Local Charity Projects 2010/11

How you can become involved

If you are reading this you are probably thinking about becoming involved in fundraising and we would like to help you do it!  The Opal Foundation is working with AMREF to raise money for the Kechene Slum project in Ethiopia and depending which city you live in, the local Opal Hall may be supporting  a local charity in which you can get involved.  If not,you can help raise money for the Opal Foundation directly for the Kechene water and Sanitation Project. 

This is how you do it:

1. If you are resident at any of the halls below, contact reception with your name and you will be notified of the date of the first charity meeting. Turn up and take part in the discussion on how to work with the local charity, what fundraising ideas to run with, the targets you might achieve and what fundraising start up money might be required. Remember you will not be doing this alone and it should be fun!

2. If you are in a hall with no local charity, why not nominate one yourself and let us know.  Simply fill in the contact form on this website and send it to us.  We will support you locally, make some seed corn funding available if necessary and provide meeting space and support to get more friends involved.

For more information on how to go about fundraising please download the handbook “How to Raise Cash for Your Favourite Charity”.

Any student who raises more than £250 in the academic year 2010/11 will be given a certificate of achievement and any student achieving £1000+ will be entered into a draw for a fully funded programme to achieve Module 1 of the Insititute of Fundraising Certificate in Fundraising Management.