Best way raise some money for a hospital without charity no.

[ecain63]

Having just come through 6 months of chemo and a fairly major operation to remove the cancer from my bowel i want to put some money back into the hospital as a thank you from me, my family and my friends. A good chunk of this money i plan to raise by raffling a watch via PH and the Royal Marines.

Ive looked on JustGiving (used them in 2008 when i raised some money for H4H) but because the units i want to give money to don't have charity numbers it doesnt seem possible to set up a system where people can donate to the pot. Aside from people just firing £5 a time into my bank account is there any other way to set up a system that people can effectively buy raffle tickets from.

Any help greatly appreciated.

Eddie

[GranderTransit]

Does the hospital have a charity number? Could you ask them if you could use that, but have the money go to specific department or wards?

I don't know how justgiving works. Does it sit in their account until you press a button to make it donate to the charity of your choice?

[ecain63]

I'd rather not allocate it to a central hospital fund as its difficult and awkward to track. The wards do have amenities funds that I can put the money into but no specific charity numbers. Going to do some research this afternoon.

[GranderTransit]

Yes I can see why you wouldn't want it to go into the central pot. - though I actually meant simply to circumnavigate the just giving rules.

A friend of my OH is quite involved in the cots for tots fundraising, I'll ask how they deal with it.

[mph1977]

ecain63 said:

I'd rather not allocate it to a central hospital fund as its difficult and awkward to track. The wards do have amenities funds that I can put the money into but no specific charity numbers. Going to do some research this afternoon.

they are cost centres not actual funds.

[ecain63]

Got it sorted. Sold over 100 already.

[deuchars]

Put a link up here.

[hidetheelephants]

deuchars said:

Put a link up here.

It's against the forum rules; you have to ask permission and generally the answer is no.

[ecain63]

hidetheelephants said:

It's against the forum rules; you have to ask permission and generally the answer is no.

I put one up yesterday and unfortunately it was removed pretty sharpish. PH apologised given the nature of the link but rules are rules. Saying that it's been a very busy night on Facebook and over half the tickets are gone.