Fundraising
There is a huge need in East Surrey for Home-Start’s unique service. Surrey’s general reputation as a lovely place to live is well deserved but parts of Reigate and Banstead, Tandridge and Mole Valley contain areas of considerable deprivation and many families' problems of illness or disability are compounded by poverty and poor housing conditions.
Home-Start East Surrey applies for grants from companies, trusts and foundations to cover it’s running costs. In addition, we organise a varied programme of fundraising events. We need around £200k this year to remain operational.
We need to raise this year
We Need Your Help
Home-Start East Surrey is a local charity which supports families with at least one child under the age of eleven. We train and prepare volunteers to visit parents in their home, supporting them through a range of difficulties. These may include social isolation, anxiety and depression, multiple births, physical illness or disability, bereavement and every day parenting challenges.
We support parents as they learn to cope, improve their confidence and build better lives for their children, providing them with the best possible start in life.
Every donation, big or small, can make a difference to vulnerable local families. We’d love it if you’d raise funds for us and would love to hear your ideas. Maybe you could gain sponsorship through an activity, hold a quiz night, bungee jump or sit in a bath of beans!
Thank you.
Local Partnerships
Home-Start East Surrey is keen to develop partnerships within the East Surrey area, to ensure a better future for local children and families. Even small donations or gifts in kind can make a huge difference to us. We are pleased to have received support from a range of organisations, trusts and businesses, to whom we are very grateful.
If your organisation is interested in helping the welfare of young families in East Surrey please get in contact with us.
Raising Funds
Fundraising can be fun and rewarding! We are keen to run events throughout the year, for fundraising and also to increase awareness. By supporting these, companies and organisations have the opportunity to enjoy a positive feeling with their members, staff, customers and people across our area.
There are lots of ways you could help, including:
- Sponsorship of an event we’re running
- Encouraging employee or member fundraising activities
- Choose us as your charity of the year
- Organising an event on behalf of Home-Start East Surrey
Home-Start staff are always willing to help and support any fundraising efforts. Please contact us to find out more.
Gifts in Kind
When companies or organisations donate gifts in kind it saves us money. It means we don’t have to buy certain items that we need, so reducing our running costs.
In kind donations can be large or small and every donation helps. Please contact us to find out more.
Become a Corporate Partner
If your company is looking for a good cause to support that is active in your local community, please contact the Home-Start office to discuss ways you could work alongside us to raise funds to expand our service.
Your company would benefit from becoming associated with a successful home-visiting family support charity and you could be touching the lives of your employees.
We would be happy to come and speak to you and your staff about our work and the different ways to help. Please contact us to find out more.
Gift Aid
Donating through Gift Aid Home-Start East Surrey can claim an extra 25p for every £1 you give. It will not cost you any extra.
What you need to do
You need to make a Gift Aid declaration for the charity to claim. The form is available in two versions in the adjacent panel. One is editable MS Word, the other is a PDF document if you do not have Microsoft Office. You will need to send your declaration to Home-Start East Surrey at this address: fundraising@home-starteastsurrey.org.uk
You can include all donations from the last 4 years. Tell the charity about any tax years where you did not pay enough tax.
Thank you for supporting Home-Start East Surrey
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