Fund raising is essential for charities and with 187,000 + out there you might wonder how a small but perfectly formed Museum can hope to raise funds.
Well, as you know, we worked hard to reach our £288,000++ appeal target for the capital expense of the new museum and we acheived this target by the summer of 2009.
I am afraid it doesn’t stop there, each year we have to raise in excess of £10,000 just to keep going without any of the trimmings. To keep afloat we have all sorts of fund raising schemes:
- Direct Mail - Appeals to Members, Community and further a field
- Events - e.g. our Auction and our Mull at the Museum
- Sales - We have all sorts of Malmesbury based booklets/books
- Grants/Trusts - We continuously apply month in month out
- Community - Our community donates generously but we are always looking for that next good idea
- Business/Sponsors - Local businesses have supported us well
Please contact Miranda if you think you can help
Easy Fundraising
There are now two additional, easy ways for you to help raise funds for Friends of Athelstan Museum.
1. Shop Online and Raise Funds
easyfundraising is a shopping directory listing some of your favourite online stores including Argos, Next, Debenhams, John Lewis, HMV and over 600 others. Just use the links on the easyfundraising site whenever you shop online and, at no extra cost to you, FOAM will receive a free donation of up to 15% from every purchase you make. It really is that simple.
It is completely FREE to register and you won't pay a penny more for your shopping when you use the easyfundraising site. In fact you can even save money as many of the retailers offer discounts, special offers and even 'e-vouchers' exclusive to easyfundraising.
All you need to do is visit
http://www.easyfundraising.org.uk/athelstanmuseum
and when you register select Friends of Athelstan Museum - Malmesbury as the organisation you wish to support.
2. Search the Web and Raise Funds
You can also raise money when you search the Web by using easysearch, a search engine with a difference.
Use our unique easysearch page at
http://www.athelstanmuseum.easysearch.org.uk
It is completely FREE and you'll raise funds for the museum with every search you make.
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