The first step is to let as many people as possible know about your appeal.
- Using the press release
and letter to parents
is a great way to get the word out about your Recycling Appeal. Contact your local newspapers and radios
stations and ask them to help you publicise your appeal.
- We also provide you with posters to promote your appeal. Try asking parents, friends and relatives to put the posters up at work.
- If you have a website use our web banner to let all your visitors know that they can donate their old
phones and cartridges to raise funds for your unit.
The more people who are collecting for you, the more money your unit will make.
- Sign up as many local businesses as you can. This is the best way to boost your collections as businesses go through much larger volumes of product than individuals.
Use the letter to businesses to let
them know how they can help your appeal, sending it to parents' and families' workplaces is a good starting point.
- If there are any community events in your area, such as fetes or gala days, make sure you have posters and flyers to hand out to people.
This is a great way to boost your fundraising!
The easier you make it for people to get involved in your appeal the more chance there is that they will!
- Try and make your appeal as accessible as possible by keeping your collection box in a prominent place
in your meeting hall or local businesses.
Try doing something a little bit different to get people's attention – and their old phones and printer cartridges!
See if your community can pass the doorstep challenge – visit local households to tell people about your
Recycling Appeal and ask them to donate their phones, PDAs and cartridges on behalf of your unit. You
could ask them to drop off their items at your collection point or arrange to pick them up at a later date.