Grandmother Gets Creative with Fundraising Events

Torfaen, South Wales, UK - A grandmother became a tea lady for the day to raise funds for Cwmbran’s Congress Theatre’s £100,000 refurbishment. With only £3,849 left to go, Cwmbran’s Congress Theatre is pulling out all the stops to reach its fundraising goal before August. Congress Theatre’s volunteer Joyce Liddle, 69, has been on a campaign to find wacky ways to raise money.  Melin Homes supported the campaign, by asking Mrs Liddle to stage a Twitter Takeover at their headquarters in Pontypool. Mrs Liddle joined her granddaughter Becky, who works as a digital communications assistant at Melin, to take over the housing association’s Twitter feed for the day.  As part of her fundraising effort, Mrs Liddle took a tea trolley round the office and undertook a news-gathering exercise to learn about the many ways Melin helps the community.  www.fundraising-ideas.org