£50 Fundraising Challenge
Meeting the challenge
Janine raised £205 at her coffee morning.
Laura donated £50 that she won on the Premium Bonds!
Katie set up information points in libraries and raised over £300.
Niall shaved half his hair and beard and wore it for a week!
Manor House nursing home raised £344 through various activities.
Bridget raised over £200 through a sponsored walk.
MS trust staff raised over £100 at their 'afternoon tea'.
Jo ran a tombola stall over lunchtime and raised £83.
Alison sold cakes at work and raised £42.
Staff at the STAR Centre raised £100 through a raffle and "name the bunny".
Liz raised £55 through a cake sale.
Mrs S collected £50 in spare change.
Nicola donated £50 from her coin jar.
Derek saved all his 50ps and donated £50.
Zoe raised £115 at work, selling cakes and holding a dress down day.
Joseph, Louis and Barney raised £54 through a 3-legged race.
Janet raised £35 at her dinner party.
What can you do to raise £50 for the MS Trust?
We launched our £50 Fundraising Challenge during last year's MS Awareness Week, to show that everyone can help to support the MS Trust's work. Lots of you were inspired to get involved, reaching your individual £50 targets in all manner of ways, and collectively raising over £10,000 for the MS Trust!
Thank you to everyone who supported us last year. Now, we need your help to ensure that this year's £50 Fundraising Challenge will raise even more for MS! If you would like to take on the £50 Fundraising Challenge as part of this year's MS Awareness Week, please contact us to request an information pack.
"I was so glad to hear of the £50 Fundraising Challenge as I've always wanted to do a sponsored event but never been in a position where I thought I could raise enough."
Holly, Surrey
How will you raise your £50?
- Collection box in local pub, shop, library, doctor's surgery, gym
- Dress down day at work or school
- Bag packing at local supermarket
- Donations in lieu of gifts for a birthday or anniversary
- Street collection
- Sponsored silence, walk, cycle, leg wax etc.
- Sale of handmade cards, homemade cakes, biscuits, jam
- Car boot sale
- Sell MS Trust lapel pins
- Donate the contents of your small change jar – start saving now!
- Charity car wash
- Dinner party – ask us for a My Supper for MS pack
- Sell unwanted items on eBay
- Visit our fundraising ideas pages for more inspiration
What could your £50 do?
- Enable our Information Team to research and reply to 5 personal enquiries from people with MS.
- Update 14 MS specialist health professionals on the latest in MS management, via a copy of our Way Ahead newsletter.
- Provide our information booklet MS: what does it mean for me? for 20 people who have just been diagnosed with MS.
- Keep 10 people with MS informed about the latest in the MS world for a whole year, via our Open Door newsletter.
- Provide evidence to help support an MS Specialist Nurse who is developing a new service for patients.
- If 1 in 10 of our supporters raised £50 we could double our annual spend on research projects.
- If 1 in 3 of our supporters raised £50 it could cover the cost of running our information service and website for a year, including all our publications and newsletters.
Please get in touch with our fundraising team to request an information pack. Call 01462 476707 or email fundraising@mstrust.org.uk.