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Fundraising Tools
Fundraising Tools
Volunteer fundraising is critical to the implementation of Global Brigades’ Holistic Model through Brigade programming. Once a volunteer meets a set Donation Goal for their interested program and country, they are eligible to join us on-the-ground to see their fundraising efforts put into action by participating in a Brigade. Volunteers have up to 1 year to participate in a Brigade after they meet their Donation Goal. If a volunteer decides not to participate in a Brigade, the funds raised will be utilized to support Global Brigades’ mission. Find out more about fundraising below.
No-Refund and Cancellation Policy
Global Brigades UK is registered with the Charity Commissioner of the United Kingdom and has been granted tax relief under the tax relief on income and property of charities. Upon sign-up, all volunteers agree to our no-refund and cancellation policies. Please click the button below to view full policy.
Set Your Donation Goal 2023-2024
When a volunteer participates in a Brigade, the volunteer’s ground transportation, food, lodging, and emergency insurance are all covered by their Donation Goal. The funding that the volunteer raised also supports all the necessary costs for program implementation, supplies, and staff. Airfare is not included in the standard Donation Goal. To learn more about where your donation goes, visit the Financials page of our website to view a breakdown of our entire annual budget. Brigades that would like to extend beyond 7 days (8 days for Ghana) can do so by incorporating an Add-On into their Brigade, which will have an additional Donation Goal for every extra day they would like to volunteer, and this amount will vary depending on the activity selected. At least the minimum number of volunteers required for a brigade must increase the length of the brigade. See the Donation Goal graphic for your program by selecting your program type and then clicking on your program country.
IMPORTANT: Donation goals are directly related to the number of participating volunteers. As you increase the number of volunteers, you will grow from the sustainable level to the empowered level and all the way to the scaled level. Once you reach a new level, each volunteer on your brigade will receive a scholarship, and as a result, their donation goal will be lower.
Medical Brigades
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Medical TeleBrigades
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Dental Brigades
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Dental TeleBrigades
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Engineering Brigades
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Engineering TeleBrigades
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Water Brigades
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Public Health Brigades
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Public Health TeleBrigades
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Business Brigades
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Business TeleBrigades
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Legal Empowerment Brigades
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Legal Empowerment TeleBrigades
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Brigade Add-Ons Available
Do you feel like your brigade itinerary is missing something? You can now add programmatic/cultural activities to your itinerary! You will fundraise the corresponding donation to add an extra day(s) to your brigade stay, and GB staff will help you arrange it. Whether you’d like to build an eco-stove in your medical brigade or visit Tinos Island while in Greece, we can make it happen!
Ghana
Please click here to review the brigade add-ons available for Ghana.
Greece
Please click here to review the brigade add-ons available for Greece.
Panama
Please click here to review the brigade add-ons available for Panama.
Guatemala
Please click here to review the brigade add-ons available for Guatemala.
Honduras
Please click here to review the brigade add-ons available for Honduras.
Belize
Please click here to review the brigade add-ons available for Belize.
Research Add-On
Participate in a research project to evaluate the impact of GMB’s year-round healthcare initiatives by helping conduct community member surveys and interviewing Community Health Entrepreneurs (CHEs) and/or Community Leaders. Please click here to learn more.
**Countries Available: Honduras, Panama, or Belize.
Start Fundraising!
Start fundraising for your brigade as a group or individually as early as possible to give yourself plenty of time! Check out this Chapter Fundraising Guide for more tips, tricks & fundraising strategies.
Featured Fundraiser: TFL
GB UK has a permit for you to hold bucket collections at the Transport For London (TFL) tube stations. Please do not contact TFL separately, the point of contact has to be a GB employee (Liam) for us to maintain our permit. If this is something that you are interested in, please contact GB UK Aiden ([email protected]) to arrange a quick call. GB UK has access to the TFL portal where you can view stations, dates, availability up to 3 days -6 months in advance. (please come with some stations and dates in mind, being as flexible as possible).
Meet Your Fundraising Deadlines
In order for Global Brigades to prepare for upcoming Brigades, all volunteers who wish to participate in a Brigade must meet the following Donation Goal fundraising deadlines. If a volunteer is unable to meet their Brigade’s fundraising deadlines, they can instead join a future brigade to give themselves more time to meet their Donation Goal.
