Coffee Morning ?

Coffee Morning:

So due to the success of our previous coffee morning we thought what better way to raise money and meet some amazing people :)

 

We haven't set a date or in fact we know next to nothing

 but we do know that there will be delicious baked goods..... who could resist ....

 

So watch this space and the minute I know something ,
I will let the rest of you in as well  :)

 

Winners !!!

 

WE HAVE WINNERS!!!

 

So some of you may remember me harping on about a raffle weeks ago - two weeks ago exactly...

Well the raffle was conducted and we sold plenty of tickets raising money for the National Rehabilitation Hospital and our very own Prince Bosco drew the winners.

 

We had five winners overall who can collect their prizes on Thursday the 30th March in Dun Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology or IADT to the students. One of the Charity Up! members will contact you by either the email or phone number you provided.

 

Prizes can be chosen by the winner and its first come first served - So the sooner you get there the more prizes options there will be :)

If any of you are wondering what prizes there is in advance read my blog post called Raffle.

 

So keep an eye out over the next few days for an email or a text from us here at Charity Up!
You never know it could be you....

 

 

 

Bushy Park

Thank You !!!

Thanks to Paul and the good old Irish weather we sold plenty of cookbooks in Bushy Park Saturday the 25th March.

Those in the area may have seen our fashionable gazebo with Paul himself and the glorious sun, selling the cookbook and we had an amazing day. As you can see the park was busy with people having fun.

There was plenty of brilliant other stalls who were just as friendly and ready to lend a hand have a look at some fun photos he took of the amazing day :

Cherry Wood Business Park

 

 

So we braved the cold, wind and the rain to bring you the National Rehabilitation Hospital cookbook. :) 

 

 Charity Up! were in Cherry wood Business park on Wednesday the 22nd of March and we didn't let the old Irish weather dampen our spirits,

This is just a small thank you to everyone who helped us get set up in the park and especially Spar who gave us the use of their courtyard and materials without them we would have definitely blown away !!!!

 

Enjoy these wonderful pictures taken by Andrew from the day:

 

 

 

Attention !!!!!

 

Charity Up! will be having a pop up stall in Cherry Wood business park

We will be selling the National Rehabilitation Hospital cookbook, collecting donations but also answering any questions you may have :)

 

So come on down to Cherry Wood Wednesday the 22nd March 2017 between 12 and 3 even just to say hello or find out more about us

See you there...... 

 

 

Charity Up! at IADT Dragons Den:

Kick Start !!

As we are part of a business course in Dun laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology we got to take part in the Creative Dragons Den which IADT runs. We were presenting the idea of an application for martial artists and had some great feedback :)

The three formidable judges on the day were Sean Gallagher, Lisa Cunningham and Tom Shinkwin who were great at listening and providing amazing feedback.

With six groups in the competition each group had five minutes to give your pitch. As you can see above Prince who has been doing Taekwondo for 15 years and Paul for 15 minutes demonstrated a few exercises for the crowd. Sadly we didn't win but we enjoyed every second and were glad when a fellow classmate won

But don't worry guys we are going to be doing a entrepreneurship boot camp here in IADT in May for being finalists which promises to be great fun !!! 

Jame's Chicken and Broccoli Bake

Hey guys here's another tasty sample from the National Rehabilitation Cookbook this time its James who is a three year old patient who loves eating curry with his fingers :)

This delicious dish serves 4 lucky people! and its cooking time is 20 - 25 Minutes.

Its cooking temperature is 180 degrees Celsius or Gas mark 6  :)

Ingredients:

4 Chicken Breasts

1 teaspoon of curry power

1 small head of broccoli

2 tablespoons of mayo

1 can of Campbells condensed cream of mushroom soup

4 Oz of bread crumbs

4 Oz cheddar cheese

2 Oz butter (melted)

Method:

1. Cut chicken into bite sized pieces and fry in a teaspoon of oil until cooked.
2. Soften the broccoli in boiling water.
3. Mix mayo, curry powder and soup together.
4. Layer the chicken and broccoli in oven proof dish and pour the mayo mix on top
5. Mix the butter, breadcrumbs and cheese together and layer over the other ingredients
6. Bake in the oven.

