Comments for Amnesty Student Raise-Off

10 years on: Read our Guantanamo report

Emerson — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 11:47:33 +0000

Action taken: 10 years on: Read our Guantanamo report

Read our 'Year of Rebellion' report

Emerson — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 14:35:12 +0000

Action taken: Read our 'Year of Rebellion' report

Read The Forgotten Prisoners

MaryAlex — Fri, 27 May 2011 15:42:52 +0100

Action taken: Read The Forgotten Prisoners

Comment by Party Animal

Party Animal — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 12:21:19 +0000

Party Animal said:

I hear Amnesty supporter Dawn organised an event at a High School with an Elvis impersonator! She charged £12 for tickets and food for the buffet was donated by 'Greggs'. She raised nearly £1000 and won one of Amnesty's 'Soap and Glory' gift sets!

Another winner was a supporter in London who raised over £2000 with an Amnestea event!

Lily in London had an event with a 'Seven Deadly Sins' theme. "Everyone was assigned a sin which they had to dress up as (we had pajamas for sloth, giant human cupcakes for gluttony and the hulk for wrath, to name a few!) and each room of the house was decorated as one sin", she told us.

So think outside the box for your AmnesTEAs - and it could be an event to remember for years to come!

Meanwhile check out our Amnestea pages and Flickr slideshow - http://www.amnesty.org.uk/content.asp?CategoryI...

Comment by Party Animal

Party Animal — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 11:28:27 +0000

Party Animal said:

Here are some tips from a recent workshop...

*Get things donated or at a discount, like the venue or refreshments.

*Try and link the campaign to the event - dress code could be relevant ie red. yellow and black clothes for a 'Shell Hell' event

*Refreshments as an add-on to any event - people always want a snack, whether your event is a club night, comedy event or just letter-writing.

*Social events - everyone can get something out of these.

*using the contacts and skills of the group - play to your strengths. If someone is a dab hand with a paintbrush, have them make a banner. If they can crunch the numbers, put them in charge of the accounts!

*Keep it convenient - have a location handy for everyone, and time the event so that people can come straight from work, school, ot lectures.

Comment by Party Animal

Party Animal — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 11:12:47 +0000

Party Animal said:

Club nights are always a brilliant way to make a lot of dollar! Some of the best we've heard recently are:

*Portsmouth Uni are always good at throwing amazing parties, with their 'JAmnesty' nights - including one recent night linked in with the 'Shell Hell' campaign in which people were invited to attend smeared in gunge.

*Manchester Uni are also a dab hand at putting on an event - they have a regular night called 'Unshackled' at the Ram and Shackle: Music, dancing, face-painting, henna and oh-so-much-more! Their most recent event made £820.00! Well done!

*Aberystwyth Uni ran 'Boogie Rights': a club night in aid of AIUK with music provided by the university's dance and rock music societies.

So, what are the ingredients for a good club night?

Comment by Party Animal

Party Animal — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 10:46:57 +0000

Party Animal said:

All you lovely students have really got into the swing of things - you've collectively raised nearly £6,000 already. Six grand! Topping the leaderboard is the University of Liverpool, who've raised £1,400 with a gig and donations. Still, it's early days yet - plenty of time to topple the mighty Liverpool...

...and, love it or loathe it, Valentine's Day will soon be upon us. Whether students are interested in Amnesty or not, they are certainly interested in each other, so why not capitalise on all those warm and fuzzy feeling by organising a Valentine's Dance - or how about a Speed Dating event?

Make it a sponsored event or charge for tickets; sell the young lovers cupcakes or flowers... Could this be the start of something beautiful?

anyone got any other ideas for Valentine's fundraising? Love is a human right!

Comment by 01tottenhamj

01tottenhamj — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 20:23:54 +0100

01tottenhamj said:

At Reading, we had a protect the human party in our student union nightclub. We decorated our club in Amnesty stuff and had a stall out the back to give out Amnesty materials. We managed to raise money for Amnesty as well as get people to join our student group. It was great and I would recommend it to anyone else thinking of doing the same thing.

Comment by Party Animal

Party Animal — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 14:37:32 +0100

Party Animal said:

Raise-off 2010 has now started! Some of you won't be back at uni yet but once you are, don't forget to register!
There were some truly amazing events last year- let's not forget Cambridge's FACE fashion show (Fashion Amnesty Corporation Ethics), the University Challenge style quizzes, or even human rights-themed ones, thriathlons, art auctions and more..

Comment by Fred the FUN-raiser

Fred the FUN-raiser — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 14:58:35 +0100

Fred the FUN-raiser said:

Glasgow Uni were extra clever and kick started their raise-off with our Protect the Human week, which conveniently falls near the start of term (17-23 October). The week is all about raising funds and awareness of Amnesty's work and Glasgow Uni did just that- holding talks, linking education to human rights as well having a party with local bands and DJs. What a great start to their raise-off, no wonder they did so well!

Comment by Party Animal

Party Animal — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 12:02:45 +0100

Party Animal said:

Cambridge University have taken the prize for the second year running for best fundraisers having raised £5,469.75 through a range of activities including an incredible Fashion Show, sponsored letter writing, comedy events and a publicity stunt

Comment by Party Animal

Party Animal — Thu, 14 May 2009 11:04:06 +0100

Party Animal said:

Glasgow University are still at the top of the league table having raised over £2,400.

With less than one month until the deadline, who will be the best fundraisers, the most regular fundraisers, and the most creative fundraisers?

Comment by Party Animal

Party Animal — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 10:14:42 +0000

Party Animal said:

That's a fantastic idea! It could raise lots of money and awareness too. Would be good to have some of the campaign cards on display there too so everyone could learn more about Amnesty and what they do.

What does everyone else think?

Comment by stardropsandlemons

stardropsandlemons — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 20:28:27 +0000

stardropsandlemons said:

A cake sale is a great way to raise some funds.
Get all your friends to bake a cake sell them by the slice at your school.
You could hold a raffle for special cakes and have a competition for the yummiest cake!

mmm.. my mouth is watering at the thoughts of it!

;.)