There are many ways to help Molly Olly’s Wishes help children with life-threatening illnesses in addition to making a donation or leaving a legacy. Some suggestions are given here.
Please get involved and help!
Donate Prizes for Our Fundraising events
Molly Olly’s Wishes always needs prizes or gifts which can be used to raise funds through auctions, raffles etc. We hold a large Ball most years for around 500 guests with meal, entertainment and live and silent auctions with about 40 lots, which is an important fundraising event for us. We also hold a Golf Day each year, which includes an auction, and run various raffles from time to time. Donated items for these auctions and raffles help us considerably by removing the need to buy items.
We are grateful for a wide range of gifts including physical items such as sporting memorabilia, jewellery etc, or experiences e.g. tickets, overnight stays, meals, golf course rounds, loan of a holiday home for a week (if you are lucky enough to have one!).
We are always happy to give publicity to our donors in recognition of their gift.
Please contact us at rachel@mollyolly.co.uk to discuss any ideas you have.
Organise your own Fundraising events
We are fortunate to have benefited from a wide range of fundraising events run by families we have helped, and friends/supporters across the country. If you would like to raise funds for the Charity, here are some ideas you might like to consider:
• Coffee mornings and cake sales
• Quiz nights
• Ladies’ pamper evenings
• Give up something for a week, month or more and donate the saving
• Dress down days at work
• Sponsored walks, runs, cycle rides, or other sporting challenges, even in the gym
• Persuade your company or school to select Molly Olly’s Wishes as their preferred charity
• Car boot sales, garage sales, jumble sales, table top sales
• Talent show or fashion show
• Ask Molly Olly’s Wishes for one of our collection boxes
It’s important that you chose something that you will enjoy doing. Have fun and good luck. If you would like to discuss a fundraising idea with us, please contact rachel@mollyolly.co.uk.
If you have raised some funds which you would like to donate to Molly Olly’s Wishes, you can do this by bank transfer, via cheque or CAF form, or online through Just Giving or Virgin Money Giving. Please let us know about your donation via email (rachel@mollyolly.co.uk) as we would love to thank you directly.
Volunteer
Molly Olly’s Wishes team is mostly made up of volunteers and we are always grateful for further volunteer help, especially for fundraising events. We are flexible and can accommodate help for specific events or on particular days, or on a longer term basis.
If you would like to volunteer for the Charity please contact Rachel on rachel@mollyolly.co.uk, setting out what your availability is.
In limited circumstances we can also offer work experience, although this is not possible during the current COVID pandemic.
Raise awareness
Molly Olly’s Wishes needs as many people as possible to talk about our Charity and the seriously unwell children that we help. The more people who know about us, the more funds we can hopefully raise. And even more importantly, the more families trying to deal with the horrendously difficult situation of having a child with a life-threatening illness hear about us, the more families can ask for help – every day 12 children are diagnosed with cancer and more with other rare and serious conditions and illnesses.
Every like, post, tweet/retweet or conversation you have about Molly Olly’s Wishes could be make the difference for a parent or child dealing with the most unimaginable circumstances.
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