Building peace. Piece by piece.
Help raise vital funds.
Your time and talents could be just what we need to help raise local peacebuilders vital funds. There are lots of ways you could raise money and every penny is important. Here are just some of the ways you could get involved with fundraising for peace.
Gifts of Peace
Why not celebrate a special occasion by asking your loved ones to give a gift of Peace in your honour?
We’ll send your friends and family an email notifying them of your wishes along with frontline peacebuilding stories to illustrate the life saving work their gift will be supporting.
Get in touch via info@peacedirect.org
Alternatively if you are looking to give an extra special gift then why not see a loved one become part of a peacebuilders world by signing them up as a sponsor?
They:
- Get to choose what peacebuilder to support; the one that inspires them the most.
- Get to be part of a peacebuilder’s world for 12 months with regular emails, films and photos.
- Receive a special pack containing a letter from the peacebuilder and illustrated guide to the project,
- Receive a gift pack of 12 postcards featuring images of peace around the world.
You:
- Pay just ten pounds a month. Every single penny of that goes directly to the project.
- Know that you are making a difference and that vital and urgent peacebuilding work can continue thanks to your generosity,
- Receive a gift pack of 12 postcards featuring images of peace around the world taken especially for Peace Direct.
- Have the option of receiving regular emails, films and photos form the field.
Ebay
Create your own Peace Direct charity shop online! Now you can donate a percentage of your eBay sales to Peace Direct and support the work of local peacebuilders in hot conflict areas. While listing your item on eBay simply choose to donate anything from 10 to 100% of the sale to Peace Direct. For more information about selling on eBay for Peace Direct click here.
Alternatively if you are not an eBay seller but have items cluttering the house that you think could generate funds do send them into us and we’ll sell them for you. There’s a reason why one person’s junk is another’s treasure! You will find almost anything for sale on eBay so don’t be shy, but items that are traditionally never short of interest include
- Art, antiques, coins, and other collectibles
- Books, CDs, DVDs, and video games
- Celebrity signed and /or designed memorabilia
- Clothing, shoes, and accessories
- Computers and electronics
- Sporting goods and memorabilia
- Unique experiences (for example, a “meet and greet” with a celebrity)
Everyclick
Everyclick is a new search engine that raises money for charity, every time you search the web. It works just like other major search engines but it also generates cash for charity without costing you or us a penny! All the revenue comes from advertising fees so every time you perform a search be gleeful in the knowledge that you are raising more and more money for Peace Direct. . . To register click here and set it as your new homepage.
Little Peace Box
We’ve created our very own little peace box which you can download and quickly assemble yourself. It takes minutes to make and then you will have very own personal collection box to start off loading all your change into.
To Assemble
Print on Landscape.
Cut out the external white area.
Fold all the edges.
Glue the flaps.
And voila, your very own Peace Box.
Why not set yourself a particular challenge for filling it? It could be . . .
Your office swear box – improve your colleagues’ vocabulary and keep the language clean.
Your biscuit abstention box – reward yourself every day you don’t indulge in a custard cream.
Your tea making box – charge colleagues 50p for tea making runs.
Your chore box - Offer housework in exchange for donations.
Your practical peace box – Every month we send out our Practical Peace e-Newsletter. It’s brimming with practical suggestions to bring peace into your daily life. Why not pick a few and make a serious commitment to achieving them, each time you do one thing to make your day more peaceful put a pound in the box.
Then when it’s full and brimming with gold and silver, send us in the cash or a cheque for the amount you’ve raised.
