CHSS FUNDRAISING MONTH
/Dear All Walking Football Clubs
Please see below a message from our Charity partners, Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland
We’re delighted to be teaming up with Walking Football Scotland again throughout the month of October to raise vital funds for Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland ahead of World Stroke Day, on 29th October.
Last October we were thrilled that Walking Football Scotland teams raised over £10,000 for Chest Heart and Stroke Scotland!
Through your fundraising, you are responsible for providing over 500 hours of bespoke one-to-one care to the 1 in 5 Scots affected by our conditions and we can’t thank every Walking Football Team in Scotland enough!
Zip Slide the Clyde, 31st August
This summer we’re inviting Walking Football Scotland teams to join Chest Heart, Stroke Scotland, and explore new heights on Zip Slide the Clyde on Saturday 31st August. This exhilarating challenge will see you zipline from a crane next to the iconic Glasgow Riverside Museum, soaring 100ft high and gliding 1245ft along the Clyde!
Join WFS Trustee Matt Ramsay as he takes on this challenge! Sign up at: Zipslide the Clyde 2024 - Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland (chss.org.uk)
October Fundraising
Your club has the whole of October to get involved to raise awareness and vital funds to help improve the health and wellbeing of people across the country who are at risk of stroke and heart disease and support people with our conditions to live their lives to the full.
Some ideas to get you started:
Why not organise a ticketed football tournament in your local club and challenge your work colleagues to a game, sell football cards or squares, get your friends and family involved in a coffee morning, beat the goalie or organise your own Euros event! Remember to ask your employer if they offer match funding. There are lots more ideas at Do your own thing - Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland (chss.org.uk)
Whatever you decide to do, you’ll be making a huge difference to the 1 in 5 people in Scotland who are living with chest, heart and stroke conditions.
Kickstart your fundraising:
We are on hand to support you with your fundraising so please get in touch and let us know your plans so we can support you with fundraising packs, sponsor sheets, t-shirts and merchandise for your events and activities. Please contact fundraising@chss.org.uk
We’re really looking forward to teaming up with you over the coming months to help make sure there’s no life half lived in Scotland.
Walking Football Scotland have created a club/player just giving page where all donations, similar to last year, can be collected. Please find the link here and share with your members - Walking Football Scotland is fundraising for Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland (justgiving.com)
Thank you,
Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland
