Fundraising Mentor Training

Suas Volunteer Programme 2009


Welcome Back!

Namaste!

Karibu!

Namaskar!


The dream team...

StephenKongowea

Anna MarieD.A.S.

AinePrayas H.

HelenVikramshila

MarySabuj Sangha

SorchaGatoto

AmyPrayas J.

DarraghMaweni


Purpose & ObjectivesOur aim today:

To prepare you to lead your respective volunteer teams to fundraise their participation fees (€2995) and €100k in total for Suas Overseas Partners to help them to serve the children in the communities in which they work.

By the end of today we will have: Updated you and ‘reconnected’ you to the Volunteer

Programme and Suas Overseas Partners A basic but clear understanding of how Suas is working

with its overseas partners to help them meet their challenges and the role that volunteers will play in this.

Introduced you to your Volunteer Programme placement teams

Outlined specific responsibilities of the role. Shared concerns and set expectations of each other for

the role Covered basic skills and supplied you with the resources

required for you to do their job successfully Agreed next steps over the coming weeks with each

other Gotten to know each other a little better.


Agenda

1. 10:00am – Welcome & Introductions & Exploring the ‘What’ & ‘How’

2. 10.30am – The ‘Why’

3. 11:00am - Break (10 mins)

4. 11:10am – Introduction to the VP0 & Your role as a fundraising mentor

5. 12:00am - Practical tips & skills

6. 12:45pm - Next steps

7. 1:00pm - Lunch


The ‘What’…

Volunteers fundraise…1. €2995 for participation

fee2. €1,000 on average for

Suas Partners

Volunteers feel supported to achieve these goals


The ‘How’…

1. Moral support for volunteers – a critical friend

2. Assisting volunteers to Plan (early!) – Do – Review

3. Sharing ideas, experience and success stories

4. Early identification & sharing of potential issues


The ‘Why’…



Introduction to the ’09Suas Volunteers

Where the volunteers are ‘at’ at present

Journey volunteers will take over the coming months before placement – mentors joining them for a portion of this (17 weeks)

How to engage the volunteers


Fundraising Mentor RoleOverall Responsibilities1. To lead your individual VP 09 teams in

successfully raising their Participation fee and mentor them to collectively raise approximately €100K above the participation fee between February and May in order to support quality education programmes in India and Kenya.

2. Use your own positive experience to enable volunteers to envisage & connect with Suas Overseas Partners

3. To share ideas, experience and success stories with volunteers and one another.

4. To identify and share any potential issues/concerns at an early stage


Fundraising Mentor RoleSpecific Responsibilities1. You are the first port of call with any fundraising

queries. Captured & communicated to the Fundraising Coordinator if required.

2. Maintain regular contact with the volunteers & ccs on your team to see how their fundraising is going.

3. Offering advice and assistance to your team members that are struggling with fundraising / encouragement to those that are doing well to continue

4. Sharing risks or issues experienced by you or your team members with the Fundraising Coordinator if necessary and working through to resolve.

5. Sharing success stories and data of fundraising events run by your team members with the fundraising Coordinator.

6. Sharing your team’s upcoming fundraising events / activities with fundraising coordinator so that they can be promoted on the Suas Website & Volunteer Programme Wiki.

7. Attending Suas training weekends 1 & 2 in Feb & Apr & facilitating your team during the fundraising sessions at each


Your Thoughts, Questions and Concerns?


Fundraising Skills...


Fundraising Skills… Don't be afraid of asking - Its not for you!

Be personal, be passionate and be persuasive: Giving is not a rational process. Our hearts rule our heads for the most part. People are much more likely to give if they are moved, if they are involved, if its a favour.

Be creative: Focus on recession proof businesses. Higher volume, lower value donations.

Lead be example: Share your success / ideas

Direct Debits: The hidden gold


A few final points 1. How are you doing now?2. Have we covered everything that we set

out to cover today?3. Do you have any remaining questions or

concerns?4. How can we support each other over

the next 17 weeks?


Next Steps1. Contact your teams and city

coordinators this week by phone. 2. Check in with you team members

before the 1st training weekend 3. Prepare to facilitate the fundraising

session for the first training weekend


From all of them…To each of you…

Thank You.

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