The Wings of Hope Achievement Award Welcome Pack

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The Wings of Hope Achievement Award Welcome Pack
Recognising and Rewarding Student Fundraising
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Sponsored by and in association with
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A unique fundraising award

• Designed BY students FOR students
• Ripening essential skills
• Recognising talent, spark and ingenuity
• Rewarding the work of our students

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Mar/April 09 (date TBC) Stage 4 Annual Awards
Ceremony
Award Timeline
Mar 09 (date TBC) Stage 3 Semi final at the
House of Lords
Feb 22nd 09 Stage 2 Submit Snapshots project
Skills workshops
Oct 19th 08 Stage 1 Deadline for online
registration
Fundraising
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Award categories Most innovative fundraiser What
makes your fundraising method a cut above the
rest? But be careful, are your ideas too
ambitious to implement? Raised the most
awareness Have you communicated to an outside
audience about your fundraiser, and the Wings of
Hope Charity, through posters, pamphlets or even
appearing in the local news? Dont make the
headlines for the wrong reasons! Best
presentation Did your snapshots project, and semi
final presentation grab the attention of the
panel? Was your delivery powerful and dynamic?
But, be sure to be concise and to get your point
across Raised the most funds Have you exhibited
powers of negotiation and initiative? Bear in
mind that this award shall only be given to those
who have demonstrated a substantial element of
endeavour Best Overall Have you got that
wow-factor? Remember that you should try
to excel in all fields, and not narrow your focus
to one award. The judges will be deciding which
entrants win specific awards
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What you have to do Between October 19th 08 and
February 22nd 09 is your fundraising time Be as
cool, creative and crazy as you like. Here are a
few ideas to help you get off the
ground Please be mindful of health and
safety and keep your WOHAA liaison teacher
involved. Also make sure your fundraising is
feasible and can be done before the Snapshots
project deadline For more information on this
check our www.thewingsofhope.org or
www.wohaa.co.uk
School fetes, Charity auctions, Themed music
nights Dance-offs, Battle of the Bands, School
rave (!) -athons, car-wash-athons, chess-athon
Magazines, Cook books, Newspapers Sports days,
Bagging groceries Tutoring
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• Execution of ideas
• It is important to have regular team meetings to
  springboard new ideas and to monitor progress
• It could be useful if team members had specific
  roles treasurer, publicity, logistics etc.
• Keep the communication going within the team,
  and with the liaison teachers e-mails, notices
  in pigeon-holes, phone-calls, coffee mornings,
  breakfast meetings, training sessions down the
  gym !
• When planning for your fundraising event(s) you
  may encounter some disappoints, e.g. someone who
  has promised to arrange a DJ for a school disco
  has had to cancel at the last minute, or
  something was too expensive to organise. In order
  to minimise these, you should keep a record of
  your activities this will also help you with
  your Snapshots project
• Throughout the process there will (hopefully) be
  a lot of petty cash flowing. How could you handle
  this? Open a bank account? Have a cash box?
• It would also be good to publicise your
  fundraising event (s), at school, in your
  community and maybe even in the national press

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Skills workshops PricewaterhouseCoopers, one of
our main sponsors, have designed some skills
workshops just for you These skills workshops
have been put together by professionals, and you
should really make the effort to attend them.
They will help you with your WOHAA project, your
university applications and interviews It will be
very useful for you to attend these workshops.
Check out the website and your e-mails for
details of the workshops. Availability is on a
first-come-first basis
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Fundraising During your Fundraising Have a
laugh, be creative and enjoy yourselves Make
sure you take lots of photos, and keep the funny
ones for the Snapshots project
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Snapshots Project Feb 22nd 2009
We want you to snapshot all your highs, your
lows, your team dynamics, your fundraising
activities and the skills you have learnt and
developed through this project. Again, this
project can be as inventive as you like, be it as
a documentary, a video diary, a booklet, a
PowerPoint presentation or even as a song or rap
- unleash that creative side! You will also need
to get your teachers and parents to write
reference letters for your group detailing
their experience, how you have developed and what
you thought about the Wings of Hope. These will
need to be made out to Mrs. Rajni Sriram FRSA at
the address below Ensure that when you send in
your project, you also send in a cheque made
payable to the Wings of Hope, to this
address Wings of Hope, Supreme House, 12 Iron
Bridge Close, Great Central Way, London, NW10 0UF
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Snapshots Project Feb 22nd 09contd
It is very important to meet this deadline,
February 22nd 2009, as it will also form part of
the judges decision. Also, we love looking at
your pictures of Fundraising. If you could send
us 10 good quality pictures of your fundraising
activities, then they could be used on our
marketing material. Please send these pictures
in a zip file, so that they do not clog up our
inboxes! Alternatively, we may set up a public
domain website which you can upload your pictures
onto. Watch out for e-mails about this. After
the judges review these, semi finalists will be
invited to the House of Lords to give a
presentation to our Judging Panel
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Semi final at the House of Lords in March 2009

