Stories, advice and feedback from VESL volunteers, co-ordinators and student leaders.
Fundraising Idea: Coffee Morning or Afternoon Tea
It’s time to find your inner Mary Berry or Paul Hollywood and get baking! How to organise Find a venue – you could do this in your house, in a
Fundraising Idea: Clearing out your junk
Having a clear out is a great way to raise money, sometimes you don’t have enough for a car boot sale or you just may not have enough time to
Fundraising Case Study: Gig/Concert
Tasha from Edge Hill university has been doing lots of fundraising since she was accepted on the project, and so far has raised £619.00 through different activities & events. Tasha
Case Study: A Day In The Life: Sri Lanka
Kerra volunteered with VESL in Sabarugamuwa Province in Sri Lanka for three months in September 2012, she has recently sent us this great blog post about what she did on
Fundraising Idea: Easter Games
There are a couple of Easter themed games that you could set up over the coming weeks to help you raise money, check out our ideas below. Name the Easter
Fundraising: Case Study – Family Fundraiser
Alan is one of our Student Leaders and he was written an excellent blog below about his recent trip home and how it used it to do some fundraising, from
Fundraising: Case Study
Tazreen from Keele University has kindly written this blog post for us about her experiences with fundraising, so far she has raised over £350 in the last three months, read
Fundraising Idea: Writing To A Trust
A really good way to fundraise money is through applications to charitable trusts and foundations, there are nearly 10,000 different trusts and foundations in the UK alone who in 2011
Fundraising Idea: Krispy Kreme
Who doesn’t love donuts? And who doesn’t love Krispy Kreme donuts?! Krispy Kreme let you buy donuts from them at a discounted price so that you can sell them on
Fundraising Idea: Pancakes & Lent
Next week is a great time to get fundraising, Valentines Day (check out our post 2 weeks ago for ideas), Ash Wednesday and Lent all in one week!! So if