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How to organise an event

Every year hundreds of people get involved with events organised by supporters of Book Aid For Africa.

BAFA depends on volunteers and kind-hearted people to send books to Africa and other deprived areas. Our volunteers are our champions. We will endeavour to give all of our champions the support and acknowledgement they need to help raise funds Book Aid for Africa. Where possible a BAFA trustee will be happy to support your event. Below are some guidelines that we have put together but if you would like more help or advice please call 7504 621835 or e-mail [email protected] to see how we can help you with your event organisation.

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Understand, evaluate and investigate

Think of who will want to take up your fundraising initiative -the people who will end up spending their hard earned money on whatever it is you are offering. What do they like to do? What sort of event will make them tick? Think about the different options that would be popular and investigate if any similar fundraising events have happened recently. Be innovative and come up with something new.

Keep things simple and make it fun

 

Remember, the simpler anything is, the less likely it is to fail. Be realistic about what is achievable and about what will be a fun thing to participate in. People like having fun, organisers and participants alike, and that simple fact needs to be born in mind at all times.

Plan properly

We’ve all heard the old saying about the best-laid plans of mice and men, but don’t let that put you off. Get people on board who’ve done it before, or who are involved with planning as part of their job. Be systematic and document what needs to happen, when it needs to take place and who is going to do it. Proper planning pays dividends in more ways than one.

Consider others

Remember that people work in different ways and have different ways of getting to the same end result. Empower people to take ownership and make things happen their own way. A dictatorial approach will get you no-where, irrespective of your desire to achieve, so be collaborative and work with your team.

Price things reasonably

Pricing is all-important; the objective, after all, is to raise funds for BAFA. Pricing should encourage consumer spending and not prohibit it. People like the idea of value for money, even for charitable events, so think things through and discuss your pricing plans with others to get a handle on what prices the market will consider reasonable.

Two heads are better than one

We all have experiences of making things happen under our belts, whatever job we do, or have done in the past. A problem shared is a problem halved, so involve others and don’t try and organise in splendid isolation. People enjoy being part of a solution, so help them release their energy and make things happen together.

Learn for the future

When the great day has been and gone and you’ve counted the takings and transferred the money to BAFA, there’s just one final job to be done. Reconvene your team; thank them once again for their hard work, and then brainstorm what went well and what could be done better next time. Fundraising is fun and you will want to do it all over again, so jot the learning points down for next time and post them on your fundraising page so that others can benefit from them.
 
And then you can finally relax, until next time…!

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A word from BAFA’s Chairperson Elewechi Ngozi Modupe Okike

A word from BAFA’s Chairperson Elewechi Ngozi Modupe Okike
Book Aid for Africa (BAFA) is a UK registered Charity that is making a difference in the educational landscape in Africa and within local communities in the North East of England. At BAFA we believe education should be a right and not just a privilege for the deprived children of Africa, and within local communities.

 

BAFA is the product of recognising the grave educational plight of Africa and deprived communities in the North East of England, and our willingness to make a difference. At BAFA, we are improving the quality of education, by providing good quality books to under-resourced libraries in parts of Africa and local communities in the North East of England, and by making books and other educational resources available to schools and colleges.

 

We work with reputable organisations and agencies in Africa and local communities in the North East of England, to identify areas of need and coordinate the distribution of shipments to Africa, as well as distribution within the local communities. We appoint representatives throughout Great Britain who coordinate the collection and packaging of books and other educational resources, for shipment to Africa, and for distribution to communities in the North East that need them.

 

We also recruit volunteers to work in our main office in Sunderland and raise funds to assist with the shipment of the collected materials.

It is over 10 years this year that we have been making a difference in Africa’s educational landscape. During this period, we have sent over 250,000 educational books to different countries in Africa. These books have been used to equip desolate libraries across all levels of education in Africa, and have made a substantial contribution to the quality of educational provision in different African communities

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