Moonlighting Graduate Fundraising Challenge opens for team entries

Howard Lake | 25 April 2013 | News

Entertainment and event management company Moonlighting is inviting entries to its Moonlighting Graduate Fundraising Challenge.

Teams of up to 10, all of whom must currently be employed on a graduate induction programme or apprenticeship, will compete at the end of this year to raise funds for their chosen charity. The members of the team that raises the most will win a day racing powerboats on the Solent.

This year 12 teams will be able to take part, and four teams have already entered. The fundraising activity and events will take place from December 2013 until May 2014.

Neil Townend, MD of Moonlighting, hopes the challenge will raise over £100,000.

He said: "The Grad Challenge aims to give graduates the opportunity to develop a wide range of skills and gain valuable experience in a ‘real-life’ environment and ever competitive job market – all whilst raising funds for good causes. It’s a bit like the event version of The Apprentice – but the projects will be real and accountable."

Participants will usually undertake the fundraising outside of normal office hours, but they will receive support from a mentor from the event industry.

The competition will conclude in summer 2014 with an awards dinner event in London in June, where the best acievements will be recognised and the winners announced.

Applications are invited from companies operating a graduate or apprentice scheme within their organisation. Entries cost £1,450 +VAT per team, "covering the costs for the launch party, the awards dinner and the winners' prize".

Townend added: "every penny of the team profits raised will go directly to the registered charities chosen by the teams".

About Howard Lake
Howard Lake is consultant editor of UK Fundraising. He founded the site in 1994 and successfully sold it in 2022. As director of Giving X Ltd he is exploring growing giving on a massive scale. He is the founder of Fundraising Camp and co-founder of GoodJobs.