Schools and community groups Support from our community Support from the local community is incredibly important in helping enrich the lives of people with sight loss and multiple disabilities — creating lasting change. Schools, clubs and faith organisations may wish to support us with donations or volunteering, while others have created fundraising events or nominated us as their Charity of the Year. Could your Community Group fundraise for us? You don’t have to be able to run a marathon or jump out of an airplane to support us! There are a whole range of different ways to help out, from coffee mornings to boot sales. Or, even simply displaying a collection box for us. We have some useful resources that could help: Sponsor formFundraising packBlank poster templateOrder collection tins, t-shirts or balloons How your local shops and supermarkets can help There are some great schemes available to charities and you can help by applying on SeeAbility's behalf at your local branch: Waitrose Each month Waitrose divide £1,000 between three customer nominated charities. To nominate SeeAbility at your local branch you can just pick up a 'Community Matters' form in store. John Lewis John Lewis offer a similar scheme. Each store has £3,000 to split between charities. To nominate SeeAbility as one of the chosen charities, please fill in a form at your local store. Asda Each Asda store has a Community champion to help raise awareness for local charities, you can fill in a short online nomination form. The Co-Operative The staff at The Co-operative also have a chance to nominate a local charity. If you have a friend or family member that works there then please ask them to choose SeeAbility as their charity. We’d love to help you make a difference locally If you would like SeeAbility resources like buckets, banners and t-shirts — we want to support you. Please contact For more information on either of these amazing trips, contact Anca Popescu (Events & Community Fundraising Executive) on 01372 755 041 or email: [email protected] Want to learn more about the impact of our work? SeeAbility can come along and speak to your members about our work. Please contact Miriam Oppenheim (Trusts and Communities Manager) on 01372 755 010 or email: [email protected] Thank you to the following community groups who have loyally supported SeeAbility: Ashtead Village ClubBoundary PlayersChristchurch TadleyInner Wheel Club Of Bookham & HorsleyKent Fire & Rescue Service Retirement AssociationLeatherhead Men's BreakfastLions Club - Leatherhead & DistrictLions Club of ChichesterOur Lady of Sion School, WorthingRosebery School, EpsomRotary Club of AshteadRotary Club of Hetton Le HoleRotary Club of Seaford MartelloRotary Club of Sherborne FundraisersRotary Club of WellingtonRusthall United Reformed ChurchSidmouth Cricket ClubSociety of Friends St AlbansSt James The Great Church, AylesburySt Mark's Methodist Church, LeedsSt Mary's Parochial Church Council, TadleySwan Handbells of LeatherheadTadley Concert BrassUniversity of Surrey