This amazing has only 531 calories per serving so eat up everyone!!!!

Eimear's Thai Beef Green Curry

 

" Thai Beef Green Curry "

 

So for those of you who don't actually have the National Rehabilitation Hospital Cookbook but want a sneak peek enjoy todays special Thai Beef Green Curry ! So its the weekend everyone is hungry and you want something quick and easy well look no further .

 

So this is Eimear's recipe who works in the hospital she found it when she was traveling in Asia after completing college. This recipe serves 4 people, taking 15-20 minutes to cook and can be cooked on a medium hob temperature.

 

Ingredients:

 Curry paste

2 green chillies

1 small onion

Thumb sized piece of fresh ginger

Handful of fresh coriander

2 tablespoons of Thai fish sauce

4 cloves garlic

Half teaspoon of cumin seeds

Half teaspoon of coriander seeds

 

Curry

 

1 roughly chopped onion

1 roughly chopped garlic clove

750g sirloin steak or chicken

400ml can of reduced fat coconut milk

Fish Sauce

1 kaffir lime leaf or strip of lime zest

Selection of green vegetable - broccoli, green beans

Handful of fresh basil - roughly torn

Rice and a lime to serve.

 

 

Method:

•  Make the curry paste by whizzing all the ingredients in the food processor for 30 seconds
• Add oil to a pan on medium high heat and fry the onion and garlic until lightly brown
• Add steak or chicken and cook until it begins to brown
• Take the steak/chicken from the pan and place on plate.
• Add curry paste to pan with onion and garlic and cook for 5 minutes
• Add coconut milk, dash of fish sauce, lime leaf, and squeeze of honey.
• Return steak/chicken to pan and add green vegetables. Cook for another 5-10minutes at medium high heat.
• Add handful of fresh basil just before the end.
• Serve with rice and lime wedges, garnish with some leftover coriander.

 

 

 

The best bit about this recipe: Only 623 calories per serving. :)

Fundraising:

Charity Up!

 

 

Here at Charity Up! we believe that fundraising is one of the most rewarding and important part of a charity. Its can make the difference between your idea failing due to lack of support or most of the times funding.

We have had charities come to us before mumbling shame faced that they have very little money for fundraising due to other costs. However fundraising doesn't have to some big event it can be small, easy and cheap but reap big rewards.

The top tips on cheap fundraising:

•  Don't be afraid of approaching people - these can be shops in the local town ,churches, colleges most of the time these people want to help and if they cant donate money they can donate either their time or people.

• Communicate with these people often don't just go to them when you need something - this may sound odd or confusing but it can be as simple as emailing them or personally sending a Thank You letter for their support, mention how the resources was used this will encourage them to donate again.

• Study up on that charity law - There are different requirements, duties and responsibilities you have to know before you hit the pavement looking for funds. For example - permits and licenses.

• Keep it simple -  I have seen events where on the night the fundraising manager is pulling their hair out as the drinks haven't arrived or the food is late and they spend the rest of the night disappearing to fix one problem after another. My advice would be if your a beginner keep it simple - make a closed raffle and get your local town to donate items, do a movie night, speed dating or even just a coffee morning. All these things can be done with local help and efficiently which in turn improves your skills to plan those big events. :)

So overall fundraising isn't about making the biggest party you can to raise money and if it fails its not the end of the world. Look at it like this you can learn something new from the event be it networking, selling techniques, or even just discovering what people think about your mission.

 

But the most important part of fundraising is HAVE FUN !

So wear that silly hat, put on some tunes and mingle people :)

National Rehabilitation Cookbook

                          

Charity Up!

 

So I have finally realised after all this time of telling you how amazing and wonderful the National Rehabilitation Hospital cookbook is I hadn't even put the link up for you guys to buy your own .....

This is the cookbook itself :

It contains 85 recipes from sweet treats to fish to chicken and even meat - Each recipe was submitted by a member of staff or a patient with a bit of backstory to them.

