What are we looking for?
Why volunteer with us?
Why volunteer with us?
Volunteering to develop your skills
What are we looking for?
We are a ‘ by parents for parents’ registered charity.
Our mission is to improve the lives of families in Southend and Essex whose children have been identified or are suspected of having specific educational needs and/or disabilities.
SEND the Right Message Charity is registered in England.
Charity Number 1193572
£5 donation provides the membership fee for one family for a year.
The £10 donation provides the membership fee for two families experiencing financial difficulty for a year.
£15 provides a parent carer with an online or in-person support session
£30 provides a parent carer with specialist talk or training session
£60 enables us to provide one-off support sessions like the Cost-of-living Crisis Sessions
£75 provides a parent carer with a Disability Benefit appointment or Family Remedy appointment
£156 provides a child or young person with a place at our Bouldering Club for eight weeks.
• Staff engagement and morale
• Positive brand association and Corporate social responsibility
• Increased networking opportunities
• Team building
Put charitable giving at the heart of your workplace. Give As You Earn is simple to implement and enables employees to give straight from their salary before tax, which means each donation goes a little bit further but costs your employees less.
Sponsoring one of our events is a fantastic way to support us with excellent brand awareness amongst your customers and our supporters.
Here are our top corporate fundraising ideas to engage your team and raise money for a good cause.
• Raffle
• Bake sale
• Bingo
• Pub-style quiz
• Auction
• Shave your head/wax your legs challenge
• Sponsored silence
• Fancy dress/dress down day
• Manager baby photo competition
• Office sweepstake
• Sports day
• Film night
• Spare change bucket
• Guess the number of sweets in a jar
• Bring lunch to work – donate what would have been spent eating out
• Foreign coin exchange
Get in touch if you would like to support us
Raise funds for STRM when you shop online!
Is there an easier way to support us?
If you shop online with retailers like Amazon, Argos, John Lewis, Tesco, iTunes, or eBay, then why not sign up for easy fundraising and raise money for STRM at no cost to you or us?
Supporting STRM could not be easier; it takes just three simple steps:
Use Easyfundraising’s Donation Reminder!
This is a browser extension plug-in that, once you have downloaded it, pops up automatically when you shop to let you know when a donation is available on a brand’s website.
Facebook covers all donation processing fees when you start a non-profit fundraiser on Facebook.
Note: If you have blocked the Meta page, you won’t see the Meta donation on your fundraiser. The donation will still be made.
A message will pop up that congratulates you on creating your fundraiser. From there, you can invite your friends to donate, share your fundraiser in your Feed, or donate to the fundraiser yourself.
First, thank you’ for choosing to fundraise to support STRM – SEND the Right Message Registered Charity.
If you want to raise money, we can send you our fundraising pack and support you in raising awareness of your event.
We can also provide collection buckets and sponsorship forms to help you with your fundraising activities.
An easy way to raise money and support for STRM is by placing one of our collection pots in your workplace or a restaurant, pub, or hairdresser you may visit regularly.
Get in touch on [email protected]