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Oxfordshire Historic Churches Trust |
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You
are on your way to our Justgiving site! Many thanks for supporting
us....
Donating through this site is simple, fast and totally secure. It is also the
most efficient way to sponsor people or get yourself sponsored.
Oxfordshire Historic Churches Trust will receive your money faster and,
if you are a UK taxpayer, an extra 28% in tax will be added to your gift at no
cost to you.
OHCT will use half your donation to give grants to Oxfordshire Churches and
Chapels of all Christian denominations to help meet bills for repairs to the
fabric. The other half of the money you raise will go direct to the
church that you specify.
Please
be sure to mention your church's name and its town or village in the
'personal message box' 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 10 easy steps! |
Many thanks... Please click on the logo below to go to ...
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Instructions for
making your own JustGiving fundraising web page.
1. Click on the JustGiving logo above. (This will take you to 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 11 Sep 2010.
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.
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.
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.
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 Make your
page.
7. On the Edit your page page:
Give your page a title like ‘Jim’s Ride + Stride 2010’.
If you are going to be sponsored as a group, type the names of the members in the Team members box separated by commas.
It is a good idea put a target amount that you aim to raise in the Target box.
Click on Manage photos and follow the instructions to add photos, perhaps of yourself and your church. How about adding a video of your ride after it to show your friends how you got on and remind them to sponsor you if they have not done so already?
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.
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; be sure to edit the bits in [SQUARE BRACKETS] if you do! |
Thanks 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 11th September 2010 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 Oxfordshire Churches and Chapels to help towards repairs to the fabric of the building.
Donating through JustGiving is simple, fast and totally secure. Your details are safe with JustGiving – they’ll never sell them on or send unwanted emails. Once you donate, they’ll send your money directly to the charity and make sure Gift Aid is reclaimed on every eligible donation by a UK taxpayer. So it’s 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.
When you are happy with your text, click Save then click Control panel.
8. On your Control Panel there are a number of actions you can take. We suggest the first one should be to click on Edit your thank-you message.
9. Personalise your thank-you message.
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 towards grants to churches and chapels within the county to help with repairs to these fine and interesting buildings of all Christian denominations.
Thanks again. [Your name].
When you are satisfied with your thank-you message, click Save.
10. Back on your Control Panel you can email 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.
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 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.