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Oxfordshire Historic Churches Trust Instructions for Setting Up a JustGiving
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You are
on your way to our JustGiving site! Thank you for supporting us.
If you do not want to set up a fundraising page you can click
to make a straightforward donation...
however, we would like to encourage you to set up your own JustGiving web page, following the instructions below:
OHCT will use half your donation to give grants to churches and chapels in
Oxfordshire of all denominations towards the cost of major fabric repairs. The
other half of the money you raise will go directly to the church that you
specify.
Please make sure that you mention
your church's name and its town or village in the 'Your story' section when
you edit your message in the next stage so that we can send the money to the
right place.
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You may find it helpful to
print the instructions (below) for making your own JustGiving web page.
It may look daunting but it is actually quick with just 20 short and easy
steps! Once you have set up your JustGiving page you can change it later,
adding photos or more information, you just need to log back in. |
Instructions for making your own
JustGiving fundraising web page.
1. Click on the JustGiving logo above. (This will take you to www.JustGiving.com.)
2. On the Make your own JustGiving page, click
the blue MAKE YOUR PAGE button.
3. In answer to the question Firstly do you have an account? Either
log in if you already have an account or create an account by filling in the
fields marked with a red * and any others that may be helpful. In this case
choose and enter a password that you will remember!
4. At the next page, Let us know what you’re doing, click the Choose button against An organised event.
5. In response to Choose one of your charity's favourite events, click
the Choose button under 10 September 2011.
6. At Choose your own web address - the more
memorable the better, leave the offered web address if you are happy with
it. Otherwise type your preferred address for your JustGiving web page and
check that it is available. If you are likely to set one up each year you may
want to include the year e.g. ANOtherOHCT2011.
7. At Stay in touch – with your charity,
please check the box because we would like to stay in touch with you even
though we do not send many newsletters.
8. At Stay in touch – with JustGiving, we
recommend that you check the box because their blog is interesting and will
give you ideas for ways to increase your sponsorship.
9. At Now one last question about Gift Aid...,
leave the response My charity is not contributing because the
Oxfordshire Historic Churches Trust is not contributing to the cost of your
fundraising.
Click Continue.
10. On the Edit your page page:
Give your page a title like ‘Jim’s Ride &
Stride 2011’.
11. If you are going to be sponsored as a group,
type the names of the members in the Other Participants box separated by
commas.
12. Input a target amount that you aim to raise in
the Fundraising target box. You can always revise this amount later if
you reach your target.
Click Update
page basics.
13. To add a photo or photos or even a video, click
on Edit next to photos or
videos as appropriate and follow the instructions. It is good to add photos,
perhaps of yourself and your church or how about adding a video of your ride
after the event to show your friends how you got on and remind them to sponsor
you if they have not done so already? If you do not have a photo ready, you can
log back into your page later and add one or more.
14. Under Your story the suggested
paragraphs are good but we do need to know what church is to receive the half
share of your sponsorship money so please make sure you mention it. If you would rather write this in a Word
document it can then be saved, perhaps to be used as a starting point for next
year, and then copied into your JustGiving page. The text can also be copied
from here and edited.
The following text is only a suggestion that could
form the basis from which to write your own message:
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You
could cut and paste suitable bits of the following but make sure to edit the
bits in [SQUARE BRACKETS] if you do! |
Thank you for taking the time to visit my
JustGiving page.
This is my annual Ride and Stride in aid of the
Oxfordshire Historic Churches Trust and [YOUR
CHURCH].
On 10th September 2011 I plan to [CYCLE or WALK]
to [THE NUMBER YOU PLAN TO VISIT] churches
in neighbouring villages ...
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Use words like these to tell
your potential sponsors, briefly, what you plan to do on the Ride and Stride. |
All money that you are kind enough to donate
through this JustGiving page will come to the Oxfordshire Historic Churches
Trust but the Trust will pay half of the donation to [YOUR
CHURCH]. [If your church has a particular
project in hand, it does not have to be related to repairing the building, you
might like to dedicate this money to that project and explain here what it is.]
The share that the Trust retains will go towards grants to churches and chapels
in Oxfordshire of all denominations towards the cost of major fabric repairs.
Donating through JustGiving is simple, fast and
totally secure. Your details are safe with JustGiving – they will never sell
them on or send unwanted emails. Once you donate, they will send your money
directly to the charity and make sure Gift Aid is reclaimed on every eligible donation
by a UK taxpayer. So it is the most efficient way to donate - I raise more,
whilst saving time and cutting costs for the charity.
So please dig deep and donate now.
15. If you wish your page to be shared through
Facebook make sure that the box is ticked or if not make sure that it is not
ticked.
16. When you are happy with your text, click Update
my story.
17. When you are happy
with your page click Continue and this takes you to a screen called Control
Panel.
18. On your Control Panel there are a number of
actions you can take. We suggest the first one should be to click on Edit
say a personal thank you. Your
thank you message will be sent automatically to each of your sponsors so you might
like to personalise it.
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You may like to use words like these: |
Thank you very much for your donation. As you will
be aware, church congregations are decreasing and this means that the money
available for maintaining church buildings is also decreasing. Your donation
helps churches in Oxfordshire in two ways: half of it will help [Church name, Place,] for
[name a project the money will be used for or the General Fund]. The
other half will be used by the Oxfordshire Historic Churches Trust to make grants
to churches and chapels in Oxfordshire of all denominations towards the cost of
major fabric repairs.
Thank you again. [Your
name].
When you are happy with your thank you message,
click Save.
19. Back on your Control Panel you can e-mail your
page to your family and friends wherever they are in the world, or publish it
on Facebook. You can also keep your page and your thank you message up to date.
You should also receive an e-mail saying that you have set up successfully a
JustGiving page and a link to the webpage which can be e-mailed out to family
and friends.
20. At your page people will see a short paragraph
explaining what the Oxfordshire Historic Churches Trust is and does but you may
like to add some words to your email explaining why you are sending it.
We, at OHCT, hope the above guidance is helpful. We
hope that you will enjoy the day of the Ride and Stride and get much pleasure
from your efforts to preserve the historic churches and chapels of Oxfordshire
for posterity.
Many thanks for supporting Oxfordshire Historic Churches Trust.