Charity campaign
proposal
Collect money from donors and sponsors in order to allow
underprivileged children, inc children in care, foster children, children in
families who receive benefits and use food banks, children with learning and
physical handicaps who wouldn’t normally use our facilities the chance to
bypass the cost barrier to entry.
As we are an independent charity who needs entry fees to pay
for the rent, wage bill and upkeep of the museum it’s not possible to give free
entry to children and families who don’t have the disposable income to spend on
a ticket to Brighton Toy and Model Museum. While these children and families
are the very ones who would get most out of and enjoy a fun day out at our
museum, they are kept out by our need to make enough money to keep the doors
open. It is therefore my proposal that we should approach individuals and
organisations in order to collect a Fund which is dedicated to the inclusion of
otherwise excluded members of our community.
I see the Fund being spent in several ways depending on the
success of the campaign to raise funds and the children we see as most fit to
benefit from the Fund.
1, To simply pay the price of a family ticket to applicants
from the care services for children and their adult. (research will be required
to identify care homes, foster homes & foster families, making them aware
of this opportunity)
2, To broaden the scope of our target audience to include
children with special needs who would enjoy a day out in an environment suited
to their needs, ie, we have wheelchair access, but some forms of autism require
quiet/low stimulus areas in order to be comfortable. (May require opening when
the Museum is normally closed. Pay volunteers to come in on their day off out
of The Fund?)
3, Broaden our scope further to include children of families
on a low income who can’t afford ‘luxuries’ such as a visit to our museum. Simple
leaflets & posters in the food bank should suffice if they have an
application on the bottom which parents can fill in. Copy should be worded to
avoid stigma or embarrassment.
4, Look into the possibility of using the Fund to pay for inviting
paid guests to speak exclusively to
members of above mentioned sectors of our community. Initial invitees could
include people we know enjoy the museum, such as Chris Riddell, author and
illustrator, to give a class on drawing. Jane Hissey, author of the Old Bear
Stories to give a class on creative writing, etc.
