Christmas Fundraising Pack

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1 Fundraising Pack It s nearly that time of year again! gives us lots of opportunities to raise funds to defeat dementia. fundraising@alzheimersresearchuk.org Phone:

2 Advent Calendar Challenge Share this challenge within the office. Get your colleagues involved with fundraising this. You could assign a number from 1-24 to each colleague and get them to click below to reveal their challenge or create your own team/department activity using the festive ideas.

3 Why your help is so important: Suzie s Story ; so many happy memories, but for me it s also tinged with sadness. You see my father died and was buried on Eve and then many years later it was the date that my mum, then in the final stages of vascular dementia, went into a nursing home for the last few months of her life. I grieved as much on that day as when she actually died. My mum was a talented needlewoman and in November each year, we would start to gather things to make decorations. In true Blue Peter style we d spend hours wrapping coat-hangers in tinsel and attaching baubles to them to hang from the ceiling. That s what sparked off an idea I had for last year. I live in a small rural community and everyone has been so supportive of my fundraising activities that I wanted to give something back to them. I d already used crochet, which forms a series of interlocking chains, as a way of explaining how dementia breaks the links between brain cells. So I decided that I would crochet snowflakes for everyone as a thank you gift to put in their card. I also decorated a tree for Alzheimer s Research UK. Decorating the tree was a very emotional time as people kept coming over to see what I was doing and then they d give me a hug and tell me that Mum would be proud of me. It took hours to get mine looking just right as I wanted it to be perfect. There were about 25 trees in total, decorated by local groups and schools and visitors to the festival were asked to vote for their favourite. Mum died eight years ago and ever since then I have asked people to make a donation to fund research into dementia either by making a donation to my latest fundraising page or direct to Alzheimer s Research UK rather than spending money on a present for me.

4 Present Hunt Santa has delivered presents to one lucky location. Which one could it be? Winner gets a prize! Your treasure-hunt-organiser chooses a square. Colleagues make a 1 donation to guess where the presents are hidden.

5 Share your message of hope this Print this page, back to back with the next Cut out your Santa decoration Write your message of hope on the back 4 Hang it on your tree using a little cotton 5 Share a photo on our Facebook or Twitter page using #SantaForgot or corporate@ alzheimersresearchuk.org

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7 Battle of the Bakes with Jo Wheatley, one of The Great British Bake Off Winners! Challenge your colleagues to a battle of the bakes! 1 All contestants follow the Bundt recipe. 2 Select a day for the bakers to bring their cakes to work. 3 Place a number in front of each baker s cake. 4 All bakers then have 5 minutes to decorate their Bundt in a theme. 5 After 5 minutes they leave the room. 6 Print the score cards and give them to each judge in return for a 2 donation. 7 The Judging commences! 8 The person with the highest score wins Bundt Bake Off! So whisk out your spatula and turn up the heat to raise that dough!

8 SERVES cake This is a light, spiced sponge, with all the flavours of baked in a gorgeous -y Bundt tin and dusted with a shower of icing sugar snow. YOU NEED: 250g unsalted butter, softened 300g caster sugar 4x large eggs, beaten 3 tbsp maple syrup 150g mincemeat 100ml double cream 440g self-raising flour 1 tsp baking powder 1 tsp ground cinnamon 1 tsp grated nutmeg icing sugar to dust You will also need a 23cm Bundt tin, well greased with cake-release spray or flavourless vegetable oil. METHOD: 1. Preheat the oven to 170 o C/325 F/Gas Mark Cream the butter and sugar together in the bowl of a freestanding mixer or in a large bowl with a hand-held electric whisk until light and fluffy. 3. Gradually add the beaten eggs to the creamed butter, mixing well between each addition. 4. Add the maple syrup, mincemeat and cream and mix to combine. 5. Carefully fold in the flour, baking powder and spices using a large metal spoon. 6. Pour into the prepared tin, spread level and bake in the preheated oven on the middle shelf for minutes or until golden and a skewer inserted into the cake comes out clean. If you notice the cake is browning too quickly, loosely cover with foil. 7. Remove from the oven and leave to cool in the tin for 5 minutes and then carefully turn out onto a wire rack to cool completely. 8. Dust with icing sugar to serve. Happy baking ARUK supporters!

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10 Jumper Day! Dig out your cheesiest festive jumper and wear it to defeat dementia this. DATE: Suggested 2 donation