Youth Raise-Off
Amnesty's young supporters are some of our most creative fundraisers, and this year you have the chance to prove yourselves as the very best.
Compete with schools across the UK to win Amnesty's second Youth Raise-Off - and another great prize for the school that demonstrates most enthusiasm and creativity (regardless of the amount raised!)
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protect the human party photos!
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I hear Amnesty supporter Dawn organised an event at a High School with an Elvis impersonator! She charged £12 for tickets and food for the buffet was donated by 'Greggs'. She raised nearly £1000 and won one of Amnesty's 'Soap and Glory' gift sets!
Another winner was a supporter in London who raised over £2000 with an Amnestea event!
Lily in London had an event with a 'Seven Deadly Sins' theme. "Everyone was assigned a sin which they had to dress up as (we had pajamas for sloth, giant human cupcakes for gluttony and the hulk for wrath, to name a few!) and each room of the house was decorated as one sin", she told us.
So think outside the box for your AmnesTEAs - and it could be an event to remember for years to come!
Meanwhile check out our Amnestea pages and Flickr slideshow - http://www.amnesty.org.uk/content.asp?CategoryI...
Here are some tips from a recent workshop...
*Get things donated or at a discount, like the venue or refreshments.
*Try and link the campaign to the event - dress code could be relevant ie red. yellow and black clothes for a 'Shell Hell' event
*Refreshments as an add-on to any event - people always want a snack, whether your event is a club night, comedy event or just letter-writing.
*Social events - everyone can get something out of these.
*using the contacts and skills of the group - play to your strengths. If someone is a dab hand with a paintbrush, have them make a banner. If they can crunch the numbers, put them in charge of the accounts!
*Keep it convenient - have a location handy for everyone, and time the event so that people can come straight from work, school, or lectures.
Kelso High School are currently topping the board having raised a whopping £2395.32! But it's early days yet... could your group pip them to the post? Find out how your school is doing here: http://www.amnesty.org.uk/content.asp?CategoryI...
Good luck!
Parkside School is one of the contenders for a prize in this year's Raise-Off, having already raised £1000! Here's how they did it...
"Parkside School held a non-uniform "Green Day" where students were invited to wear green to show their support for Amnesty's Protect the Human week - staff and Post 16 students were invited to wear school uniform and many did, and we raised over £1000!!! The local paper (Keighley News) also came and took photos and interviewed some of the kids who had dressed up."
Dressing up is always good for a laugh and can result in some great photographs - which local papers love to write articles about!
How could your group use fancy dress to grab attention?
Protect the Human week which runs 17-23 October is a great way to start off your school's raise-off. Party Animal realises this falls during some schools' half terms but fret not! We love parties any time, so you can hold your events before or after the week too (phew!).
Check out
http://www.protectthehuman.com/groups/protect-t...
our specific protect the human week group to meet people planning some awesome parties and to get more ideas..
or of course the facebook page!
http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/pages/Protect-the-Human-week/26207136855
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