Special events & schemes

Donate through Justgiving
Make a donation or help raise money through the Justgiving website at www.justgiving.com/britishpolio

SPONSORED EVENTS - ONLINE GIVING WITH JUSTGIVING
The British Polio Fellowship has teamed up with justgiving.com so runners and events participants can raise money quickly and easily online with their own personalised webpages. Friends and family will be able to donate online with a credit or debit card - so no more running around with paper sponsorship forms, or chasing cheques and cash after your event.

To set up your page visit: www.justgiving.com/britishpolio/raisemoney or call 0800 028 6183 for more details. And don't forget to tell us that you're taking part in a sponsored event or organising one on behalf of the Fellowship and take some photos for The Bulletin!

Summer Raffle raises £17,500
There was definitely no cheating in the draw for our Grand Summer Raffle as it was drawn by the Fellowship's own solicitor, David Mears, who made sure everything was above board!

The draw took place after the Fellowship's Annual General Meeting at the Sheraton Hotel, Heathrow. Congratulations to all the lucky winners shown in the table below:

Prize	Ticket	Name	 		County	 	Member	
1st	07900	Mr G Sharp		Harrogate	No	
2nd	95046	Miss J Marshall		London		Yes	
3rd	20738	Rev Zeal		Cardiff		Yes	
4th			Ms B Griffiths		Notts		Yes	
5th	91821	Mrs D F Simon		London		Yes	
6th	67066	Mrs K Bastone		West Midlands	Yes	
7th	91210	Miss Helen Gilly	London		Yes	
8th	111902	Anon			Hants		Yes	
9th	112616	Mrs J Hurrell		York		Yes	
10th	114695	Mr S T Stanley		Merseyside	Yes	
11th	61666	Mr T Methven		Glasgow		Yes	
12th	06675	Mrs Janet Brown		Manchester	Yes	
13th	68394	Mr J E Diamond		Shropshire	Yes	
14th	78492	Mr F J Minney		Hants		Yes	
15th	06949	Miss Barbara Wood	Merseyside	Yes	
16th	48223	Mrs J M Snow		Suffolk		Yes	
17th	64825	Miss M A Hammond	Lincoln		Yes	
18th	21088	Miss L A Forsyth	Glasgow		Yes	
19th	52462	Mr L J Hammond		Herts		No	
20th	62840	Mr J Webster		Suffolk		No	

The winner of the £1,000 first prize was absolutely delighted as he had never won anything in a raffle before. Which just goes to show the old adage "There's a first time for everything" is right. Thank you to everyone who bought and sold raffle tickets contributing to the success of this event and to the companies and people who donated the prizes.

Loose Change Boxes
See how quickly those pennies mount up into £££s

This scheme has proved to be a very popular way of donating to The British Polio Fellowship. We aim to raise £6,000 in 2008. You can use any type of recetacle that you like (empty jam jar, Smarties tube, Wellington boot!) for which we will supply you with customised labels or you can use one of our ready made loose change boxes. For more information about what to do when you empty your box, contact Diane Ware on 020 8836 3678 or email : : diane@britishpolio.org.uk

Celebrate with the BPF – ask your friends and family to make a donation to the BPF instead of buying you a gift. For further details, contact Marianne on 020 8836 3679 or email: marianneg@britishpolio.org.uk

Flowers By Post – order a beautiful bouquet of fresh flowers from Le Tourneurs on FREEPHONE 0800 735 1065 quoting the code ‘BPF’ and 10% of the cost of your order will be donated to the Fellowship.

To view flowers and order online, go to www.flowersbypost.com and click on the 'Register for free flowers' button. At the bottom of the 'Your details' panel, it asks you if you are a British Polio Fellowship member. Tick 'Yes' to earn the 10% commission for the Fellowship.

buy.at/BPF Use our webshop to help us raise money When shopping online, you can access over 100 leading retailers using our webshop www.buy.at/BPF and each purchase will automatically earn money for us!
You don't pay anything extra by using our webshop, so please try to use it whenever you can. You will see a link to our webshop at the top of every page. All purchases earn commission for the Fellowship.

Man and dog brave the cold
Malcolm Murray and his dog Hoochie Coochie Man (a long haired yorkie) are going to Iceland to do a sponsored cycle ride in aid of the Fellowship. The sponsored ride will take 3 months from June to August next year when the maximum temperature will be 14 degrees C. And the distance? Further than riding round the coast of England and Wales combined. If anyone would like to sponsor Malcolm, please contact Helen for more details on 020 8836 3676 or email helen@britishpolio.org.uk