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I just wanted to pass on a great fundraising strategy that has helped me reach my fundraising target more easily than expected. I advertised on freecycle (as well as asking friends and colleagues) for items to be donated, then sold the donated items on Ebay and at a jumble sale. Obviously I was upfront when asking for things to be donated that I would be selling them on for charity, and people were very generous - donated items included a leather sofa, some rocking chairs, several TVs, a pushchair and countless other items. It involved some running around on my part to collect items, put them on Ebay and then post them, but in the space of 3 weeks I made over £800 from around 55 items.
I also put in the description on Ebay that I was selling the item for charity, and lots of people either paid more than they needed to for the item, or went on to donate to my justgiving page separately. All of these people complete strangers!
I definitely found that, especially at the moment, people are happier to have a clear out and give items to me to sell on, than they were to hand over money.
Now all I have to do is run the marathon that I have been fundraising for...!
Happy fundraising!
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