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Sponsorship is
the key!
The London Bikeathon is all about getting yourself sponsored. We ask for a small entry fee to cover our administration costs and then we ask you to fundraise the money we need to put towards our lifesaving research. We rely entirely on voluntary donations, so every penny of your sponsorship is vital.
Fundraising made easy
We know that fundraising can be hard work, so please see our hints and tips below designed to make it as easy as possible for you to collect the cash.
Set up your own online fundraising page through justgiving.
- Your sponsors can make immediate donations rather than pledges
- They pay with debit/credit card so they are often more generous
- If they are tax payers the Gift Aid is automatically added
- You can email everyone you know, anywhere in the world!
- Even the thank-you is generated automatically!
Go to: Create your page
Follow the instructions to register and create your own account and sponsorship page.
You will then be able to:
- Email the page to your friends and family to sponsor you
- Watch the total amount grow on screen
- Include a fundraising target, photo, and personal message
- Update your message and target amount whenever you like
Last year you raised over £100,000 from Justgiving alone!
For some more tips on how to get people to sponsor you click here.
More Hints and Tips
Individual Sponsorship
- Set yourself a target, and make people aware of your progress.
- Get your first sponsors to pledge large amounts, and hopefully others will follow!
- Keep your sponsor form with you at all times and ask everyone you know to sponsor you. You could even give a blank form to your close friends and family so that they can gather sponsorship from their contacts too.
- Gift aid – encourage all taxpayers to tick the column confirming that they wish to “Gift Aid” their donation. We can then claim an extra 28p from every £1 donated.
- Contact us if you would like posters and entry forms to display in your office or if you would like to know more about how your company can support Leukaemia Research. Londonbikeathon@lrf.org.uk or 020 7269 9097
Team sponsorship
- The London Bikeathon is an ideal event for team building whist raising money for charity. Why not challenge colleagues, or another department to see who can raise the most money!
- Ask your employer to match the amount you fundraise from individual sponsorship, or see if you can apply for a community award.
- Use any access you have to free advertising space to promote your involvement in the London Bikeathon and ask for sponsorship. E.g. a company newsletter, intranet, website or professional publication.
- During meetings in the run up to the London Bikeathon move from choc chip, to rich tea, or forfeit the biscuits altogether and donate the money saved.
- Organise a prize draw at work and ask pubs, restaurants, theatres and shops to provide the prizes.
Top fundraising individuals and teams will be invited to attend an awards party hosted by Gary Lineker in October 2006
Paying in your sponsor money
Bank it
Take it to any branch of the Royal Bank of Scotland, or National Westminster Bank together with the bank paying-in slip, which will be sent to you directly after the event. Then send your sponsor forms back to us so we can claim gift aid.
Post it
Write a cheque, payable to Leukaemia Research for the total amount and send it with your payment slip and sponsorship form to Leukaemia Research, 43 Great Ormond Street, London WC1N 3JJ. PLEASE DO NOT POST CASH.
Call Us
If you’ve collected the money and would like to pay by debit or credit card just call us on 020 7269 9097.
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