To reach our financial goals we ask our members to come up with innovative ideas to challenge friends, family and colleagues to encourage everyone to put their hands in their pockets and support Wooden Spoon. If every current member were to raise £5 each this year then we would have an extra £55,000 to allocate to local projects supporting disadvantaged children and young people.

Getting started - A few tips to help you on your way!

• Gather up everyone you know and form fundraising teams. Allocate ideas to each team.
• Plan your fundraising - monitor budgets, hidden costs, venues, dates, resources and time scale. Target your fundraising - think carefully about who you could approach for sponsorship and help.
• 'Give as you earn' - Ask your employer if they will adopt Wooden Spoon as their charity of choice. Many companies will even match your donations as part of their social responsibility plan. In addition, you can drum up support with like-minded and charitable colleagues.
• Increase the value of your pledges with a little help from the tax man. Selecting gift aid effectively increases the benefit of your donation and will allow charities to reclaim 25p on every £1, so don't forget to tick that box!
• Online resources can be really helpful with fundraising. Sites such as everyclick.com, virginmoney.com and justgiving.com provide fundraising and donation pages. You are able to build your own online page, blog your process through social networks such as Facebook and Twitter and raise money from across the globe.

How can Spoon help?

Remember that we are more than happy to assist you in your fundraising efforts. We have many items such as collection tins, buckets, dvd's, posters, pens, stickers, banners, logos, photos and much more. If you need help with things from creating your own posters to setting up a justgiving page - we are here to help!

• Advertise your event on our website and join our Facebook/ Twitter pages and share your events with our supporters!
• Get in touch with your local Spoon committee who regularly organise fundraising events. They will be able to offer you help advice on raising funds for your local community. There are over 40 committees across the country, click here to find your nearest one.
• Don't forget to kit yourself out with Spoon clothing and merchandise from our webshop!

Spoon Challenges

Fancy a fundraising task that is a little more daring? Test your strength and resolve by completing one of Wooden Spoon's grueling challenges. Visit http://www.spoonchallenges.com/ for more information or click here to download a Challenges flyer.

Membership

If fundraising isn't your thing, then you can still support Wooden Spoon by donating as little as £2 a month with one of our membership packages.We truly value our members and their fundamental support. It is with their help that we continue with our quality and charitable work. More details can be found on our Membership Page.

Paying in and donating

Wooden Spoon is extremely grateful for all monies raised . Please see below how you can pay in money raised.

• Bank transfers to: Wooden Spoon, HSBC, sort: 40-05-30, account: 81813900

• Donate online at: http://www.justgiving.com/woodenspoon

• Text: WSPN02 £5 to 70070

• Donations must be £1 £2 £3 £4 £5 or £10. Texts are charged at your mobile phone operator's standard rate. The charity will receive 100% of your donation. You must be 16 or over and please ask the bill payer's permission.

• For full terms and conditions and more information, please visit www.justgiving.com/info/terms-of-service

• Please make cheques payable to Wooden Spoon

Fundraising Pack

Download the Wooden Spoon Fundraising pack!