# Leprosy Mission to promote monthly giving through volunteer talks

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2013/08/23/leprosy-mission-promote-monthly-giving-through-volunteer-talks/
- Published: 2013-08-23T08:30:02+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

The Leprosy Mission is planning to increase its total of monthly donors by increasing
its volunteer network and providing them with a short video that makes the ask for
them.

Feedback from the charity's network of volunteers found that, while many were happy
to talk in public about its projects and achievements, they were reluctant to ask
supporters to give more money. So The Leprosy Mission has commissioned a short film
in India which illustrates the volunteer's talk and includes the request for a regular
donation of £6 a month via Direct Debit.

The film, '[Cure Partners](http://www.curepartners.org)', shows a young girl, Roopwati,
who has just been diagnosed with leprosy, and then an older woman, Uma, whose life
has been blighted by disability and the stigma surrounding leprosy.

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The figure of £6 represents the average cost to transport medication, which is provided
free of charge by pharmaceutical company Novartis, to a patient. A Direct Debit 
mandate form is put on the chair of each supporter attending the talk, but they 
can also sign up online.

Donors signing up to the Cure Partners Direct Debit will receive separate mailings
from the charity in order that they are not overloaded by requests to give.

Meanwhile the charity will launch a national volunteer recruitment drive next month.

National Director of The Leprosy Mission England and Wales, Peter Walker, said: “
We have some fantastic and extremely loyal supporters.  But gone are the days when
we can be complacent about receiving regular donations, in particular from younger
givers. By giving people the knowledge that their monthly payment will help cure
a person affected by leprosy, we are empowering them to give with the realisation
that they are doing something life-changing each month."

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