Child’s i FoundationInaugural meet up

4th February 2009

If you want to “meetcast” (?)

Twitter: @childsi -or- #childsimeetup

Flickr: www.flickr.com/childsifoundation

Why this meet up?

• Nice to meet our supporters face-to-face • We want to tell you more about what we are doing• How we want our supporters to get involved• Share some of our to do list out• Listen to your ideas• Input on future meetups

• Agenda:– A short presentation

– Chat; beer; peanuts

Our charity from the beginning

Targeted

• We will build a home for babies in Uganda by the end of 2010

– We need to raise the money

– We need to find short term solutions

– We need to build the home

– We need to be sustainable in the long term

Roadmap (5 phases)

• A phased and incremental project plan reduces the risks and proves the model works

– Building strong foundations for a robust, sustainable structure we can grow and expand

• Phase one– Rented accommodation for 20 babies, set up social work department

• Phase Two– Situational analysis, purchase land with an existing building for HQ and

build a Home and administration block.

• Phase Three– Open Home for up to 50 babies, expand social work department and

volunteer scheme.

• Phase Four– Expand Home to up to 80 babies, Build a nursery and specialised

medical facilities to care for premature and sick babies

• Phase Five– Tackle the root cause of abandonment and provide support to parents

who have no choice but to abandon their children

All phases outlined here: http://childsifoundation.wordpress.com/so-much-to-do/fundraising/roadmap

How will we achieve this?

interaction and collaboration

individual contributionAll within the framework of creative integrity, brand values and a focus on our goals

Activity Strands

• Campaign strategy• Buy a Brick, Baby Shower, Run to Kampala

• Sustained fundraising activity• Undress for Uganda, Community fundraising, Justgiving initiatives,

High net worth donors, Corporations, Schools programme etc.

• Integration & Technology requirements• Website build, E-commerce engine, Hosting, Overall totaliser,

Application integration etc.

• Special projects• Rotherfield Music Festival, Launch day at The Spectator, Knit-in with

Aunty Pat, Myspace Music etc.

• Everyday and mini-tasks• Seeding videos, admin, networking in forums, Twitter, updating

Facebook, designing blog headers / donation boxes / campaign material etc.

• The Bigger Picture• Uganda: finding temporary accommodation, finding land, designing

the home, building the home, creating a social work department, volunteers village, volunteers programme etc.

Opportunities to get involved

• Campaign 1: Buy a Brick– An interactive virtual wall– Donors will be helping to build the babies home brick by brick– They decide how much they want to pay– Everyone's donation however large or small is crucial to our success– The wall scrolls so you can paginate through and read messages– The wall will be on childsifoundation.org but will be portable and shareable in your

own digital space

Opportunities to get involved

Buy a Brick

Programme Manager

Flash design & development

E-commerce integration

Application development

Technology

Short film creation & seeding

Celebrity endorsement programme

PR - Strategy

Media, Marketing & PR

PR - implementation online and offline

Totaliser

Individual donor communications

Corporate donors

Supporters Network

Sponsors

Backend developmentOther Activity…

So do you want to get involved?

• Tell us what you want to do

• Tell us how much time you have

• Tell us even if you don’t know what you could do to help but would like to do something. – We’ll find you something!

• Tell us if you have any ideas you think we should think about

• Tell us if you know anyone might be able to help

• Tell us what you want from meet up in the future

Reminder of what we are doing

• Campaign strategy• Buy a Brick, Baby Shower, Run to Kampala

• Sustained activity• Undress for Uganda, Community fundraising, Justgiving initiatives,

High net worth donors, Corporations, Schools programme etc.

• Integration & Technology requirements• Website build, E-commerce engine, Hosting, Overall totaliser,

Application integration etc.

• Special projects• Rotherfield Music Festival, Launch day at The Spectator, Knit-in with

Aunty Pat, Myspace Music etc.

• Everyday and mini-tasks• Seeding videos, admin, networking in forums, Twitter, updating

Facebook, designing blog headers / donation boxes / campaign material etc.

• The Bigger Picture• Uganda: finding temporary accommodation, finding land, designing

the home, building the home, creating a social work department, volunteers village, volunteers programme etc.

Get in touch

• Come say hello to Lucy, Kirsty or Matthew

• Sign up at http://childsifoundation.org

• Follow us on twitter @childsi

• Find us on Facebook, Flickr, Youtube

• Grab a Moo card!