# Moonlighting Graduate Fundraising Challenge opens for team entries

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2013/04/25/moonlighting-graduate-fundraising-challenge-opens-team-entries/
- Published: 2013-04-25T15:42:19+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

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**.

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

He said: "[The Grad Challenge](http://www.gradchallenge.co.uk) 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 ](http://www.gradchallenge.co.uk)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".

 

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