BFC charity in Ghana - fundraising question

[ClaretAndJew]

Hello all and merry Friday.

A year ago I attended the BFC Ghana project information thing down at turf Moor with a view to possibly going to Ghana to assist in the charity work over there. It turned out that it costs just shy of £2000 which wasn't feasible at the time.

My question is, if I was to go this year would my fellow clarets assist with the cost? It's all to the charity both in Ghana and across Burnley, I don't get the money it's just to help with materials and such.

I hope this doesn't sound too selfish and if anyone has an advice or has even been to Ghana with the charity then I'd love to hear more.

Thanks guys.

[COBBLE]

Can you tell us some more about what the project aims to achieve, what kind of governance there is, and what would a £2,000 supported volunteer achieve. Sorry if this info is available elsewhere I must have missed the event a year ago. Sounds interesting.

[ClaretAndJew]

Hi Cobble

Here's a link for more information

http://www.burnleyfccommunity.org/commu ... a-join-us/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[COBBLE]

Thanks C and J. I'm a bit embarrassed I had not seen this before. Looks a brilliant project. If you get a fund raising scheme to get yourself out there, off the ground, I'd be happy to contribute.

[ClaretAndJew]

I'm not entirely sure how I'd go about it as I've never done any fundraising and it feels sort of selfish in a sense but it's to send me to help out not paying a holiday. And it's via BFC too.

If I do it ill post more details I'm just looking for people's opinions before I do it.

[clarethomer]

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[Cleveleys_claret]

How about you do charity work in the UK? Why do you need to travel to Ghana?

Sounds to me like you want a free holiday with a little bit of work thrown in

[COBBLE]

Cleveleys _claret. Are you prepared to go? Can't see it being a Premier Inn experience.

[Cleveleys_claret]

If I had the money myself at this time yes I would. I have done this kind of work in Kenya, Northern Thailand and Laos in my younger years. A funded programme such as this is a holiday camp.

Let's break it down....8 days. 2 of these will be spent getting to and from the airport to an out of town location. A weekend adventure trip which will be like a holiday taking up two of the days. Then the first day on camp will be spent going through the safety aspects of the sites. So that leaves 3 days of work.

[COBBLE]

Cleveleys, fair reply and a bit more information to enable c and J to make his mind up. Best regards.

[PWBFC]

I've been to Ghana on holiday and every second person is there as a volunteer. The flights are about £600 and you'd do well to spend more than £50 a night on accommodation. Not sure where the rest of the cash is going.

[ClaretAndJew]

Appreciate the comments.

As I pointed out it seems selfish to ask for fundraising etc I was merely seeing what the response was.

As I said the money also goes towards charities in Burnley and East Lancashire. So it's not 2 grand for me to go on holiday the 2 grand is for materials and what not and the rest going to these at home charities.