Voluntary Action Leeds is the Leeds Lord Mayor's Charity 2011-2012. If you are planning a fundraiser for the Lord Mayor's Charity Appeal it's easy to make a donation. We can receive online donations via Every Click or you can make a payment by cheque.

How to Give

The VAL online giving page is: www.everyclick.com/voluntaryactionleeds

There are 4 options to help raise funds online:

• Searching the Web - Every search using Every Click raises 0.01p.

• Give as you Live - Online shopping. With the Give as you Live^TM shopping App you can send, on average, 2.5% of every pound you spend online, just download the App.

• Direct Donations - Make a donation directly using a credit or debit card, just click the 'Donate' button

• Create your own fundraising page - If you are holding a fundraising event you can create your own fundraising page and set yourself a fundraising target. Promote your page to people and make sure you tell us too, so we can help to promote your fundraising efforts - email news@val.org.uk

When you go to VAL Every Click page hover over the 'Give Now - more ways to give' tab to see the options as shown below:

All major credit cards accepted, Gift Aid collection is automatic on qualifying donations.
A deduction of 4.8% is made on all donations with no other charges.

For every £10.00 donated we get £12.23 if Gift Aid is included.

Payment by Cheque

You can send donations by cheque made payable to the
"Lord Mayor's Charity Appeal" to:

The Lord Mayor's Office
Civic Hall
Leeds
LS1 1UR

The Lord Mayor's Appeal is a Registered Charity No. 512441
Find out more about the Lord Mayor of Leeds on the Leeds City Council website.

We will be organising and attending a number of events throughout the year to raise funds, if you will be doing any fundraising for The Lord Mayor's Appeal please email news@val.org.uk to let us know.

**If you are interested in volunteering to help out at events please get in touch email news@val.org.uk**

Fundraising Events

Lord Mayor's Week - 7 May - 12 May
The week will feature a variety of fundraising events - more details to follow

Lord Mayor's Appeal Owl Trail - 12 May
Sponsored Leeds City Centre event. Contact Richard Jackson for more information.

Hunslet Morrisons Bag Packing - 22 December
We raised £452 thanks to the kind donations of Hunslet Morrisons shoppers. The day featured the Lord Mayor packing bags - visit our facbook page for pics!

German Market Fundraiser - 16 December
£351 was raised when VAL volunteers went out in force with the Lord Mayor for an hour of German Market fundraising fun in Millennium Square.

Bowling Night - 23 November
Over £360 was raised during a fun night of bowling in Leeds City Centre. The winning team was made up of VAL Trustees (with help from Simon at WYCAS) and the winning name was from Leeds Community Foundation 'I can't believe it's not gutter!' 

Light Night - 7 October
We raised £216.88 for the Lord Mayor's Appeal at Light Night. Thanks to everyone who made a donation!

Lord Mayor's Afternoon Tea - 15 September
Thanks to everyone who joined the Lord Mayor for tea and cake and supported the Lord Mayor's Charity Appeal. Over £1,200 was raised through the sale of raffle tickets, tombola, book sale, tea and cakes

Winning Raffle Ticket Numbers:
0037 1st Prize Oulton Hall Hotel
0614 2nd Prize Slaters £50 voucher
0940 3rd Prize M&S £25 voucher
0491 4th Prize Moet et Chandon Champagne
0907 5th Prize Royal Brierley Cut Glass Bowl

Classical Fantasia - 3 September
We collected for the Lord Mayor's Appeal on Saturday 3 September at Kirkstall Abbey.

Opera in the Park and Party in the Park - 30 & 31 July
We collected over £1000 in donations for the Lord Mayor's Appeal on Saturday 30 and Sunday 31 July at Opera in the Park and Party in the Park at Temple Newsam - thank you to all who donated, and also to our volunteer collectors!

Great Knaresborough Bed Race 2011
Team "Boudica Boudoir" (aka Leeds ICT team at Leeds City Council) ran to raise funds for the Lord Mayor's Charity Appeal at the Great Knaresborough Bed Race on 11 June. The team raised over £300 for the Lord Mayor's Appeal.

Money donated to VAL will help us with our work supporting the diverse range of Third Sector organisations and small groups, including charities, social enterprises and community interest companies across Leeds.

Last year VAL worked with almost 2,500 groups and organisations in Leeds directly supporting them through advice, training, volunteering, information and more. We helped new groups set-up and existing groups develop.

The groups VAL supports reflect the diversity that exists in Leeds be it:

• homelessness
• children
• education
• gardening
• disability
• older people
• faith
• the arts
• sport
• health
• rural issues
• housing
• the environment or something else...

For more information contact us.