Fundraising
Read all about the work others have done and find inspiration for raising money for Through the Roof. We'd love to hear your ideas and stories, so please do contact us.
We are now able to accept donations via text. To make a text donation to Through the Roof's general work, please text ROOF22 followed by £ and the amount you wish to donate (eg ROOF22 £15) to 70070. If you wish to donate to one of Through the Roof's programmes, please use ...
We are delighted to announce that Flowstore Systems Ltd will be helping to support our Wheels for the World programme. Staff, moved by images of disabled people crawling on the ground, have responded to the need for wheelchairs in Africa and will be getting down to some serious fundraising ...
Jazz Cafe with The Tim Boniface Jazz Quintet Enjoy an evening of jazz on Saturday 10 December at 7.30pm at St George’s Christian Centre, Ashtead, KT21 2DA. £12 per ticket (£8 students). Bring your own drinks and nibbles. Raising money for Wheels for the World. For tickets and more details contact St ...
Thank you to everyone who took part, worked hard and/or attended the Ashtead garden party for Wheels in August. Tea, cake and scones were eaten, and cosmetics, jewellery and scarves were sold. The event has raised over £540 for Wheels' work, and was a great afternoon for everyone ...
Each academic year, City of London Freemen’s Junior School, in Ashtead, Surrey, supports a charity. The charities are presented by the pupils and voted for by the pupils. Six young ladies, Stephanie Elstub and her sister Emily and school friends Grace, Alicia, Olivia and Emily, gave a Powerpoint presentation of ...
Everyone's welcome to a Summer Garden Party to be held in Ashtead (Surrey) on Friday 26th August from 2.00pm. There will be tea, cakes, scones and items for sale, all raising money for Wheels for the World. Tickets £5 (in advance) - please contact Karen for tickets / further details 01372 ...
Meike Currie took part in the London to Brighton cycle ride on June 19th, raising over £500 for Wheels for the World. She cycled the route in 5 hours and 45 minutes, and managed to avoid all but one minute of rain. If you'd like to contribute to ...
Help provide justice, dignity and hope for disadvantaged people and raise funds for TTR at the same time! Just Cards Direct sell beautiful cards for all occasions, at reasonable prices, some with a Bible verse. Many of the cards are made by community projects in Africa. Often these projects provide the only ...
Through the Roof’s stall at Ashtead Village Day in June raised £897 for Wheels for the World. Fantastic prizes, donated from many attractions around Surrey enticed villagers to participate in the treasure hunt and many soft toys were given new homes as children spun a wheel to win a ...
Save £1 a day for the 40 days of Lent and help transform the life of a disabled person overseas! Saving £1 a day for the 40 days of Lent works out to be just the right amount to sponsor a wheelchair for our Wheels for the World programme. We're hoping ...
Through the Roof is pleased to learn that Stardust Big Band will be holding a Charity Tea Concert in aid of Wheels for the World at Ruislip Manor Methodist Church, Torrington Rd, Ruislip Manor, HA4 0AS on Saturday, 29th January 2011 from 5pm-8pm. Tickets at £3 each will be available from ...
While the Wheels team were busily fitting wheelchairs in Nyeri, Kenya, the Ashtead fundraising team were raising money, this year totalling £643.09, at the Worldwide Charities Fair at St George’s Christian Centre. Michael from the TTR office manned the awareness stand while the team of faithful volunteers ...
Delicious home baked scones and cakes were enjoyed at the Ashtead Wheels for the World Summer Garden Party this year, raising £521.50 for 'Wheels' distributions. The marquee was buzzing with conversation as tea was served by the faithful team of helpers. Raffle prizes were drawn, giving the winners ...
We've produced a small collecting box that you can print, cut and fold for your own uses. You can download it by following this link.
Geoff Mace from Worcester Park recently ran, swam and biked a Triathlon to raise money for Wheels4Haiti. The event was a Sprint Triathlon, consisting of a 400 metre swim, followed by a 20 km cycle and then a 5km run. Geoff ran successfully, raising £500, though, as you ...
Members of the Friends of Jesus group, Holy Trinity Church Redhill, have not allowed their own learning disabilities to prevent them from helping other disabled people. The group spent several months planning their 'Amazing Grace' fundraising evening which was held in June to raise money for TTR's Wheels for the ...
Meike Currie has been involved with Wheels for the World for many years. Since 2000, she's been to Albania, South Africa and many times to Kenya, working fitting chairs and seeing the lives of individuals and whole families changed through a wheelchair, the offer of a Bible and the ...
Chris Grayling, MP and Shadow Home Secretary (at the time of writing), recently helped Christian disability charity Through the Roof launch an appeal for wheelchairs for Haiti. Speaking at an event supported by the Horton Golf Club in Epsom, Surrey on the 26th March, he encouraged attendees to support ...
The pupils at Greville Primary School in Ashtead have raised £430 for 'Wheels 4 Haiti', a fund set up within Through the Roof's overseas programme 'Wheels for the World'. The monies raised by the school will sponsor ten much need wheelchairs. Pupils created collages of coins they collected to raise money for ...
Do you have the Will to change the Future? Do consider leaving a bequest to Through the Roof in your Will. A bequest to Through the Roof also includes the work of Disabled Christians Fellowship and Wheels for the World. Why write a Will? We all need to be good stewards of our money ...
Middlesex tennis coach, Danny Sitton, recently battled through exhaustion and pain to raise £2500 for Integr8 – the disability youth programme of Through the Roof, and at the same time claimed an unofficial world record for tennis coaching of 32 hours non-stop. The event took place at the LTA’s National Tennis ...
Organising a Fundraising Event Case study of a successful fundraising event by Karen Goodridge ‘Safari Supper’ Before the event Pray. Get a team together to take on the tasks. (Don’t do everything yourself!) Decide what the event is raising money for (eg. To pay towards a Wheels trip or a DCF Holiday). Decide on a date. Ask 2 ...
