*Wanted: 50 dog lovers to take the £50 pledge for Oldies Club this September*

If you would like to pledge to raise £50 for us next month, if you use Facebook, you can add your name/pledge in the comments under the Note – please click here – or alternatively email f@oldies.org.uk and we will add your name to the list (please advise if you’re happy for your full name to be included). We ask that however you choose to raise the money, you do it in September (though depending on what you do and when, we understand some money may come in a little later).

You are welcome to raise the funds by whatever means you prefer and we welcome creative ideas – providing it’s legal! Here are a few thoughts to hopefully inspire you:

~ Tell your family/friends/colleagues about Oldies Club and hold a collection

~ Take part in a sponsored event (supporters have previously run marathons/taken part in other organised runs/walks and also arranged walks, horse rides etc themselves)

~ Hold an event such as a quiz night, car boot sale, plant sale, coffee morning, cake sale or dinner party amongst family/friends or at your school, work, club

~ Sell your beautiful creations, such as jewellery, pottery, card

~ Donate the proceeds/a percentage from your pet-related (or any other) business. Perhaps you run a boarding kennels or dog-sitting business or are a dog groomer, trainer or pet photographer

~ Give up something for a week/month! Perhaps there’s a habit you’d like to quit – knowing you’re raising funds for older dogs can help you get going and then keep going when it’s a struggle! As examples, supporters have previously raised funds by: giving up chocolate for x days, lost weight, gone soap-free for a month, or had a vegetarian/vegan month.

If you are going to ask people to sponsor you, you can setup your own page via our Just Giving account – please click here – and then ask people to donate directly to that page. If you mention somewhere in the page info that it’s for the £50 pledge, that would be great. If you need any help setting up a JG page, please email f@oldies.org.uk. If you are collecting the money yourself rather than via a JG page, please email f@oldies.org.uk when you are ready to send us the money so that we can make a note of what you have raised and let you know how to send it to us :-)

Hopefully this explains everything, so, over to you all now … who’s going to pledge to raise £50 for our delightfully sugar-frosted oldies next month? :-)

Please make sure you let us know you’re taking part, so we can keep track, as best as possible, of the number of participants and the total raised :-)

Thank you,

The dogs (including Trixie Teefs, pictured) and volunteers at Oldies Club