• We thought it would be cool for you to see the
  House of Lords in action, and so we have arranged
  for you, as a token of our appreciation, to get a
  personal tour
• After that you will be invited to give a small
  presentation to our guest panellists high
  profile individuals from business, sport,
  politics, and journalism (check out the panel on
  our website)
• You should aim to deliver a 5 minute presentation
  to our panellists, about your team, how you
  performed, your fundraisers, and what you got out
  of it
• Panellists will then have a 2 minute QA session
  with you about your project
• The panellists have been invited specifically
  because they have been successful in their chosen
  field this is a unique opportunity for you to
  interact and get tips from our special guests

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Semi final at the House of Lords in March 2009

• It is important that you follow instructions as
  to what format you bring your computer
  presentation in.
• If you are a Semi-finalist, please read the
  e-mail sent to you carefully. You must also
  inform your teacher if you have come through to
  the Semi-final, as you may miss a morning or
  afternoon of school

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• Final
• Finalists will then be invited to the
• Annual Awards Ceremony
• in late March or early April.
• Here youll be able to relax, let your hair down
  and soak up the atmosphere. Winners will be
  announced, and trophies will be presented
• Remember all entrants will receive a certificate.
• The venue or date has not been decided for the
  final yet, so please check your e-mails for
  further details
• However, it is most likely that the event will be
  held in Central London.

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• Winners trip to India
• Dates for this trip will be released soon. The
  all expenses paid trip is organised very
  carefully to take in consideration health and
  safety and travel conditions.
• Read about the previous winners diaries on our
  website for more information about the trip.

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Remember that through your fundraising you
could make a real difference
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1,200 a row
3,600 a classroom
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a year
a school
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Work experienceYoull also be winning unique
work experience with some of our sponsors and
associates, and more cool work experience
programmes are in the pipelineNext, youll be
able to find out a little bit more about the
organisations associated with this award
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PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) is one of the
worlds largest professional services
organisations, providing clients - businesses,
charities and even governments, with the help
they need to measure their financial performance
and improve the way they work. We offer an
exciting range of careers from Gap Year
placements and Summer Internships to graduate
training opportunities. http//
www.pwc.com/uk/eng/careers/main/index.html
Fund-raising activities undertaken by students,
for the Wings of Hope Childrens Charity, counts
towards the Service Section of the Duke of
Edinburghs Award (as long as the students
concerned are fulfilling the full time commitment
and criteria as laid out in the Duke of
Edinburghs Award Guidelines). www.theaward.org
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Saatchi Saatchi or the ideas company as they
are often referred to is one of the most famous
advertising agencies in the world. The company
has a global network of 153 offices in 83
countries and its clients include some of largest
and most dynamic companies in existence, they
claim that Everything we do is driven by our
core belief that Nothing is Impossible
www.saatchi.co.uk
Occupying a dominant position in the quality
Sunday Newspaper market the Sunday Times
circulates around 1.3 million issues every week.
Owned by the media magnet Rupert Murdoch the
paper remains one of the most well respected
media outlets in the UK. www.sunday-times.co.uk
The House of Lords is the Upper House of
Parliament www.parliament.uk
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One of UKs largest and most famous retailers,
The Co-op has been a feature of daily British
life for decades www.co-op.co.uk
Is one of the top IT consultancy practices in the
world. The Tata group is one of the largest in
the world, owning brands such as Jaguar, the Tata
Nano car and Titan watches www.tcs.com
A prominent designer label, starting out in the
UK on Londons fashionable Jermyn Street, Charles
Tyrwhitt has now branched out, with an ever
increasing range and 8 stores in top locations
worldwide www.ctshirts.co.uk
A leading Engineering firm, with notable projects
ranging from the Sydney Opera House to the Angel
of the North. www.arup.com
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Supreme Creations is the UKs largest
eco-friendly packaging retailer. They
manufactured the iconic Tesco jute bags, Boots
Gorgeous canvas bag, and the Co-Op cotton bag.
They have transformed the UK grocery and retailer
market by pioneering the No to Plastic Bags
movement, that has been so prominent in the press
today. www.supreme-creations.co.uk
JCPR is one of the most iconic PR agencies in the
UK. It embarked upon transforming several
household brands Daewoo, Dove, and the Green
Peace Anti-Fur campaign. She also helped with the
Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen twins brand along with
the transformed Marks Spencer
brand. www.jcpr.com
Rewarding everyday spending with travel
experiences. www.airmiles.co.uk
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We hope this Welcome Pack has been useful for you
and given you some ideas, and tips

• If you have any questions e-mail
  info_at_thewingsofhope.org or check our website for
  the latest information
• www.thewingsofhope.org or www.wohaa.co.uk
• Be go-getters, rise up to the challenge,