In Extra Mile Challenges, Teams are required to raise a minimum of £1,200 (£300 per person). Our challenges have so far raised over £650,000 for well over 100 different charities.
How to collect donations
Please ensure that private individuals who sponsor you give at least their name, house name/number and postcode and tick the Gift Aid box whenever appropriate. You can do this for them if they agree - they do not have to sign. We reclaim from the Government an extra 28% of every Gift Aid donation, representing income tax paid by the donor. Please collect all donations from your sponsors and send them to Extra Mile Challenges within two months after the event.
You can collect credit card donations by setting up your own page linked to Extra Mile Challenges on the JustGiving website. Then create "create your page" and select Extra Mile Loire Challenge. JustGiving is a commercial organisation whose charges (about 7% of funds donated through JustGiving) are deducted before funds are passed to Extra Mile Challenges.
It's essential that all funds raised from our events are paid to Extra Mile Challenges in the first instance. Directing funds to charities other than Extra Mile Challenges creates a nightmare for volunteers who keep our accounts in order.
Each team nominates its own charity, which receives two-thirds of the team’s sponsorship. The remaining one-third goes to the organisers’ charities. In 2010 we are supporting:
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Milton Keynes Young Carers
MK Young Carers provide 1:1 support, advice activities and outings for the growing number of under 19s in MK who find themselves regularly having to care for other family members.
Registered Charity number 1116804
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Bedfordshire and Luton Mind
Bedfordshire and Luton Mind is the leading local mental health charity, working in close partnership with other agencies to provide friendship, respect, opportunity and choice to improve the lives of people with a range of mental health needs.
Registered Charity number 1068274
http://bedsandlutonmind.org.uk/
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Willen Hospice:
Willen Hospice - specialist palliative care in Milton Keynes for those whose illness is beyond cure. A charity independent of the NHS, Willen Hospice needs to raise over £2 Million every year from the public to meet its costs. The care it provides is free to all
Registered charity number 270194
http://www.willen-hospice.org.uk/