Breast Cancer Care Events

 

How do I set up my Justgiving fundraising website?

Now you can raise sponsorship without breaking into a sweat. No more dealing with cash and cheques, no more chasing up friends after the event…

Simply create a free online fundraising page, personalise it with a photo and message, and email it to your friends and family. They can donate quickly and securely online with a credit or debit card.

Plus, online donations from UK taxpayers collect over 25% in Gift Aid for the charity! So you do less but Breast Cancer Care gets more. Easy.

Create your page now at www.justgiving.com/breastcancercare/raisemoney

1. Click on Create Your Page
2. Choose your event from the 3 Ribbon Walk 2008 options.
3. Follow the step by step instructions set out by Justgiving.
4. If you are setting up a page for someone else, please enter their details in the ‘your details’ section, not your own  (without the correct details we are unable to ensure the money is attributed the correct person).

For more information or help setting up your page, visit www.justgiving.com or call the helpdesk on 0845 021 2110.

Please note:

Justgiving money will be attributed to the person who set up the Justgiving page unless you register that you are walking as part of a group – see the registration information for how to register a group.

Where does my money go?

The table below shows how your £250 fundraising target will provide a bespoke ‘Package of Care’ to support one person diagnosed with breast cancer:

Item	Cost of Breast Cancer Care providing the 'Package of Care' to an individial
Registration on the Breast Cancer Care website, access to chat forums, live chat and Ask the Nurse information email service	£6
Pack of 20 specialist fact sheets, booklets and leaflets	£11
Cost of calling the Breast Cancer Care helpline	£40
One year's support from a one-to-one support volunteer	£228
Total	£285

The cost per head of a ‘package of care’ is approximately that of the Ribbon Walk registration fee and the minimum sponsorship required (£280).

Item	Cost of Breast Cancer Care providing the 'Package of Care' to an individial
Registration on the Breast Cancer Care website, access to chat forums, live chat and Ask the Nurse information email service	£6
Pack of 20 specialist fact sheets, booklets and leaflets	£11
Cost of calling the Breast Cancer Care helpline	£40
Place on a Telephone Support Group	£208
One year's support from a one-to-one support volunteer	£228
Place on a Living with Primary or Secondary Breast Cancer course or Younger Women's Forum	£378
Total	£871

For £871 Breast Cancer Care can provide a full ‘package of care’ for an individual diagnosed with breast cancer.

Is it ok to photocopy my sponsor forms?

Absolutely, please do. And please ensure that your Breast Cancer Care number is listed on all forms and correspondence you send us.

I’ve mislaid my sponsor forms – how can I get more?

Please email us and request additional forms. Please state whether you would like it sent to you or emailed to you. Please also quote your Breast Cancer Care number in all your correspondence with us.

Can I bring my sponsorship money to the Ribbon Walk?

Please do not bring any sponsorship money to the Ribbon Walk as we will not have the facilities for processing and storing it.

When does my sponsorship money have to be in by?

Breast Cancer Care must receive your minimum sponsorship money by Friday 15 August 2008. This gives you plenty of time to collect money from your sponsors after the event. Do return your sponsor money to us along with your sponsor form so we can claim Gift Aid, which means your donation will increase by an extra 25% (28% until 6th April 2008).

What is Gift Aid?

Add over 25% to the value of your sponsorship money.

For people who pay UK tax, even if they live overseas, Gift Aid is a very simple way to increase the value of their donations.

By ticking the Gift Aid box on the Sponsorship Form it will enable the charity to reclaim the basic rate tax on your sponsors’ donations – Breast Cancer Care can receive 25 pence for every £1 donated (it will actually be 28 pence until the basic tax rate changes on 6th April 2008).

Sponsorship may be made by cash, cheque, postal order, debit or credit card or even in a foreign currency (including the Euro).

All we need to claim Gift Aid, at no cost to you or your sponsors, is:

• for them to tick the Gift Aid box on the sponsorship form
• for them to provide a full, valid home address
  (they may provide as little as house number and post code)

Unless your sponsor ticks the box to request contact from Breast Cancer Care, we won’t record their details onto our database. Note too that we never pass details of people on our database for third party use.

Unfortunately, we can’t credit this extra money to your £250 minimum fundraising total due to the Gift Aid claims processing procedures and timescales, but we would be so grateful for all you can do to help us claim the extra money.

Please contact us if you would like any further help or information about Gift Aid and we will do our best to help. Alternatively you can visit the HMRC website at www.hmrc.gov.uk.

How do I send you the money I have raised?

In the final pack, which you will receive four weeks before your event, you will be sent paying in forms. Once you have received these forms you can send them to us along with your sponsorship money and sponsorship forms. Please do not send cash in the post.

If you have decided to create a Justgiving fundraising web page, then you do not need to do anything as all your sponsorship money will automatically be sent directly to our bank account.

If you have any further questions then please get in touch with us by emailing ribbonwalk@breastcancercare.org.uk or calling 0870 145 0101.