Our fundraising targets are usually relatively modest, but this year like last year, because of Covid, we looked to raise a lot of money to buy toys for this Christmas. We raised over £15,000 and, together with donated toys and gifts, we provided over 2,500 children with presents this Christmas. Amazing!
We don’t get a grant from the council. We don’t have any reserves. We rely upon our generous business sponsors to help us, and the applications we make to charitable trusts. And, of course, the donations we receive from lovely members of the public.
The Big Summer Outing and the Christmas Toy Appeal always come first. We aim to spend around £2,000 - £4,000 on the Toy Appeal each normal year, but this year again, because of Covid, we are appealing for funds to buy toys in place of asking for toy donations. We have over 2000 children on our list so far. If we spend just £20 on each of them, that's over £40,000 we must raise.
We also spend up to £16,000 on outings in a normal year.
There are a number of ways that you can help us make ends meet:
The Big Summer Outing and the Christmas Toy Appeal always come first. We aim to spend around £2,000 - £4,000 on the Toy Appeal each normal year, but this year again, because of Covid, we are appealing for funds to buy toys in place of asking for toy donations. We have over 2000 children on our list so far. If we spend just £20 on each of them, that's over £40,000 we must raise.
We also spend up to £16,000 on outings in a normal year.
There are a number of ways that you can help us make ends meet:
- Donate to the Christmas Toys and Teens Gofundme site or through PayPal (see button below) or our Localgiving web page
- Subscribe to EasyFundraising and AmazonSmile - we get a very small percentage of pretty much anything you buy on-line (including holidays, insurance etc as well as goods) and it costs you nothing. See below for buttons to subscribe.
- Enter the Reading Lottery and choose us as the beneficiary - you pay £1 a week and 50p comes to us and have the chance of winning up to £25,000.
You can also donate via Paypal using the button below:
If you think your business might be able to support us, please get in touch.
You can also support us by registering with Easy fundraising or Amazon Smile and choosing Reading Family Aid as your nominated charity. Then each time you purchase anything online through one of these sites, we get a few pence - it costs you nothing extra.
