Supporters of The Alexa Trust are being urged to sign up to take part in the Cornwallis It’s a Knockout Challenge.

The event is being staged on 4 June 2017 at Aylesford Rugby Club with teams of between eight to 10 people taking on a dozen challenges.

Teams are expected to raise sponsorship when taking part. Seventy percent of the sponsorship raised will go to The Alexa Trust and 30 per cent will go on children’s literacy initiatives organised by the KM Charity Team.

The event is being staged by the Cornwallis East Kent Freemasons’ Charity following a successful pilot event in 2016. This will be the first year the event has been opened up to support the fundraising for the wider charitable sector.

KM Charity Team will be supporting the event by handling team bookings and sponsorship collection on the day, while the challenge event itself is managed by the Cornwallis charity.

Simon Dolby from the KM Charity Team said: “This is an exciting challenge and I’m delighted the Cornwallis people have opened their event up to allow teams to raise for the cause of their choice.”

To find out more or to book your team’s place visit the It’s a Knockout page on the website www.kmcharitychallenge.co.uk

Raise sponsorship with KM Charity Team through Virgin Money Giving

ALL ONLINE DONATIONS MUST BE COLLECTED THROUGH THIS SITE AND YOUR PAGE SHOULD BE SET UP FOR THE KM CHARITY TEAM WHO WILL ADMINISTER THE PAGE AND FORWARD ON THE 70% OF FUNDS TO YOUR CHARITY POST EVENT.

IF YOU REGISTER FOR THE EVENT ON ANOTHER DONATION SITE, OR ON A PAGE HOSTED BY ANOTHER CHARITY IT MAY AFFECT YOUR PARTICIPATION IN THE EVENT.

Visit http://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/charities/kmcharityteam to set up your personal sponsorship page.

The Kent & Medway Charity Team is now working with Virgin Money Giving, an online fundraising service. By setting up your own sponsorship page you can get the support of your friends and family all over the world by e-mailing them a link to your own personalised fundraising page. They will then be able to donate securely, quickly and easily with a credit or debit card.

By creating your own online sponsorship page linked to ours you can:

• Save time by emailing your personalised page to all your friends, family and colleagues at the touch of a button!

• A personal web area which can include your photo, personal message and update your page with your training & fundraising progress.  Your friends can also leave messages of support and encouragement

• Forget the hassle of carrying cash or cheques. The money is transferred directly into bank account of the Kent and Medway Charity Team and will be passed on to the Charity of your choice.

• Raise money from people you wouldn’t normally see in person. Friends overseas can donate too – why not send it to your great aunt in the outback!

To set up your page, go to http://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/charities/kmcharityteam and navigate to the event of ours that you are taking part in. Click ‘Start Fundraising’ and follow the on screen instructions. The whole process takes minutes.

If you need any help, you can contact Virgin Money Giving on 03456 09 10 46 or at theteam@virginmoneygiving.com

Alternatively, you can contact the KM Charity Team on 0844 264 0291 or at kmcharityteam@thekmgroup.co.uk

Good luck with your fundraising!