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| INITIAL DONATION GOAL DEADLINE | 127 days before the brigade (In-Person) 97 days before the brigade (TeleBrigades) |
Volunteers must have £100 on their fundraising page to secure their spot in their Brigade | Volunteers must be signed up and the chapter must have 50% of their fundraising goal to secure their TeleBrigade. |
| TRAVEL DONATION GOAL DEADLINE | 60 days before the brigade | All volunteers must complete roster questionnaires and must have flights completed. Your chapter’s Individual Donation Goal will be set! |
No additional fundraising is needed, but all volunteers should have completed their volunteer roster questionnaire. Your TeleBrigade Itinerary must be approved as well! |
| FINAL DONATION GOAL DEADLINE | 14 days pre-brigade | Volunteers must have the total donation goal on their MyBrigades fundraising page | The chapter will meet their Full Chapter Donation Goal to complete fundraising for their TeleBrigade |
Earn a Brigade Scholarship!
There are opportunities for you and your chapter to receive scholarships to go towards your Donation Goals! Chapter Leaders, Healthcare Professionals, and University faculty play an important role in empowering volunteers and growing the Global Brigades movement. In order to show our support and incentivize brigade participation, scholarships are available for meeting specific eligibility criteria.
• UK Brigade Scholarship: Awarded to every volunteer joining an in-person Brigade to either Honduras, Ghana, Panama, or Greece, in 2023-2024.
For more detailed information about this scholarship opportunity please review our UK Scholarship one pager and reach out to your Program Associate with any questions.
Fundraising with MyBrigades
Global Brigades UK cannot accept cash or check donations. All monetary donations should be made by credit card.
Instructions for Credit Card Donations
| • | All credit card donations must be made using the donation button on your Chapter’s Brigade Page on our website. Use the Chapters search tool to find your chapter, then navigate to the Brigades tab of your chapter to find your upcoming brigade. Each Brigade has a “Donate” button and during the donation process, donors can decide to donate toward a specific volunteer’s Donation Goal or toward the group Donation Goal. Each volunteer must be signed up on their Chapter’s Brigade Page in order to participate in a brigade. For instructions on how to make donations, use this GB Brigade Pages and MyBrigades Tutorial. |
| • | Donors will automatically receive a tax receipt recognizing their tax deductible donation. The receipt will be e-mailed to the address they submit when they make their donation. |
| • | In order to ensure 100% of all donations go towards their purpose, credit card donors will be charged a 3.5% merchant fee, which covers online credit card and transaction fees in their donations. Donations made by Maestro Direct Debit will not incur merchant fees. |
In-Kind Donations
HEALTH SUPPLIES AND DONATIONS
In the case of Medical and Dental Brigades, your chapter will be required to collect some health supplies and donations for your brigade. Please reach out to your Program Associate in order to receive a supplies and donations inventory sheet, according to your program and country. These items will be donated to patients after they have received their treatment in the clinic days. If you want some recommendations on how to get started, you can refer to these Supplies and Donations Guide in order to review some chapter’s best practices on how to collect these items.
OTHER MATERIAL DONATIONS
As we strive to be as sustainable as possible, we cannot support handing out in-kind donations (old clothing, school supplies, toiletries, etc.) Handing out small amounts of such items results in unfair distribution of donations and can cause challenges within our community partners. To make the most of items such as used clothing, we suggest looking into organizations like thredUp. ThredUP takes like-new clothing and gives money to the donor’s charity of choice.
Extra Funds in MyBrigades
On some occasions, after their fundraising efforts, volunteers realize that they have surpassed their donation goal and raised more than expected, which Global Brigades considers Extra Funds. Whenever this happens, volunteers will receive several allocation options, which includes ‘Saving their funds for a future brigade’.
When a volunteer decides to save their extra funds for a future brigade and informs their Program Associate, they will have 1 year from the original brigade date in order to transfer and USE these funds in a future brigade. If the funds are not transferred and used in this 1-year timeframe, Global Brigades will automatically allocate these extra funds to support its mission as needed.