Fundraising
The Not Forgotten Association considers itself to be a service deliverer and not a fundraiser. As such, we rely on the generosity of others with an established and effective fundraising capacity to support our activities.
We are incredibly fortunate to have a loyal band of supporters including military and non-military grant-giving trusts, associations, volunteers and individuals who have given generously to us.
The Association is also extremely grateful to some wonderful people who have chosen us to benefit from their chosen sponsored events and activities…
Members of 29 Squadron based at RAF Coningsby, plus friends, will be running the Lincoln 10k in March 2012 in aid of the NFA. Visit their fundraising web at www.justgiving.com/29lincoln10k.
Raffles and donations from our recent Christmas Lunches in Edinburgh, Penrith, Solihull, Cardiff and Taunton raised a combined total of £2,066. Thanks to everyone who gave so generously.
Our very own Rosie Thompson has now run four marathons: Brighton, Belfast, Moray and New York, as well as the Cardiff Half Marathon and her fundraising total now stands at more than £14,800. Well done Rosie! If you would like to sponsor Rosie visit www.justgiving.com/Rosie-Thompson1.
Daniel Bottomley is one of four lads who ran the New York Marathon with Rosie and has so far raised £1,455 of his £2,000 target. If you would like to sponsor Daniel, visit www.justgiving.com/DANIEL-BOTTOMLEY.
Our thanks go to Jim Cameron and his colleagues in the Mazda MX-5 Forces Team who took part in the Britcar 24hr race in early October and have so far raised over £700.
Volunteer Roy King was very busy in early October at a number of locations in the Christchurch/Bournemouth area, adding another £1,370 to his fantastic fundraising total.
Also to Carl Schofield and Anne-Marie who recently put their cooking skills to the test by organising a pie day and have raised nearly £1,000 – that’s a lot of pies!
In September Sam Batchelor and his colleagues at Aspen Insurance cycled from London to Southend. With Aspen, one of our corporate partners, agreeing to match the sponsorship money, a grand total of £1,775 was donated.
Jim Ellard raised a further £850 with Ade and Kay from the Five Bells pub in Chelsfield Village for another cycle ride, this time to Brighton.
Also last month, one of our official volunteers Corporal Darren Swift - universally known as ‘Swifty‘ – gave a presentation on the work of the NFA to the Rotary Club in Lincoln and his daughter Issy sold wristbands and other NFA merchandise.
Our regular volunteers have been very busy over the summer months. Roy King collected £1,315 at the Bournemouth Air Show and raised a further £242, Terry Grimwood collected £1,293 at Waitrose and other locations, Ted Roberts raised more than £1,500 from three collections, Ken Hatton £425 and Cyril Banks £276. Together with others who volunteer their time at shows, supermarkets and town centres across the country, they have raised over £9,000 so far this year.
A charity evening at Magna Mazda in Poole in August raised £150 by auctioning an RAF Typhoon picture and The Cricketers pub in Orpington sent £58.
Bernard Smith continues his series of talks about his RAF career to local schools and groups, each time generating a donation to the NFA as a ‘thank you’.
Leeds United Football Club have chosen us as one of the military charities to receive a limited edition, poppy embossed shirt signed by members of their squad. Rosie Thompson will be taking the club captain Jonny Howson’s shirt to Dubai later this year to help promote a fundraising event with the local Leeds United fan club, the Dubai Whites.
Our thanks go to Cath and Johnnie Barlow who asked for donations to the NFA in lieu of presents for their recent joint birthday, raising £1,560.
A collection at Sussex County Cricket Club on 23rd August raised £769. Our thanks go to Terry Grimwood and the Royal Marines Reserves who collected at various locations around the ground.
Clive Lungmuss organised a sale of classic car spares in August and raised £400.
A raffle held on board our Mersey Boat Trip in August raised £328, while the Reginald Fessenden Challenge sailing day at the RAF Yacht Club, Hamble in July has so far contributed a very impressive £4,950.
After his Budapest Half Marathon last year, Adam Nunn raised £1,122 in July with a sponsored bike ride across Bosnia from Bihac to Srebrenica. Well done Adam!
Jim Allen and his mates undertook a fancy dress cycle ride around Ipswich on 16th July and raised in excess of £600 for us.
Tameside & District Ex-Services Association raised £200 at their Sunday Charity Concert in July.
Colin Fuller held a collection in June at the annual War on the Line event on the Watercress Line, raising £175.
Tony Toms collected at the Reading Armed Forces Day on 25th June and raised £195.
Derek & Shani Hocking held fundraising events in Lincoln and raised £500 in June.
Andy Phillips held a collection at Wiltshire Armed Forces and Veterans Celebrations in June and raised £757.
Bill Price nominated us as the charity of the month in June at his local Waitrose in Hythe, Hampshire and the local community donated £270.
Doug Coates took part in a 3 Peaks Challenge in May and has raised £1,214.
The Skelsmergh Bowls Club held a collection at the 70th Birthday Party for Diana Bevis who requested donations to us in lieu of presents, raising £151.
HMS Newfoundland Veterans held a raffle at their reunion and donated a third of the proceeds – £113 – to us.
Desert Marathon. Thanks to Baz, John, Andrew and Adam who have so far raised £580. We are expecting in excess of £4,000 from all the lads from CLR who have taken part in this event in conjunction with the RMCTF.
Carl Schofield and fellow artistes held a fundraising evening in Blackpool and, along with his open house day during which he cooked everyone a hearty breakfast, raised £2,811. A local curry house event followed and raised a further £1,145.
Lutterburn Fine Art staged a War Artist Exhibition in Ivybridge, Devon and we were thrilled when the organiser, Martin Edwards, called in to the office to present cheque’s totaling £2,600.