University of Essex Alumni & Friends matchfunded £250
By
Sophie vom Kolke
Colchester
We are aiming to raise at least £500 to help our members with the costs of new uniforms. We are getting new uniforms this year after some issues with our supplier last year. The uniforms will help us to adhere to the professional standard of the national competitions we compete at. It would be amazing to be able to reach this target and reduce the costs for our members!
The Essex Flames are a university cheerleading team and compete at national competitions every year. Many of our members have never done cheer before joining university and learned everything from scratch. In addition, we are a gold standard club for our exceptional charity and fundraising work. As a club, we really value giving back to the community and our members participate in multiple volunteering events throughout the year.
In 2018/2019 our club was awarded the RAG (Raising and Giving) Award for our fundraising efforts, as well as being shortlisted for Club of the Year. Our Pom and Lyrical teams are current national champions in their respective divisions and we hope to continue the success of our club this academic year.
We would like to reduce the uniform costs for our members which are currently around £120 per person. As students this is a lot of money to pay and it is really important to us that we can help our members with the cost and make cheerleading accessible for everyone.
Cheerleading requires a lot of dedication with our teams training multiple times a week including early morning training sessions closer to competitions. We understand extra-curricular alongside studying can be very demanding and we care about the wellbeing of our members which is why we like to do as much as we can to reduce the strain in them. For example, helping them with the costs of new uniforms. By being a donor, you will be able to support the wellbeing of our competitive teams and have a huge impact on the stress level of our members.
The money raise will be spend on reducing the costs of new uniforms for all our members.
By donating you will have the opportunity to get some really amazing rewards. Check them under the Rewards section.
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Twitter: @TheEssexFlames
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You don not need to donate to be able to help us! Even sharing our project on social media would be so useful and as a team, we would be really grateful!
Select this reward if you just want to donate to the project without receiving a reward.
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personalised thank you message
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Estimated delivery: 1 November 2019
Be entered into raffle to win a ticket for our showcase
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Estimated delivery: 1 November 2019
2 tickets to our annual showcase
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Estimated delivery: 1 March 2020
personalised thank you video
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Estimated delivery: 1 December 2019
personalised thank you video and shoutout on our social media
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Estimated delivery: 1 December 2019
1 Ticket to watch us compete in University Nationals
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Estimated delivery: 1 January 2020