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Brilliant new initiative for clubs to raise money NEW PARTNERSHIP for CASCs and grassroots sport: England and Wales Cricket Board Sport England – government’s grassroots sport organisation CCPR – national alliance of governing bodies JustGiving – the fundraising website.
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Brilliant new initiative for clubs to raise money • NEW PARTNERSHIP for CASCs and grassroots sport: • England and Wales Cricket Board • Sport England – government’s grassroots sport organisation • CCPR – national alliance of governing bodies • JustGiving – the fundraising website
Stretch Your Money – New Opportunity Make more of the money you already have • Make your fundraising go further, or start fundraising because it’s easy • Add Gift Aid to your donation means the government give you 28.2p extra for every £1 you raise! • JustGiving does all the administration AND claims the Gift Aid for you • and • No registration fee for CASCs– saving £180 a year
Cricket and CASCs – the Context Best NGB for CASCs – 1000+ Registered Over £10 million saved in Rate Relief BUT Only 1 in 10 Clubs claiming Gift Aid – we are missing a major opportunity - huge amount of unclaimed money, that could be funding grass roots cricket Joining JustGiving will take all the work of claiming Gift Aid away from the CASC so the club can focus on cricket with better resources
Why is the ECB involved with Just Giving? Responding to clubs’ concerns: • Facilities and Capital Funding • Revenue Funding • Recruiting and Retaining Volunteers and Players • Administration and Bureaucracy JustGiving initiative can help: • Your club/CASC take advantage of the Gift Aid scheme • More money for facilities and other needs • JustGiving does all the administration, so volunteers don’t have too • Fun way to engage your members in money making activities
Case Study – Ashley Cricket Club Ashley Cricket Club in Cheshire needed new covers Already a CASC – joined Just Givingfor Sports Clubs Fun runs and moustache-growing competitions raised around £480 in JUST TWO WEEKS JustGiving membership got them an extra £140 in Gift Aid “Gift Aid Collection has and will save us time and administrative effort…do it! Register as a CASC and take advantage of Gift Aid through JustGiving” David Rice, Ashley Cricket Club
Don’t take our word for it… http://charities.justgiving.com/justgiving-for-sports-clubs/
What do you need to do? If you are already a CASC… http://charities.justgiving.com/justgiving-for-sports-clubs/ You will get: • Free step-by-step registration help, including FAQs • A webpage for your club – online community • Fundraising guidance and expertise • Help from real people at the other end of a phone!
If you aren’t a CASC If your club is amateur, not-for-profit and open to the whole community you can register as a CASC. That will give you: • 80% Mandatory Rate Relief • Ability to claim Gift Aid • Some Corporation Tax exemption www.cascinfo.co.uk
Key Contacts Lee Marshall – Just Giving lee@justgiving.com - 020 7067 0914 Dominic Goggins – CCPR (CASCs) dgoggins@ccpr.org.uk – 0207 976 3903 Caroline Gilbert – Sport England caroline.gilbert@sportengland.org - 020 7273 1502 Dave Leighton – ECB dave.leighton@ecb.co.uk – 0161 877 7406