Top 10 Tips for Fundraising

1. Don't leave home without your sponsor form - that way you will always have it to hand and not lose the moment!

2. Get your biggest sponsors on side first - it will encourage subsequent supporters to increase their support!

3. If possible, ask people to pay you as they pledge their sponsorship. This will save you time and hassle following the event.

4. Make sure you claim Gift Aid from everyone who is a UK taxpayer. Gift Aid allows us to reclaim 28p from the Inland Revenue on every £1 donated. So for every £10 you raise we can actually make £12.80 at no extra cost or hassle to you. Simply make sure your sponsors tick the Gift Aid box and provide their full name, address and postcode

5. Ask your employer to match whatever you raise - this would automatically double your fundraising!

6. Let everyone know what you are doing! Ask your company to put a piece about you in their newsletter or on their website, pin your sponsor form to the staff noticeboard, email colleagues

7. Email/facebook everyone in your address book, tell them what you are doing and include link to thc-sunrisewalk.org.uk website or to www.justgiving.com or virgin money giving.

8. Don't be afraid to ask! Tell people what you are doing and what it is for and most people will be more than willing to support you.

9. Are you a regular at a sports club, pub etc.ask them if they would be prepared to have a collecting tin for a few weeks.If you put a poster with it saying what you are doing you will be surprised how generous people are with the loose change in their pockets!

10. You could organise an event like a quiz, charging people for entry, making it clear that the money is going towards your sponsorship efforts.