Fundraising

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The Phone Co-Op

HMSA have joined up with The Phone Co-op, the UK 's only telecoms co-operative to offer three great deals to our supporters. This partnership will save you money and helps HMSA because we receive 6% of the ongoing value of your phone calls.

The Phone Co-op has devised a tariff structure to suit all types of telephone user. If you spend less than £10 per month on calls, their Home User tariff would be best, as it is 15% cheaper than BT's Option 1 . If you spend £10-£20 per month on calls, you should try the Evenings and Weekends call package. For just £3.99 per month, you'll get free evening and weekend local and national calls. Daytime calls cost 2.35p/min (local) and 2.94p/min (national). Alternatively, if you spend more than £20 per month on calls, you should choose Anytime at £9.99 per month and get free local and national calls anytime. Both Anytime and Evenings & Weekends have excellent international rates ( savings of 77% against BT ) and all three tariffs offer great value rates for calls to mobiles.

The Phone Co-op also offers high quality internet (£16.45/month) and Broadband (from £19.99) monthly packages with local call rate help lines and flexible contract options.  

For further details and to apply, please call 0845 458 9040 and make sure you quote “Affinity AF0315 HMSA” or click on the Co-op logo above .

All prices include VAT and are subject to change at any time.

Other Fundraising Ideas

We are often asked for ideas for fundraising activities. We have listed a few ideas to help you out. If you need sponsorship forms click here to email Jay.

• Afternoon tea (Put the kettle on and get baking. Entertain guests with raffles, auctions, tombolas and live music)
• Baked beans bath
• Barbecue
• Barn Dance (Swing into action by hiring a caller and traditional country band. Serve food and plenty of cider.)
• Book / comic sale (Sell old books collected from everyone you know. Book dealers may buy leftover stock.)
• Bouncy castle (A great way to keep kids entertained at bigger family events. Bouncing fee.)
• Car washing (Wash cars at shopping centre or office car parks)
• Charity push (Get sponsored to cover a set distance in a bed, shopping trolley, bathtub, wheelie bin etc)
• Coffee morning (It's open house for the morning. Make extra with raffles, bring and buy sales, cake stalls)
• Collecting things (e.g. waste paper, bottle tops, coins, stamps etc)
• Computer games knockout / Playstation play-off (Organise a league of players and compete on a certain game. Charge entrants)
• Dry cornflakes / cracker eating competition
• Eating marathon (Get sponsored to stuff your face with as many baked beans / grapes / pies etc as possible)
• Fireworks party (Weather permitting, firework displays are massive fundraisers. Check out safety precautions)
• Garage sale / Household sale (Sell off all your unwanted belongings)
• Junk mail (Collect all your junk mail and sell it to a recycling company)
• Mufti Day (Introduce dress down day at work. Colleagues pay a fee to leave their suits at home - or go for a theme, say, beachwear, dress in red)
• New Year's Eve dance / party
• One hundred club - raising £100 every week
• Pub games night (Stage a championship of traditional pub games - darts, skittles, dominoes, cards etc)
• Quizzes (If your local doesn't run a pub quiz, set one up. Test the regulars on pop trivia or sport)
• Raffle (Ask local firms to donate prizes and sell tickets. Check raffle laws with the HMSA)
• Recipe book (Publish favourite recipes from local restaurants and chefs)
• Recycling (Collect paper, aluminium, glass etc and sell to recycling companies)
• Safari supper (Travel from restaurant to restaurant, having a different course at each stop. Ask restaurants to support your efforts, but set cover charge to include all food together with your cut)
• Scoff-a-hotdog competition (e.g. 'who can eat two in the fastest time possible')
• Sit in a bath (Get sponsored to spend the day in a bath of beans / maggots / tea etc.)
• Sponsored silence (Mum's the word. Stay silent for as long as you can.)
• Swap shop (Put unwanted items in touch with loving homes. Charge swappers to participate)
• Swear box (Spend £1 for every $%*& uttered. Put a box at home, at work and at the pub.)
• Swimathon (Get sponsored per length, mile minute, hour...)
• Toy sale (In the run up to Christmas toy sales can be big fundraisers.)
• Unwanted presents (Arrange a post Christmas sale of unwanted gifts. Ask traders to donate a cut of their takings.)
• Who's that baby (everyone bring photos of themselves as babies).
• Wine and cheese (Ask supermarkets to donate the wine and cheese. Sell tickets and produce to take away).
• Wine tasting (Hold tasting sessions for wine companies . Charge commission on wine sold. Arrange raffle)