Can you take on the £50 challenge to raise funds for Hope House Hospice?

Hope House and Tŷ Gobaith children’s hospices have opened entries for its £50 Challenge fundraising drive.

Schools, businesses and community groups are encouraged to take part in the initiative – which aims to showcase their entrepreneurial flair by seeing how much they can grow a £50 investment by in just 50 days.

The first wave of budding business people will be start their challenge on the 6 March and finishing on 2 April.

Examples of what your event and multiplied £50 could raise are:

• 100 could fund a support session for bereaved parents
• £500 could fund an action packed sibling support day for brothers and sisters of children in our care
• £1,500 could fund 24hrs of respite care or crisis care for a seriously ill child

Hospice fundraiser, Bekki Fardoe said: “Starting with an initial £50 investment from ourselves, we encourage and support groups to use their money to fundraise for us by hosting an event or even signing-up to a sponsored sporting challenge to raise as much as possible for local children and families.

“These events could be anything from a coffee morning to a quiz night that can involve your customers, staff or families or even using the investment to develop a new product.

“It’s also a wonderful way to fulfil corporate and social responsibilities and show your community you are passionate about making a difference.”

The fundraising team from the hospices will fully support all the teams who sign up and can provide branded materials and even ideas for events.

All interested teams need to do is nominate a captain and get signed up on the Hope House website at www.hopehouse.org.uk/50challenge.

For any more information on the challenge you can also email [email protected] or call 01691 671671.