Fundraising tips from Australia

Australian GVI Volunteer Rebecca Perrone is volunteering in Kenya in January. In addition to volunteering Rebecca was keen support the project through the GVI Charitable Trust before she left home and has done an amazing job with nearly £3000 raised through her Just Giving page so far!

Rebecca's success is down to her determination, by thinking about her fundraising and putting the time in she has run a successful campaign. Rebecca says:

'Raising money prior to leaving Australia gave me a real sense of contribution and also created a very strong awareness amongst my social network of some of the issues in Africa and the project I would be involved in. Many people would love to give their time but for a variety of reasons cannot.'

I asked Rebecca how she managed to raise the funds and these were her top tips:

• Networking and talking at every possible opportunity
• Facebook- personal posts, links to fundraising page, public thanking of donors with a link to the fundraising page to inspire others
• Direct marketing via monthly emails which became more frequent as the leaving date approached
• Leaving do with farewell drinks and a raffle with a prize
  

As with all fundraisers for the GVI Charitable Trust we will provide Rebecca with news from the field to show how we used the donations and the impact they made. This can then be passed on to donors to thank them for their contribution and possibly inspire further action.

Thank you Rebecca for you hard work and have an amazing time volunteering in Kenya!

Fundraising tips from Australia