 

 

Here's a few samples of the delicious recipes you can expect from the

cookbook:

 

     

 





 

Each book can be purchased at this web address: NRH Foundation 

 

• Books can be posted to customers abroad
• People in Ireland can pick up a copy in the National Rehabilitation Hospital coffee shop or can equally have them posted to them.
• Payments are taken in the form of : Cash, Bank Lodgement, Cheque or Online.

Each book costs 15 euro each

Raffle !!!!

Charity Up!

 

Good News Alert!!!!!

Monday the 6th @ 11am

 

We are actually having a raffle for the National Rehabilitation Hospital in Dun Laoghaire Institute Of Art, Design and Technology. But if that wasn't good enough for you can even purchase the NRH Cookbook for 15 euro yes I know were are letting you steal it from us ... :)

 

We have some amazing prizes for the raffle:

Weekends away

Dubray books

Everest Music Vouchers

Dunnes Clothes Gift cards

Men's Hair Co. Barber Shop Vouchers

Lidl Vouchers

And so much more.....

 

But that's not all !

Sure if our amazing raffle and cookbook don't tempt you we will also have some delicious cake .....

I mean who doesn't love a bit of cake - Ah go on now ....



 



Coffee Morning at the National Rehabilitation Hospital:

Charity Up!

One of our customers the National Rehabilitation Hospital had a coffee morning recently which was a huge success. 😊

All money raised was donated to the Valentine Fund:

What is the Valentine’s Fund?

Most patients, Adults & Children, who attend the NRH have had a sudden life altering illness or accident. Many are younger adults who are at an earlier stage in their life cycle in terms of having young children, dependent parents and high mortgages.  A considerable number of  working patients are unable to return to their previous job and are now dependent on Social Protection payments.  Parents of children attending the NRH are generally struggling to keep their financial situation on track while one parent has to stop working to be in the hospital with their sick child.  Given that the NRH is a national service, families often struggle to pay the costs to travel to and from the NRH and to pay for hidden costs of disability such as higher medical and heating bills and extra child care costs.  The economic situation has also meant that more families were struggling financially prior to the injury and that employers are less able to support in terms of paid leave.

The Funds raised so far have provided an opportunity for the social work department in the NRH to be responsive to individual and family needs in exceptional circumstances where no other resources may be accessible to them. As such, funds raised have directly benefited patients and families in very personal and practical ways.

The funds are used exclusively for the benefit of patients and their families within the NRH. The Social Work Department allocates funding on the basis of assessed need and inability to source funding through other statutory and voluntary bodies.

 

Have a look at some pictures taken at this delicious event:

 

                                   

            

 

                                                                                   

Other Platforms:

Charity Up!

 

So you may be interested in learning more about Charity Up!, wanting to get involved or even hear someone other then me prattling on for a change :) Well I have brilliant news for you Charity Up! lovers out there .......

 

WE HAVE MORE PLATFORMS !

 

That's right we have other platforms we have a lovely Google sites Website designed by our one and only Prince Bosco, then our fabulous Facebook and Twitter pages designed by the talented Paul and finally our stunning Instagram page designed by amazing Andrew. People interested in learning more about what we do or wanting just to have a chat should drop us a line on any of them.

 



Upcoming Events:

Charity Up !

Here at Charity Up! we are never happier then when we are working with a charity, so our members are usually not idle. If we aren't working with a charity then we are out at placements in other aid agencies - learning what the charities on the ground are thinking or working in college to improve the business aspect of our company.

Our upcoming events: (This list can change or be added to)

Date : 6th March 2017
Event: National Rehabilitation Hospital raffle and Cookbook selling
Location: Dun Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology Ireland

Date: 25th March 2017
Event: National Rehabilitation Hospital Cookbook selling
Location: Bushy Park Dublin Terenure Village Market Ireland

Date: To be decided
Event: National Rehabilitation Hospital Awareness and Fundraising
Location: Eastpoint Business Park Dublin Ireland

Date: To be decided
Event: National Rehabilitation Hospital Awareness and Cookbook Selling
Location: Cherrywood Business Park Dublin Ireland

Date: To be decided
Event: Recipe Demonstration/Tasting and Cookbook Selling
Location: Harvey Norman Rathfarnham Dublin Ireland

Why we do it?

