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Comedy Night InYour guide to hosting a night of giggles

and fundraising for WaterAid

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Hosting your Comedy Night In

Choose your date Most people will be holding their Comedy Night In on World Toilet Day, 19 November, but you don’t have to follow the crowd! Choose

what works best for you.

Tell everybody! Promote the event to your

friends or colleagues, using our invite template (page 5) and handy

poster (page 6). Also text, email and share the event on your social media

channels using #itsnojoke. All funds raised have the chance to be doubled through UK Aid Match –

so make sure everyone knows about it!

Get ready to laugh your socks (or slippers) off:Watch your favourite funny film or stand up DVD, or download

some of our toilet-themed games.

Don’t forget the food! Drinks and nibbles are a must – and for

the creative among you, try our tasty toilet bake off! See our cheeky extras for

some recipes to get you started.

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Don’t forget to send us the money!

Add up your funny money and pay it in using our paying in form

(page 11).

Remember to thank your guests, and tell them how much their laughs have raised, and how

much has been doubled!

Natter about your night Tweet or share a picture of your Comedy Night In

with @wateraiduk or www.facebook.com/wateraid,

using #itsnojoke

Ask for moneyIt couldn’t be simpler – just ask your friends to donate the amount they would spend on a night out. Just £21 could help WaterAid build a toilet.

Ask your friends to fill out the guest list (on page 9). When they complete this and tick the Gift Aid box, WaterAid can claim an extra 25% on every donation – not to be sniffed at!

For those friends that can’t make it on the night, you can set up an online page so they can still support WaterAid and donate at www.justgiving.com/wateraid

Every £1 will be doubled by the UK

Government!

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On the following pages you will find all your essentials. And visit www.wateraid.org/uk/comedynightin/resources for these cheeky extras:

• Bake off recipes. No soggy bottoms in sight!

• Toilet-themed games for ‘sh!ts and giggles’.

• Creative toilet seat template and bunting – print them out and decorate your place.

Cheeky extras to make your Comedy Night In a huge success

Loos are life savers! We all take our loos for granted, but 1 in 3 people around the world don’t

have access to one. Going to the loo outside is no joke – it can

spread diseases that kill a child every minute. By holding a Comedy

Night In you’re raising money to change this, and UK Aid Match can

double your support.

Registered charity numbers 288701 (England and Wales) and SC039479 (Scotland)4

Come and have a laugh while raising money to help the 2.3 billion people who still don’t have access to a loo.

I’m hosting a

for WaterAid

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Who?

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RSVP by contacting

Please bring

Registered charity numbers 288701 (England and Wales) and SC039479 (Scotland)


I’m hosting a

for WaterAid

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Who?

When?

Where?

RSVP by contacting

Please bring



I’m hosting a

for WaterAid

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Who?

When?

Where?

RSVP by contacting

Please bring



I’m hosting a

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Who?

When?

Where?

RSVP by contacting

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When?

Where?

RSVP by contacting

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Every £1 will be doubled by the UK

Government!

Come and have a laugh and fundraise for the 2.3 billion people who don’t have access to a loo.

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Our Comedy Night In for WaterAid raised

£

Thank you for helping the 2.3 billion people

worldwide who still don’t have access to a toilet.

For more information about WaterAid’s

work providing safe water, toilets and hygiene to the

world’s poorest communities, visit www.wateraid.org

Doubled to £by the UK Government

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Email templates Below are two email templates you can use to invite people to your Comedy Night In, and to thank them for attending afterwards.

Simply copy and paste the text into an email or on social media, add your friends’ details and give it your own twist!

Hi [friend’s name]

It’s no joke that 2.3 billion people don’t have a safe place to go to the loo, so this World Toilet Day I’m hosting my own Comedy Night In to raise funds and change lives!

With just £21 we could help build a latrine in a community that really needs it – and with the UK Government agreeing to match every pound we raise, we’ll make a huge difference in one night!

Come to my Comedy Night In on [date]. We’ll be starting around [time]. My address is [address].

Please bring [some snacks/a bottle/your favourite comedy film or DVD], some donation money and prepare to wet yourself laughing!

[I’ll also be hosting a toilet themed bake-off – that’s right, get out your oven gloves, prove your baking skills, and top it off with a poo pun bad enough to make Mary Berry blush!]

Please RSVP to [email] by [date] to let me know if you’ll be there!

[Name]

Don’t forget to thank your guests after the night! Hello everyone,

Great news – our Comedy Night In for WaterAid raised £[sum], doubled to £[sum] by the UK Government!

Thank you so much for helping some of the 2.3 billion people worldwide who don’t have a toilet.

If you want to know more about how WaterAid will use this donation to provide safe water, toilets and hygiene for the world’s poorest communities, visit www.wateraid.org

Thank you again!

[Name]

Registered charity numbers 288701 (England and Wales) and SC039479 (Scotland)8

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Paying in your gift

Thank you for collecting donations for WaterAid. It’s easy to pay in your money. Send us your

by credit, debit or charity card, use the bank details below to pay in the money at your nearest Barclays branch, or use online banking.

I enclose a cheque / postal order / charity voucher made payable to WaterAid I’ve paid the money into my local Barclays branch in _________ on ________ (DD/MM/YYYY) I’ve used online banking, reference _____________ on ________ (DD/MM/YYYY) Please debit my: MasterCard / Visa / Maestro / CAF Charity Card


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Every £1 donated to WaterAid’s Deliver Life appeal through yourWorld Toilet Day fundraising will be doubled by the UK Government– so we can help twice as many mothers and babies.**10 November 2015 to 10 February 2016. The UK Government will match up to a maximum of£5 million. Funds raised beyond this will not be matched but will still be used in WaterAid’s work.

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