# Pattaya Orphanage Trust sets up Young Fundraisers club

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2007/09/24/pattaya-orphanage-trust-sets-young-fundraisers-club/
- Published: 2007-09-24T23:00:00+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

The Pattaya Orphanage Trust has launched a Young Fundraisers Club for classes, clubs
and societies who want to become more involved in supporting the charity’s work 
with children in Thailand. One of the aims of the Club is to provide school-age 
children with an introduction to the work of a charity.
The Young Fundraisers Club
was launched alongside the Thaitucker Trial, an online

game that encourages pupils to put themselves in the shoes of disadvantaged schoolchildren
in Thailand and become interested in sustainable development issues.

Membership of the Young Fundraisers Club is free and open to all. The charity says
that “it complies strictly with data protection regulations”. To qualify, children
must play the Thaitucker Trial, introduce a friend and become involved in a fundraising
event organised through their class, club or society.

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In return members receive a welcome pack with tips and templates to help them promote
their own events, three newsletters a year as well as special Thaitucker Trial badges,
and certificates to be awarded by the teacher or organiser.

Andrew Scadding, Chief Executive of the Pattaya Orphanage Trust, said: “Thaitucker
Trial introduces today’s major development issues to UK schoolchildren in a way 
that really brings them to life.

“The tsunami has left long-term problems that are far from over. Many children are
deprived of education because of the lack of something as simple as a school lunch.”

“The game and the Young Fundraisers Club show that there are solutions to these 
problems and that there are lots of things young people can do to help.”

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