VSO

Who runs ICS?

Where does your fundraising go?

Your funds help to ensure that we can continue to run the ICS programme, so that young volunteers from both the UK and developing countries can continue to work alongside one another on community projects. The more people we send the bigger impact we have on poverty.

Fundraising Ideas

Top Tips

• Set up a JustGiving page - www.justgiving.com/vso
• Join the Facebook group/sign up to a Facebook Live
• Start early - but wait for the go-ahead from us!
• Stay in regular contact with your FSO

Key Points

• Fundraising is compulsory:

no self funding

• Individual target:

must be reached before heading overseas

• Fundraising deadlines:

50% and 100%

Fundraising Support Officers:

Josh Owen

Amy McKee

Mahomed Khatri

Tried and tested ideas from

hundreds of ICS volunteers

Activities to fit your lifestyle

Facebook Lives

Weekly fundraising tips

Online Community

Support by phone, email, skype and text

ICS is led by VSO, in partnership with a select group of respected youth-led

development organisations.

My ICS Journey

3

2

1

Action

at Home

Overseas placement

Fundraising and

getting ready to go

To show your

commitment to ICS

To learn and

develop new skills

Why fundraise?

To raise awareness of ICS

Raise funds

for ICS

The Department for International Development (DfID) funds 90% of the ICS programme.

The other 10% is funded by volunteer fundraising.

Your place on the programme is already paid for, so make it clear to donors that the money you raise is not funding your trip (flights, visas, jabs etc).

Remember, as the funds you raise are not a payment for your place on ICS, should your availability or suitability to participate in ICS change they are not refundable.

Challenges

Food sales

Bonus

Funding

• Cake sale
• Dinner Party
• Lunches
• Coffee Morning

• Sports challenge
• £5 food challenge
• Personal challenge

• Rotary International
• Lions Club
• Jack Petchey Grant
• Women's Institute

Target reached!

Events

Bucket Collections

• supermarkets

• Pub Quiz
• Comedy Night
• Open Mic Night
• Movie Night
• Karaoke
• Dinner Party

• train stations

Fundraising

www.volunteerics.org

@ICS_UK

www.facebook.com/groups/ICS.fundraising

Challenge yourself

to change your world