A Message From Our Fundraiser

Fundraising

I’m Katie Roebuck.  I’m the Fundraiser and it’s my role to raise funds for the MS Support Centre.

It currently costs over £200,000 a year to run the MS Support Centre – more than £4,000 a week.  For that £4,000 we’re able to deliver a broad and diverse range of therapies and support services to people with MS and their Carers, and that £4,000 means we can make a real difference to the lives of the people that we support ensuring that symptoms are managed in ways that reduce demand on the services of the NHS.

The MS Support Centre receives no automatic statutory funding, which means that to continue with our work we must raise funds from many different sources.

There are lots of ways that you can support us, some of which are outlined below, and you may have your own fundraising ideas too, so please do give me a call if you’d like to get involved.

Telephone – 01244 311724 / 678619
Mobile – 07870 208893
Email – katieroebuck@globalnet.co.uk

 

Start fundraising for Chester MS Support Centre

You know you’d like to help, but aren’t sure what to do?  Click here for ideas on how to start fundraising.  (link to the How2fundraise.org website - http://www.how2fundraise.org/charities-employers-suppliers/how2fundraise.org-logos.htm)

And if you’d like to set up your own fundraising web page then you can do it through Justgiving.  Choose the event you are doing for Chester MS Support Centre, give your page a title, write a strong message to your friends encouraging them to donate, and add a photo. Email the address of your page to everyone you know, here and abroad, and start collecting donations. Justgiving will automatically reclaim Gift Aid on all donations from UK taxpayers.
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Gift Aid

If you are a UK taxpayer, the MS Support Centre can reclaim tax under the Inland Revenue Gift Aid scheme. Using Gift Aid means that for every pound you give, the centre will get an extra 28 pence from the Inland Revenue. For example, a gift of £10 from a UK taxpayer will be turned into £12.80. Imagine what a difference that makes – and it doesn’t cost you a thing!

Shopping Sites – don’t forget to Shop Online and help raise funds for the Multiple Sclerosis Support Centre, Chester.  It doesn't cost you a penny and could even save you money through buyer promotions!

View www.buy.at/ChesterMSSC and www.easyfundraising.org.uk/msscchester where you will find over 350 popular retailers participating, and for every purchase made we will receive up to 15%.

MS Challenge – last year we raised a fantastic £17,000 through the MS Challenge .  If you’d like to enter a team into this year’s Challenge, which takes place on 3-5 July in Capel Curig, or if you’d like to sponsor a team, then please contact us for more information.

Volunteers – we’re looking for volunteers to help with planned supermarket collections and for your ideas about raising money to support people with MS. 

If you are interested in helping us then please contact us – we’ll be glad to hear from you.

 

Leaving a Gift in your Will to the MS Support Centre

Have you thought about leaving a gift in your Will to the MS Support Centre?  Charitable legacies are vital to the future of many small charities, including the MS Support Center.

Studies show that around 70% of the UK population donates to charities, but that fewer than 1 in 5 people leave a charitable legacy in their Will.

If you do wish to remember the MS Support Centre in your Will, it is vital to ensure that the money is actually received by us so that it can be used to secure the future of the Centre. 

For this reason, we have teamed up with local Solicitors firm, Aaron and Partners, to provide a guide to leaving a gift to the MS Support Centre in your Will.  You can find the guide here.

25th Anniversary

We're now well into the 12 month programme of events to celebrate this very special Silver Jubilee year for the Centre.  During 2010 we aim to raise both the profile of the Centre and valuable funds - our target is £25,000 - and so far we've managed to secure the following:

Llwynegrin Singers Concerts - £2,000

Chester Cheese Rolling Collection - £232
Lee Sides - Great North Run - £500

Chester Food Drink and Lifestyle Festival collection - £1,700
Chester Food Drink and Lifestyle Festival Gala Dinner Raffle - £1,300
Clays of Mold Fashion Show - £1,200
MS Support Centre Body Shop Evening - £163.50
i7 Cholmondly 10k Cross Country Run - £585
Sarah Goldston - London Marathon - £732 so far

Charity Race Day at Chester Race Course supported by BiG Storage and thebestofchester - around £7,000 so far

Ladies Lunch - £1,345.80

Bell Meadow Sponsored Golf Day - £1,500

 

So thank you to everyone involved!

Our Supporters

We are also extremely grateful to the following organisations which have supported the MS Support Centre and make our work possible:

Awards for All Wales
Cheshire County Council

Childwick Trust
Chester Lions
Christleton Wednesday Group
Clothworkers Foundation
Co-operative Foundation Community Support Programme
Denbighshire County Council
Flintshire County Council
Flintshire Local Health Board
Flintshire Local Voluntary Council
James Tudor Charitable Foundation

Jane Hodge Foundation
J D M Charitable Trust
Learning Resource Network
Lloyds TSB Fdn for England & Wales
Lynn Foundation
MBNA / Bank of America
MS Society
MS Trust
North Wales Local Health Board Consortium
Overseasproperties4u
Penny in the Pound Fund Charitable Trust

Percy Bilton Charity
Port Sunlight Workplace Trust
Rank Foundation
Red Rose Charitable Trust
Robert Clutterbuck Charitable Trust
Sports Council Wales
Sport Relief
Steel Charitable Trust 
Tesco Charity Trust
Ursula Keyes Trust
Westminster Foundation
WO Street Charitable Foundation
Wrexham Local Health Board

 

 

What your support can do?

£45 could buy an oxygen therapy mask, giving people with MS access to concentrated oxygen and helping to relieve their symptoms.

£120 could cover the costs of a support worker for a day.

£500 would help us to buy valuable balance and mobility equipment to support the work of our physiotherapists.

£2500 could contribute to the costs of our programme of complementary therapies.  

£4,000 would cover the costs of running the Centre for a week.

If you think you can help or if you’d like for more information about areas for support then do give me a call or contact me by email:

Telephone – 01244 678619

Mobile – 07870 208893

Email – katieroebuck@globalnet.co.uk