Fundraising

Since our last update, much has been happening at Creating Better Futures. Lots of ideas for fundraising are flying about and we have already mentioned a couple of these events in our previous blog, which are still underway in organising. We have had a good response from volunteers to either climb or run for us, at the Woodley run and Climbing Everest Challenge, both coming soon in May. (12th and 13th) The sponsership forms have been finished, distributed, and now our volunteers are currently getting sponsered and collecting as much money as possible. One other friend of Creating Better Futures called Lesley is not only running the Woodley run for us, but has also set up a coffee morning and quiz to help raise money for us! This will be on the 11th of April.


We have branched our further with fundraising and have gone into corporate sponsership! We have recruited a new member of the team called James, who has taken on leading our corporate sponsership for fundraising. James can be contacted at james@creatingbetterfutures.org.uk James has been working hard over the past few weeks and has gotten us contacts to raise further money.


We have also gotten in touch with an American charity called SOUP (Supporting Orphans in Uganda Project) which have similar views and values as Creating Better Futures. Click here to see more about what they do. We do aim to work in other countries so this is a great oppertunity for us to branch out. We are currently finalising details as to how we can work together. Watch this space!

Another exciting milestone for us is that we have been in our local paper! See the online version by clicking here.

Packing boxes for our next resourcing program is now underway, and a date to dispatch the boxes to Zimbabwe will be agreed shortly. It has been very exciting to pack the clothes, toys and games knowing that this will all reach a child in need. We have sent boxes before which were joyfully and gratefully received. If you have any unwanted clothes, toys, school bags, pencil cases, stationary or anything that would be useful, it is not too late to get in touch. Contact info@creatingbetterfutures.org.uk for further details. Please note we cannot send toys or games which require batteries.

The school term in Zimbabwe begins in May and we are hoping to start sending our first few children to school! The children of Zimbabwe have been so patient waiting for us to get up and running so lets start finally in making a difference to their lives.

Please check back soon for further updates.