September Spectacular
What is September Spectacular?
Every year, we carry out two match fund challenges helping the donations your charity receives to have double the impact.
Your organisation could have up to £500 in donations matched, or £1,000 if you are working to support people with disabilities or mental health problems.
Starts: Monday 18th September at 10am
Ends: Friday 29th September at 12pm, or whenever the pot runs out - whichever comes first!
Looking to Donate?
How do we take part?
Step 1 - Register with Localgiving:
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- Join Localgiving, an online fundraising platform where individuals can contribute to your organisation.
- Only donations made through Localgiving will qualify for matching.
- Join Localgiving, an online fundraising platform where individuals can contribute to your organisation.
If you're new to Localgiving, we will cover the cost of your first year's membership (usually £96). Please contact us to receive the promo code.
Ensure you register with Localgiving well in advance to ensure your profile is active before the challenge commences.
Step 2 - Complete the Registration Form:
- To participate in the challenge, it is mandatory to fill out the registration form.
- Forms must be submitted by 12 pm on Wednesday, 13th September 2023.
Step 3 - Review the September Spectacular 2023 Terms & Conditions:
- Please take a moment to go through the Terms & Conditions for September Spectacular 2023.
What Funding is Available?
We're thrilled to offer not one, but two incredible funding opportunities, each with a generous £10,000 allocation:
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Community Fund Pot - Access up to £500:
- This pot is open to all registered groups.
- It's unrestricted, meaning your organisation can use it for any purpose you deem fit.
- This pot is open to all registered groups.
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Margaret Powell Fund Pot - Unlock an Additional £500:
- Your organisation may qualify for an extra £500 from the Margaret Powell Fund Pot if you meet the following criteria:
- Dedicated to supporting voluntary and community groups.
- Focused on projects that:
- Enhance the well-being of frail elderly individuals and individuals with disabilities, regardless of their age.
- Provide assistance to individuals of all ages facing mental health challenges.
- Your organisation may qualify for an extra £500 from the Margaret Powell Fund Pot if you meet the following criteria:
You don't need to exclusively focus on these issues to benefit from the Margaret Powell Fund Pot. As long as you plan to allocate your match funding to initiatives that address these concerns, such as involving older individuals more actively in your group or improving accessibility.
Promotion
The match fund pots often run out quite quickly, so it’s important that you promote the challenge to your supporters and urge them to donate as soon as the clock strikes 10am on 18th September.
To do this you could:
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- Send an email to your supporters about September Spectacular by letting them know that their donations could be doubled
- Social media campaign – we will send you some graphics to use to let your followers know you’re taking part. You could do a countdown to the start of the challenge.
- Send an email to your supporters about September Spectacular by letting them know that their donations could be doubled
How do you know how much to match?
We get sent a report each morning from Localgiving of the previous day’s donations, which gets entered into a spreadsheet to calculate how much each group has been matched.
We then update the website with the amount remaining in each match fund pot.
As it’s us matching the donations and not Localgiving, the amount matched won’t be visible in your account.
Get in touch
If you have any questions about September Spectacular, please get in touch by emailing or call the team on 01908 690276.
1st Shenley Brook End Rainbows
We do have girls within our group that have disabilities and/or suffer from mental health issues. We also help older sisters of our girls that suffer with mental health issues by providing events that they can attend and support them where we can. We train those with mental health issues to become Young Leaders so they can feel some self-worth. We also deliver projects that benefit frail elderly people by providing opportunities for them to attend craft weekend trainings, days out with the group as well as Rainbow events where the elderly love to join in with the children.
1st Emerson and Furzton Guides
We do have girls within our group that have disabilities and/or suffer from mental health issues. We also help older sisters of our girls that suffer with mental health issues by providing events that they can attend and support them where we can.
We also deliver projects that benefit frail elderly people by providing opportunities for them to attend craft weekend trainings and Guide holidays and camps
1st Emerson Valley Rainbows
We do have girls and Leaders within our groups that have disabilities and/or suffer from mental health issues. We also help older sisters of our girls that suffer with mental health issues by providing events that they can attend and support them where we can.
We also deliver projects that benefit frail elderly people by providing opportunities for them to attend craft weekend trainings and Guide holidays and camps.
St Marks Meals MK
Funds raised will be spent on the St Marks Meals project, providing meals boxes for children through 100 schools across MK.
West Bletchley District Guides
We do have girls and Leaders within our groups that have disabilities and/or suffer from mental health issues. We also help older sisters of our girls that suffer with mental health issues by providing events that they can attend and support them where we can.
We also deliver projects that benefit frail elderly people by providing opportunities for them to attend craft weekend trainings and Guide holidays and camps
CrossLinks Centre
Activities and support for our Disabled Club, Special Needs Group Seniors Lunch Club and Seniors Chair Exercise Group.
Nkiru Arts
Scot Bowls Club
Maintain and replace flagstones around our bowls green and provide safer steps onto the green and into the clubhouse to make it safer for our elderly and disabled members.
Milton Keynes Irish Welfare Support Group
Funds would go towards activities/support for our elderly members with limited mobility and disabilities, Christmas boxes for members living alone and spending Christmas on their own.
Lavendon Village Hall
MK Food Bank
Food support for food parcels and top up shops.
Milton Keynes Rose Trust
Men in Sheds MK
Middle Eastern Language School
Middle Eastern Cultural Group
The Stables
A pay-it-forward ticket scheme enabling young, people who might not ordinarily be able to attend events due to financial constraints or other barriers to access. Donations will help a young person experience the magic of live music and performance. We will work in partnership with local charities, community and education organisations to reach those who would benefit most. This will include SEN schools.
MKCA
MK Multiple Sclerosis Therapy Group Ltd
Milton Keynes Reader Service
Milton Keynes Youth Korfball Trust
Offset Projects
Living Archive
We will support some of our volunteers - the majority are over 70, one with dementia, one with hearing loss, two of our younger volunteers have mental health issues.
Wolverton Park Bowls Club
Supporting our members to play the game of lawn bowls.
5 On It Foundation
We run an anti gang programme for disadvantaged young people whose poor mental health means teenagers can be at risk of joining gangs seeing it as a way of feeling belonged and feeling powerful.
UnityMK
Winter Night Shelter
Milton Keynes Rowing Club
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