This presentation aims to support you or your pupils in the delivery of an assembly to a class, year group or whole school. It can introduce the concept of what a charity is and why they need people to raise money for them. Slide 11 can be used specifically to introduce the idea of running a fundraising event in your school for CLIC Sargent and can be tailored to suit your event, simply add in the information you want to share. For more information and to see the range of events your school can get involved with visit www.clicsargent.org.uk/schools

What is a charity? A charity is an organisation set up to help and raise money for those in need Charities usually raise money through donations and have volunteers that help

Some charities you may have heard of

Fundraising Charities rely on money raised through fundraising to continue doing their work and helping people They often raise money through fundraising events like fun runs, cake sales and active challenges like parachute jumps!

Find out more through this video CLIC Sargent CLIC Sargent is the UK’s leading cancer charity for children and young people, and their families Through our work we help children and young people cope with cancer and get the most out of life Find out more through this video

How CLIC Sargent helped in 2011/12 We provided support to over 6,200 children and young people with cancer Our nurses supported around 1,000 children with cancer and their families We awarded 4,828 grants with a total value of nearly £1 million to help families with the extra costs a cancer diagnosis brings

Can you help us? All our services are free of charge to the families we support We rely on voluntary donations, including fundraising events, to allow us to continue our vital work

Some fun things you can do Practice-a-thon Get sponsored to practice your musical, singing and dancing skills and help children and young people with cancer at the same time

Some fun things you can do Kick! for CLIC Sargent Organise any football event you like; penalty-shooting, goal-scoring, five-a-side games, kick-up challenges, the options are endless! Then use your event to help raise money for CLIC Sargent

Our school event Add your own text here to show what event you are going to be running at your school This could be linked to the ‘What is a charity?’ lesson plan which you can download from www.clicsargent.org.uk/schools

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