• Choose your event and work out how much money you want to raise from it. Pick a date that allows you enough time to prepare for and advertise your event.
• Some ideas won’t need much more than a letter to parents. Others will require more planning up front but the whole experience will be hugely rewarding for everyone involved.
• Set yourself a realistic target and, if you’re doing something big, check if any other activities or events are taking place on the same day. You don’t want your event upstaged.
• Tell everyone what’s happening. To make your event a success – advertise!
• Contact your Education Manager for any advice about fundraising.

Once the event is over:

• Send in your cheque to your local Education Manager (made payable to the RNLI).
• If you’ve got photos, why not put them on the school’s website and ask the children involved to write about the experience, so everyone knows how it went. Send them to education@rnli.org.uk and we add them on to the Shorething website.
• Make sure everyone who helped with the event feels appreciated, e.g. a follow up letter to parents to say ‘thank you’ and tell them how much money was raised.That way, they’ll be more inclined to help you with the the next event.