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Individuals and community groups play an important role in helping Telethon raise funds for Western Australia’s children.

There are lots of ways your community group can help Telethon - by organising your own event or fundraising activity, or by volunteering in the Telethon Phone Room.

If you would like to fundraise for Telethon and become a Telethon Community Fundraiser, download the Telethon Community Fundraising registration form by clicking here and send to the Telethon office - Fax: (08) 9344 0837 / Email: telethon@7perth.com.au.

We encourage Community Fundraisers to take place throughout the year.

Click here and register now to become a Telethon Community Fundraiser!

There are so many ways you can fundraise within a small or large group. We've put together a list of suggestions to help you in deciding how to go about fundraising for Telethon. Your idea can be as creative as you want it to be. Some people also choose to give donations in lieu of wedding gifts, anniversary or birthday gifts or in memory of someone special (particularly at Christmas, Mother’s Day and Father’s Day).

Here are some examples:

• Trivia or karaoke night.
• Host a picnic performance – eg. Jazz/Opera in your local park.
• Take part in a walk-a-thon, marathon or bike ride or organise a sporting day or event – a day at the races, a
• Organise a Christmas, Valentines or fancy dress ball or dinner.
• Day playing cricket or a golf/tennis day.
• Give a donation to Telethon instead of corporate gifts at Christmas.
• Host an auction of items that would be a “once in a lifetime” opportunity. Eg. Have your name used as a character in a novel; kick the footy to Nic Naitanui; bowl a cricket ball to Steve Waugh. Everyone in every community knows someone famous. Ask around and see who you can get to be part of your event.
• Hold a raffle on a monthly basis.
• Hold an exhibition of art or hand painted designs by local personalities.
• Organise a river/harbour cruise or a fashion parade.
• Host a car rally.
• Host Carols by Candlelight.
• Payroll Contribution Scheme - maybe even talk to your company to see if they will match your donation).
• Ensure that you get maximum value from your fundraising efforts… if you involve an interesting guest speaker or celebrity in your event guests could pay to have their photo taken with the celebrity and get it autographed.

Publicity

We have limited resources at Telethon, so we appreciate any effort you are able to make to publicise your upcoming event. We are happy to provide guidance and advice to ensure that your publicity is as effective as possible. There are many ways of promoting your fundraising event including;

• School newsletters
• Facebook and other social networking sites
• Shopping centre noticeboards
• Shop window displays
• Websites
• Community Radio
• Your local Community Newspaper

These days the quickest way to get the message around is by creating an event on your Facebook page and inviting all of your friends to it.  Remember though that you must get Telethon's permission if you are going to use our logo in any way wahtsoever.

Perhaps think of a catchy name for your event or use an eye-catching photo or picture with your publicity to get people talking about your event. Remember that there are lots of people trying to get our attention through advertising and promotion so it’s important to make your event stand out from the pack.

Try giving people something that will jog their memory about the event, such as a flyer or invitation. Use your imagination to think of different ways of catching people’s attention such as handing our helium balloons at your local shopping centre or printing flyers on paper which is different colours or shapes.

If you are producing a poster to publicise your event, make sure the information contained on it is brief, punchy and accurate. Don’t mix more than two fonts or typefaces on your poster and make sure the information is clear, well-spaced and easy to read. Consider approaching a printer to see if they can do a special deal for you in exchange for having a credit on your poster. Make sure you get a reliable group of people to distribute the posters. Don’t display them too early or too late – around four to six weeks prior to your event should be suitable.

Don’t be afraid to ask people to help you in promoting your event. Often shops and schools will be happy to promote an event when they know that the money raised will be given to a good cause.

Another good approach is to ask a local personality to help promote your event. This may be the local Mayor, local publican, an entertainer or sportsperson. Having the help of someone like this will draw more attention to your event and will present many more publicity opportunities.

A PICTURE SPEAKS A THOUSAND WORDS

Remember to take lots of photos of your event to use for future promotion. Your local newspaper may appreciate a photograph and details of your event to use in print.

Although this kind of promotion is done after the event, so it will not attract people to attend, it will still publicise your special fundraising efforts and may inspire other people to organise similar activities for charity.

It is also important to take photographs if you are planning to organise future events. If you can show people how successful your event was they might be keen to help promote your next event. You can also use photographs when approaching businesses for sponsorship or when asking them to donate goods, services or prizes for your next event.