It’s time to find your inner Mary Berry or Paul Hollywood and get baking! How to organise Find a venue – you could do this in your house, in a village hall or community gathering point. You may be able to hold it at your a school you’re associated with and invite all the parents. […]
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Fundraising Idea: Clearing out your junk
Having a clear out is a great way to raise money, sometimes you don’t have enough for a car boot sale or you just may not have enough time to organise one. If you’re a university student and heading home this Easter it could be a great time to have a clear out of the […]
Fundraising Case Study: Gig/Concert
Tasha from Edge Hill university has been doing lots of fundraising since she was accepted on the project, and so far has raised £619.00 through different activities & events. Tasha has kindly written this blog for us about how she set up her own gig which raised £204.00. One of the best methods of fundraising […]
Case Study: A Day In The Life: Sri Lanka
Kerra volunteered with VESL in Sabarugamuwa Province in Sri Lanka for three months in September 2012, she has recently sent us this great blog post about what she did on a day to day basis…be prepared to be jealous! I wake up at 6 o clock just as it is starting to get light. Just […]
Fundraising Idea: Easter Games
There are a couple of Easter themed games that you could set up over the coming weeks to help you raise money, check out our ideas below. Name the Easter Bunny This is really simple to set up, you will need to buy a prize (more than likely an Easter bunny, or you could use […]
Fundraising: Case Study – Family Fundraiser
Alan is one of our Student Leaders and he was written an excellent blog below about his recent trip home and how it used it to do some fundraising, from one big family fundraiser meal Alan raised £380 in one night! Read below to find out how it went and for advice on how to […]
Fundraising: Case Study
Tazreen from Keele University has kindly written this blog post for us about her experiences with fundraising, so far she has raised over £350 in the last three months, read her article below to see what she has been doing to reach her target. VESL provides amazing opportunities for young people to volunteer overseas and […]
Fundraising Idea: Writing To A Trust
A really good way to fundraise money is through applications to charitable trusts and foundations, there are nearly 10,000 different trusts and foundations in the UK alone who in 2011 gave over £3.6 billion to a range of different causes. Most charitable trusts and foundations work through giving away income on capital investment, trustees are […]
Fundraising Idea: Krispy Kreme
Who doesn’t love donuts? And who doesn’t love Krispy Kreme donuts?! Krispy Kreme let you buy donuts from them at a discounted price so that you can sell them on at a cake sale for a profit and put that money towards your target. How does it work? You can buy a dozen donuts from […]
Fundraising Idea: Pancakes & Lent
Next week is a great time to get fundraising, Valentines Day (check out our post 2 weeks ago for ideas), Ash Wednesday and Lent all in one week!! So if you haven’t got started with your fundraising, the time has come… Lent Are you known for your love of a particular food/drink? Do you have […]
Fundraising Idea: Collections
Collections are a great way of raising money, you can easily purchase collection buckets from eBay and decorate them with the VESL logo and photographs from our website. You could dress up to draw more attention to yourself or wear a VESL t-shirt or jumper so that you are looking official! If you are planning […]
Fundraising Idea: Film Night
Start off the term back at University with a Film Night showing films related to your destination country! Added bonus – you can make your friends jealous of your exciting summer plans! How? You could hold the event at your house if there is enough space and you aren’t inviting too many people. Alternatively you […]
Travel Tip: Basic Thai
Heading to Thailand and don’t know any Thai? Don’t worry we are here to help, check out our handy list of basic words below! Remember the Thai language has lots of different tones, so the same word said with different tones means different things, the words below are written how they sound. However the best […]
Fundraising: Just Giving
Setting up a Just Giving page is really easy and only takes a couple of minutes, although we would suggest spending a little longer to make your page stand out and engage your page visitors! How do I set up a page? Just go to www.justgiving.com/vesl and then click on ‘make a page’. You can […]
