a search engine that gives 50% of its revenue to charity. Using everyclick.com as your search engine does not cost you or us any money, but every time you use it you raise money for RSPCA London South East Branch . Please start raising money for us whenever you search the web.
Just go to http://www.everyclick.com/uk/rspcalondonsoutheastbranch you can then click on the links in the top right hand corner to either set it as your home page or add it too your favourites.
Thanks!
Want to be kept informed of what we are up to?
Help save us money by providing us with your e-mail address so we can update you on what we are doing and how you can help. Send an e-mail to: rspcalondonsoutheastbranch@googlemail.com
Fundraising
If you are planning on undertaking a sponsored event on behalf of the London South East branch of the RSPCA you might want to try some of our hints and tips to raise funds. Your fundraising efforts will be gratefully appreciated! You might like to set up a fundraising page, to make it easy for people to sponsor you online.
Amongst the most popular things that our supporters get involved with are runs, walks, dog walks, swims, slims, bike rides & parachute jumps, though basically if you can do it, it can be sponsored!
Attracting sponsorship:
a) Local businesses
Try to seek sponsorship by writing to local businesses that you know personally and feel might support you. If you know something about the Branch and the work you might be raising money for please include this in the letter.
b) Friends and family
In order to soften the approach to friends and family you could hold an informal gathering such as a hold a pasta party, cheese and wine, coffee morning to explain what you are doing and how you are going about it.
Guess your finish time
This idea works well if you are participating in a bicycle ride (over a set amount of miles), marathon, half marathon or fun run. It works as long as you do not give people an idea as to how long you might take to complete the event. You also need to provide a prize, for example a box of chocolates or a bottle of wine. The idea is people pay £1 to guess how long you will take to complete the event. Draw up a form with a range of likely finishing times on it – say up to about 50. As people to write their name next to their guess. The winner is the person who guesses the closest to your actual finishing time.
Fundraising Hints and Tips
Some points to remember when planning your fundraising activities:
- Consider ideas suitable for your group
- Allow enough time to plan and organise your event
- Fix the date and time of the event
- Tell your local RSPCA branch or RSPCA HQ about your event
- Draw up a list of jobs to be done
- If you can, find a volunteer for each of the jobs
- Make sure your idea is legal!
1. If the event involves the hire of a venue check with fire regulations for the number of people the venue can hold.
2. Any event involving the production, supply or sale of food must comply with a variety of food safety regulations. Please check your local authority’s Environmental Heath Department.
3. New or second-hand products sold at an event must comply with safety standards set by law. Up-to-date details can be obtained from local Trading Standards or Consumer Safety Departments.
4. An alcohol licence is required for any event where alcohol will be provided. If the venue does not have a permanent licence charities can obtain permission through the Licensing Justices at the local Magistrates court so phone your local Branch or Headquarters for assistance.
5. A public entertainment licence may be needed for events like dances, plays, and films. You should check this with your local authority.
6. If you plan to use road signs to advertise your event you will need to contact the Highways Manager for your county/area for permission
7. All public collections, either on the street or door-to-door require a permit. If you wish to become involved in this type of fundraising please call RSPCA Headquarters fundraising department.
8. Consider what insurance to have in place. Ensure that the providers of service (whether catering or parachute jumping) or equipment have adequate insurance to cover accidents and if necessary take out your own insurance cover.
9. For events, consider taking out cancellation insurance.
Make sure what you are proposing is safe – the RSPCA cannot accept any liability for accidents.
Publicise your event thoroughly:
1. Put up posters
2. Tell your friends
3. Tell your local newspaper
4. Tell your local radio station
Good luck with your event and have fun!
Would you like to start a "most handsome pet" competition in your office? An IT company recently did just that and donated the profit to us. Here is how it worked:
"We had a large poster of 19 photos of pets submitted by staff who donated 50p per photo to enter the gallery. Staff then paid a pound to submit their list of owners and pets. I gave a prize to the person who guessed the most correctly and a prize for most handsome."
The cat that won was called Bizkit and his photo is below - I'm sure everyone will agree that he's very handsome! If you'd like to organise a similar contest in your office, we could send you some RSPCA literature and some merchandise for the owner of the winning cat; we'd put the photo of the winning cat up on our site and we would acknowledge the amount of money they raised with a certificate. Please contact us on 07952 680522 if you'd like to arrange this competition in your office (or pub, or social club - doesn't have to be an office!).
