A fund

[xmisscx]

For Heart Babies...

Im after some advice, Im wanting to raise money for babies born with heart probs, Where do I start?

Im thinking that I could donate all money raised to Alder Hey childrens Hospital (who look after H) -so get your thinking caps on folks! all ideas appreciated, thanks x

[darwins]

i dont know, but im willing to help

[elkatie]

Thats lovely. The hospital do have a web page about how to fundraise for the hospital, or you could call them and ask their advice about how to do it for the dept your interested in.

Good luck.

Sorry forgot the link! //http://www.imagineappeal.com/involved/

[Whassat]

id love to help too.

[xmisscx]

Thanks for that,

Id rather do our own fundraising though iykwim and then donate the money to them from our own fund rather than raise money through their fund - only because that way we could choose diff charities to donate to aswell if we wanted to - does that make sense?!

Its all still very new, not thought too indepth about it yet but will be doing when I get back from my hols

[smirnoff]

i will help too! If there is anything i can do just shout!

[Ravenfire]

I think it's a great idea and you know I will do all I can to help.

I think Erica is looking for advice on how to set up funds as well, the legitimate side of it with regard to monies coming in etc. and her then being able to make donations from that fund to other charities.

[smirnoff]

sarah would be a good person to ask...

[xmisscx]

awww thanks everyone, I just want to start doing something instead of just sitting here - it feels like theres not much we can do when told our baby has heart probs except sit and wait for it to get worse so they will then make it better, so I thought this would help make us feel like we were doing something iykwim

[smirnoff]

Erica this might help...
it has a forum so you could ask there too...

http://www.fundraising.co.uk/
http://www.charity-commission.gov.uk/index.asp

[Whassat]

what about doing car boot sales and selling stuff on ebay or in the classifieds and donating the money,
ok. i know its not going to be mega bucks but every little helps, i can do the same
i will get my thinking cap on http://bestsmileys.com/thinking/1.gif

[xmisscx]

great ideas hun! wow Ive never seen your thinking cap before -it looks great!! LOL!!! only kidding!

[Emsickle]

What a fantastic and thoughtful thing to do hun! We try and donate through the business to Meningitis Research after what we went through with Ci although we don't manage to as often as we'd like to.

What about little things like table top sales, coffee mornings, toddler walks etc. I'll see if I can think of any more

[Whassat]

my thinking cap is a rare treat :cheesy:
maybe you could have a plug on the mz brochure 123rolleye111
erm....
do they collect anything..?
milk bottle tops is a favourite, but for the life of me i don't know what they do with them :unsure: or how they raise money etc.

i know Sarah's friend collected them for a prem charity, now my mate collects them for hospicare

[darwins]

a good one is old mobile phones, there normally worth £5 each and up woulds

[Whassat]

oooh ive got a couple of broken mobiles

[xmisscx]

We need a name for the website.....all ideas appreciated...... :kisshands:

[darwins]

We need a name for the website.....all ideas appreciated...... :kisshands:

www.heartbabies.co.uk

and it's avaliable?

[Sarah]

I'm here hun. I'll do all I can to help. To give you some ideas of how to fund raise. We have stalls this year at the two local carnivals - the shopping mall, local church coffee morning (you could organise a coffee morning yourself), in Asda foyer plus others. In past years we've also had stalls at the two big local steam fairs.
We have a tombola stall which is £1 a go (one ticket) but they get a prize every time so no one goes home empty handed and you have far less stuff to pack away at the end (hopefully).
Start asking around for good quality stuff that people don't want and if you have a local Asda they are really supportive to local funds.
Not sure what else I can think of for now.
As for a name - 'have a heart' or 'from the heart' or 'Tiny hearts' - sorry the best I can do for now!
You need to get the local press on your side too. I've got your pm. Will reply soon - just trying to get my post packed and sent!
Sarah x

[Sarah]

www.heartbabies.co.uk

and it's avaliable?

That's cool but wouldn't it need to be a .org.uk?

[Ravenfire]

Yes she is looking for something that could eventually be used as a domain name as well.

[Ravenfire]

Oh I like tinyhearts thats nice

[xmisscx]

yep Ilike tiny hearts too

[Seren]

yes I like tiny hearts!

[xmisscx]

tinyhearts it is! The bad lady bought it for me.....:cloud9:

[Sarah]

Ooooh I should think of more stuff when I'm tired and stressed :clapping:

[Sarah]

tinyhearts it is! The bad lady bought it for me.....:cloud9:

Awwww she's sooooo bad! :hyper: :clapping:

[xmisscx]

Fab name Sarah! Thanks! x

[Sarah]

Fab name Sarah! Thanks! x

My pleasure hun - I feel honoured that you've chosen it, I've just been telling dh :D

[xmisscx]

just wanted to bump this up! incase you lovely people have anymore brilliant ideas!! xxx

[darwins]

no more ideas, but like i said, im here to help

[Daffs]

maybe you could have a plug on the mz brochure

Excellent idea! Toni, what do you think?

[Daffs]

Will you be looking for website sponsors Erica? I have a few clients who might be interested and could put feelers out if you have thought about raising funds that way?

Have you setup a paypal address for donations?

[darwins]

if Daffs does you a web site, i dont mind checking it, and making sure its up to scratch:tcwozerek

[Daffs]

if Daffs does you a web site, i dont mind checking it, and making sure its up to scratch:tcwozerek

:tcwozerek It's gorgeous :tcwozerek

[darwins]

:tcwozerek It's gorgeous :tcwozerek

i bet, im only teasing, if there is anything i can do, please me know, make the tea?

[Ravenfire]

Excellent idea! Toni, what do you think?

Sounds good to me

[smirnoff]

if there is anything i can do too, let me know! Id love to help do something....

[storm35]

I would also like to help, anythign at all, just shout on me.

[Daffs]

make the tea?

Pass the choc digestives would you please? :kisshands:

[darwins]

Pass the choc digestives would you please? :kisshands:

*sulks* here you go :gly:

[Whassat]

just thinking about this Erica. hows it going?

[smirnoff]

funny i was thinking the same thing!! LOL