Staff, Members‟ & Volunteers‟
Conference & Awards Ceremony
“It takes extraordinary people to help people
with dementia do ordinary things”
Extraordinary people:
Fundraising update
Catherine Thomas
Acting Head of Fundraising
In 2013/14 we raised
£6,046,000
We received
73,400 separate donations
1,580 people
took part in
sponsored events
Memory Walk
2013
In 2013, 298 people took part
in Memory Walk
In 2014, 2,500+ people took
part in Memory Walks all
over Scotland
In 2013/14
2,900 people donated to our appeals
HMRC gave us
£198,000 in Gift Aid
482 companies and workplaces gave
donations
“Working with your organisation
has been the most rewarding activity
I have undertaken this year.”
(Senior Manager, Bank of Scotland)
78 charitable trusts supported us
People power:
People‟s Postcode Trust
Vote that Counts 2013
Re
ceiv
ed
££
£
Did
no
t re
ceiv
e £
££
Re
ceiv
ed
££
£
Did
no
t re
ceiv
e £
££
Difference of 23 votes = £10,000
Result: funding for Alzheimer
Scotland Dementia Advisors
740 people raised money in
their communities
221 groups gave gifts
1,501 people bought
Christmas cards
Hundreds of supporters
volunteered at collections,
events and other fundraising
activities
132 people
gave donations
in lieu of gifts
960 families gave
donations received from
funeral collections
82 very special people
left gifts in their wills
Helping fund projects
like our new Dumfries
Dementia Resource Centre
We are
all fundraisers
„Income grows when the entire
organisation is proud of its
fundraising, as an integral part of its
mission.‟
- Professor Adrian Sargent
Extraordinary people
Helping people with dementia
do ordinary things
Thank you
Staff, Members‟ & Volunteers‟
Conference & Awards Ceremony
“It takes extraordinary people to help people
with dementia do ordinary things”