Fundraising

By Kathryn Busby

I am delighted to announce that for the first time this year we will have a team of three runners in the Great South Run in Portsmouth. Rebecca Tully, Grace Drewell and Liam Scott have all signed up to run ten miles on Sunday 28th October and raise money for the campaign. As is traditional, in the next issue of CAATnews we will be enclosing sponsor forms and asking readers to support the CAAT team. If you will be in Portsmouth on the 28th, why not go along and cheer them on in person!

One of the easiest ways of sponsoring Rebecca, Grace and Liam is online through Bmycharity, a website that enables anyone to set up their own fundraising page. Within five minutes you can have your own personalised web page that friends and family can then visit and use to make secure credit and debit card donations. It’s perfect for those taking part in sponsored events or anyone who decides to ask their friends and family to make a donation to CAAT in lieu of birthday or anniversary gifts. To set up your own page, go to www.bmycharity.com/caat and choose the ‘efundraise’ option. To see Rebecca, Grace and Liam’s page, please visit www.bmycharity.com/caatgreatsouthrun.

New materials list

Included with this edition of CAATnews you will find a copy of our new materials list, containing details of our briefings, leaflets, campaign materials, badges, posters and more. We hope it will provide everything you need for your campaigning. To place an order, please send the completed form back to the office, email office(at)caat·org·uk or call 020 7281 0297. If there is anything not included on the list that you would find useful in your campaigning, please do let us know.

Finally, I’d like to take this opportunity to say farewell and thank you to everyone who has supported CAAT during my time here. After nearly four years with the campaign, I will be leaving in July to pursue work outside fundraising. It has been a privilege to work with so many talented, dedicated and inspiring people and I would like to wish the next Fundraising Co-ordinator and everyone involved with CAAT the very best of luck with the campaign. I will of course be staying involved as a supporter and I look forward to seeing many of you at future CAAT events and demonstrations.