Pattaya Orphanage Trust sets up Young Fundraisers club
Howard Lake | 24 September 2007 | News
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.”
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.