We would like you to fundraise and seek sponsorship for your participation in the Ab Fab Girls Night Out 2010 in order to help us continue to provide holidays and experiences for children with terminal cancer.

For Example; the more money you raise the more children we can send to Lapland to meet Father Christmas, play in the snow and ride with huskies each December! And this is just one of our magical experiences!

Let’s get started!

Come on girls! Now you have signed up, here are some fundraising tips to help you raise as much sponsorship as you can for The Joshua Foundation!

The Ab Fab Girls Night Out is about having fun and completing the 10 mile challenge. Raising money shouldn’t be pressured, its all for a great cause and there are lots of easy ways for you to boost your sponsorship!

Boosting your Sponsorship money

We have set the minimum amount of sponsor money that you need to raise at £30, but we ask that you try and raise as much as possible to help support the children we help. We will provide you with sponsorship forms to enable you to ask your friends, family and colleagues for sponsorship of the walk. Below are some top tips to help you on your way!

Top Tips!

Set a goal, decide how much you think you can raise and have something to aim for. Be ambitious, you will be surprised how much the money adds up to.

Start Early

We have dedicated Ab Fab sponsorship forms that we can send to you once registered, but we strongly advise that you set up your own online fundraising page by logging on to;

This is a very secure site and extremely safe to use. It only takes a few minutes to set up your page, and is extremely easy for people to sponsor you. It also saves you lots of time after the walk chasing up people for sponsors.

Remember - The more you ask the more you will raise!

Work at it

Most people will give to charity, but few will go out of their way to do so. The more people you ask, the more money you raise.

• Approach as many people as possible and get them to spread the word about what you are doing.
• Get a generous sponsor at the top of each sponsor page to set the standard. Ask sponsors for donations in advance to save chasing up after the event.
• Approach your employer to match your fundraising £1 for £1 as many companies now do this. They can claim the tax back too!

Get people in the community involved- tell them all about the Absolutely Fabulous Girls Night Out and get them to pledge money or raise awareness of your fundraising.

• Hold fun and easy-to-organize events like cake sales at work or a raffle to boost your funds.

Encourage everyone to gift aid their donation-that way for every £1 you raise, an extra 28p will be donated at no extra cost to you (must be a UK taxpayer). For example if someone sponsors you £25.00 and gift aids- The Joshua Foundation will receive an extra £7.00 for no additional effort. Please ensure that when people fill in your form, they include their title, initials and surname, along with a full postal address (home address) and postcode. This is very important for us to be able to receive gift aid.

Join us on Face book!

We have set up a group page on facebook. Come and join us and become a friend! You can catch up with all the other walkers and get up to the minute information on the event. Visit www.facebook.com and search for Absolutely Fabulous Girls Night Out.

Go Online!

Creating an online fundraising page allows you to reach all your friends, family and work colleagues wherever they are.

• Visit www.justgiving.com/thejoshuafoundation/raisemoney and it only takes a few minutes to set up your page
• Add an optional photograph and some text about you and your challenge.
• Email the link to everyone you know and they can visit the page and sponsor you online.

Just giving pay the money you raise directly to The Joshua Foundation so you don’t have to run round after the event trying to track down your sponsors it also deals with the gift aid claim for us.

Talk about the Absolutely Fabulous Girls Night Out!

Write to local newspapers and contact your local radio station, asking them to run a story about your fundraising efforts and encourage their readers and listeners to support your efforts.

Staff newsletter - If there is a company newsletter or intranet, ask the person who puts this together to put a story in it about your involvement in the challenge.

Talk to your clients and customers about the Ab Fab Girls Night Out. Many will be more than willing to support your efforts

Poster - make a poster to promote your involvement in the walk so that you can encourage work colleagues and customers to support your efforts.