Raising funds for good causes
BOFF is a not-for-profit enterprise. It is a commercial event though, and when everything goes to plan, we do make more money that we spend. Each year we keep back enough to fund the following year’s event and anything else is given to good causes. In the last few years we have been able to give £3,800 to Alzheimer’s Society £4,787 to the Motor Neurone Disease Association; £2000 to Young Minds; £1300 to the Friends of Olney Library; £1000 to Olney is Kind and £1000 to the Olney Ukraine Fund. Some of this is from event surplus and some from our charity raffle.
Ailsa’s Aim offer support, funds, advice and some of life’s little comforts to people suffering from cancer or gestational diabetes or have experienced premature and problematic childbirth. They aim to go beyond fundraising and help not just medical trusts, but also individuals on their own journeys and those that are on their journeys with them including their families and carers. They offer support, care packs, services and signposting to other relevant and appropriate services.
The Raffle
Our raffle is a little bit different, in that you choose which prizes you want to buy tickets for.
Entries cost £5 each or £20 for 5 or £50 for all 15 and will be on sale throughout the event until close at 5.00pm on Sunday. Each ticket also gets you one entry into our lucky dip.
£5 will provide you with one entry for one specific prize plus one entry into our lucky dip. You choose which prize you want your entry to be registered against. You can enter as many times as you like, for as many prizes as you would like. Each entry will cost you £5.
The mechanics are all done online, but you will be given a ticket and you will receive an emailed receipt.
The draw will be pulled at 6.30pm on Sunday evening. Winners will be contacted directly by email during the following week, and a list of winners will be available on request.You do not have to be at the final draw to win – we will contact you if you are a winner.
We are amazingly grateful to our donors who have supplied prizes of high value – but it takes just one £5 ticket to win! Of course, the more tickets you have, the higher your chance of winning. Be lucky!
The prizes ..
Meal voucher
- To the value of £100
One day cookery class of your choice
£100 Bar & Kitchen Tab
Private Jewellery Making Course for Two
Afternoon Tea for Two from The Little Coffee Pot
A teeth whitening treatment worth £495
A Hand-tied bouquet worth £50
One free coffee every week for a year
A studio photographic session worth £55
A handmade pendant
A bundle of skincare products worth £100
Brewery Tour for four people, including 6 x 1/3 pint tasters per person
A floral bouquet delivered to your door every three months for a year
One free pancake every month for a year
