Targets and donations...

My target is £2800, the vast majority of which will go to the Scottish Society for Autism, a small percentage will go towards trek costs but I have already made a personal donation of £200 and will continue to do so up until the trek. In order to raise such a large amount I have broken it down into smaller action plans.

My first step was to set up a justgiving webpage as it a simple and secure way for people to donate and support me. Justgiving process my donations, reclaim gift aid from the government for all sponsors who are UK tax payers and send the collected amount to the charity on my behalf.

I then sent emails to all my friends and family raising awareness of my venture and encouraging them to support me. To set the ball rolling I then organised a fun Easter quiz at work (Norwich Union). I charged 50p an entry and received a lot of interest! I also offered creme eggs and mini eggs to all those who donated and enrolled the help of my colleague Nicola to go around the office wearing Easter themed bonnets and shaking out collection tins!

Our efforts were well received and I raised a grand total of £203.28, a big thank you all to all my colleagues who supported me! The quiz was perhaps a little on the difficult side as only 3 people got full marks but another 6 runners-up also won delicious Easter Eggs courtesy of Tescos!

Tescos in Perth, Somerfields in Kinross and Giacopazzi's in Milnathort all donated a variety of Easter Eggs for my event and I am very grateful!