Debbie- Fundraising

Whilst all the casting and rehearsals have been going on, we have still been trying to raise money for our film. Laura's workload was getting too much due to the commitments of the film and everything else, so I offered to organise the fundraising.

As well as the indiegogo campaign, and the money we were being generously given by our family and friends, I wanted to organise a bake sale and raffle, as well as organising a night at the SU. We had spoken about doing a Britpop night for a while because of our film's original connections to Jarvis Cocker and the band Pulp. So, I went to find out more about how this would work and what our limitations were.

The following is some conversation I had with Kelly Weston, the bar manager at UCA:

Kelly was incredibly helpful when it came to organising the SU night, but I had to deal with the head of catering when it came to the bake sale, and this included doing quite a few risk assessments and organising with caretakers for tables and such. However, we hosted the bake sale on the 22nd February, and the SU night was on the 29th February. 

We did some advertising for these events on the Farnham UCA Facebook page, as well as on our own Debbie Facebook page. I also made some posters for the events to advertise them more visually. Especially the SU night, with the posters being displayed around the SU:

Our fundraising efforts paid off quite nicely, our night was quite popular and was fun for us to be at as well as helping us raise money for the film. Laura supplied the music for the SU night and I supplied the cakes for the bake sale and the night, as well as organising the raffle. We managed to raise about £100 for the film, which really has helped us out alot.