Organise a local event You could organise a coffee morning, or a car boot sale for example. A hospital outpatients department held a second-hand book sale in their department. They sent BSA £100 donated by patients and staff. 'Hammer the stammer' concert. A playgroup held a coffee morning. It decided it wanted to donate the money raised to BSA, "as we think your work is wonderful and it has helped so many children". A sixth-former who stammers organised a 'Hammer the Stammer' concert which raised over £200 for BSA.

More ideas and examples Burnley Pendle & Rossendale support group raised £300 for BSA through producing and selling a calendar. Do you sell on ebay? You can donate part of your sale proceeds to BSA - go to ebay's ebayforcharity pages. Having completed 100 hours of voluntary work an employee was eligible to nominate a charity to receive £250 from his employer. He chose BSA - his wife is a specialist speech and language therapist who appreciated the work done by the association. Therapists and clients and East Lancashire PCT raised money through producing and selling Christmas cards drawn by children who stammer, and having a BIG cake bake at a staff meeting We received a cheque from therapists at a children's speech and language therapy department, who had decided to make donations instead of sending Christmas cards. Gifts in memoriam, in place of flowers at a funeral. Justgiving has an option to create a fundraising web page to allow friends and relatives to donate easily online.

Birthdays and other special occasions On the 50th birthday of a BSA member, his brother gave him a cheque to BSA. At a wedding, the couple requested that half the collection be given to BSA. Instead of presents at a birthday or anniversary, you could ask for donations to BSA. Justgiving lets you create a fundraising page so that people can donate easily online.