Charity Up!

We run a wide range of events from launch parties to Pub quizzes to even the odd lunch time stall in local business parks. The events we run are catered to each charities needs and what they feel is important to them. Our belief is that no two charities are the same - this means no two of our events will be the same. :)

Why we do these events: We believe that every charity should have the right to promote themselves and their fundraising tools without paying a arm and leg - sounds simple right?

However promotional companies have to cover their costs when organising these events and sometimes as charities cant afford these fees they get left out in the cold....

And this is where we come in - Charity Up! has experience in a wide range of charities but also how to organise and promote events but the best bit is we don't charge more then charities can afford. So they can spend that money on more important things.

Happy charities means happy us :)

Our Clients: National Rehabilitation Hospital

National Rehabilitation Hospital:

The National Rehabilitation Hospital provides a wide range of specialist rehabilitation services to patients from all over Ireland who as a result of illness, injury or accident have acquired a physical or cognitive disability.

 

 

 

They have a range of services across the board in Brain Injuries (including strokes), Spinal Cord injuries, Prosthetic Orthotic and Limb absence and finally a Paediatric unit. They are the only hospital of their kind within Ireland.
 

The National Rehabilitation is also a registered charity called the NRH Foundation   who focuses on raising money towards specialists projects, equipment and research that would a make a large difference to the lives of the patients.

National Rehabilitation Hospital Cookbook Launch Party

 

NRH Event:

As one of our customers the National Rehabilitation Hospital came to us to promote their new fundraising tool. The NRH cookbook:



 

They have our bronze package so they received a free consultation on how to market and promote their book eventually deciding on a launch party in the hospital. We at Charity Up! organised their event and it was a huge success :)
We had Starbucks providing the party with hot chocolate and some pastries as well as the Dun Laoghaire Gazette taking some launch party pictures with a mention in the paper. Us here from Charity Up! were on hand that night to assist. On that night alone over 2000 Euro was made on cookbook sales. 

 

What We Offer:

Charity Up!

We offer a number of packages from the small ( Bronze) to the large (Gold) and our biggest one ( Platinum).

Each package offers a different variety of offers and at different prices - But have no fear if you don't want a package but only something once off  we can still cover your needs.

Our Packages:

• Bronze - 60.00 Euro-
• You will receive a - Free consultation, tailored event for purpose, local newspaper pictures and mention.

•  Silver- 90.00 Euro -  
• You will receive a - Free consultation, two weeks of tailored events for purpose, local newspaper pictures and mentions, link in with other charities 

• Gold - 130.00 Euro -
• You will receive a- Free consultation, month of tailored events for purpose, local newspaper pictures and mentions, link in with other charities and a recruiting service.

• Platinum - 160.00 Euro-
• You will receive a - Free consultation, two months of tailored events for purpose, local newspaper pictures and mentions, link in with other charities, recruiting service and a review on current and potential fundraising capability, looking at the long and short term revenue but also needs and advise on the fundraising mix.

Who are we?

Charity Up!

We are a new social enterprise that works with local charities in the area and all across Dublin. We provide professional marketing and selling skills packages to charities who wish to promote themselves or their fundraising products.

The social enterprise consists of four students who are in their third year a Bachelor degree in Applied Entrepreneurship in Dun Laoghaire's Institute of Art, Design and Technology. They are Carol Thornton, Prince Bosco Hakiza , Andrew Cronin and Paul Higgins.

All the members in our enterprise have volunteered in a number of different charities around Dublin - Saint Vincent's De Paul, Amnesty International and Aware to name a few.

We hold promotional events for example launch parties to showcase a new fundraising product or charity. We provide these charities with the assistance they need in planning, organising, marketing and financing these events.

 We have contacts in other businesses for example Starbucks who can provide refreshments for these events in return for promotional pictures.