Christopher Pirie
Heriot-Watt University: Colleagues who Craft Charity Raffle
Fundraising for Heriot-Watt University (Alumni Fund)
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*** RAFFLE HAS NOW CLOSED ***
Ahead of the raffle draw at 12:30 on the 30th October, the raffle has now closed. Any donations made after 11:30 on the 30th October may not be entered. If in doubt, please contact C.Pirie@hw.ac.uk
You can however still donate, but cannot be entered into the raffle.
IMPORTANT NOTE
When you donate, if you want to be entered into the raffle you need to share your name and contact details with us, or we don't know who you are. Alternatively, please email a copy of your donation receipt to C.Pirie@hw.ac.uk and this can be matched to your anonymous donation.
Who we are
Heriot-Watt University: Colleagues who Craft is a group that started during the lockdown. At first, there were 3 of us, now there are 65 covering all 5 Heriot-Watt campuses and we have both staff and student members.
As a group, we come together as a community of makers to share our ideas and craft projects and connect every few weeks for a chat and a blether.
Our Aim
We wanted to do something as a group to support our student community during this difficult time. The CV19 pandemic has affected everyone in such a wide variety of ways.
We had the idea of running a raffle to raise money to support those in our student community who might need a bit more help during this time, such as adapting to the different challenges of remote learning.
We have no idea how much we might raise, but we wanted to be a wee bit ambitious, so our fundraising goals are as follows
- Up to £500
Prize(s) for a student to support the purchase of essential IT equipment up to £500 - Up to £2000
Multiple prizes for a student to support the purchase of essential IT equipment up to £500 (or remaining budget)
- Over £2000
Funding a student bursary
Any funds above that, but not enough for another bursary would be used for individual prizes as above.
This is being done in partnership with the Alumni and Development team at Heriot-Watt who will receive and manage these funds.
Raffle Prizes
Our members have very generously donated hand-made items including
- A pair of hand-knitted socks
- Alaska hat w/ fur pompom
- Baby blanket (Quilted) x 3
- Ceramic Jug/Vase
- Crochet teddy bear
- Crochet blanket (~4ft square)
- Crochet Windmill Shawl (Cotton/Acrylic)
- Hand-made pouch x 4
- Hand-woven scarf (Wool/Nylon)
- Knitted Afternoon in Lisbon scarf x2
- Knitted mitts
- Patchwork tote bag
- Raku Pot
- Set of quilted coasters
- Sterling/Fine Silver Earrings
- Water Katara hat, blue and grey
Check out the picture gallery to see some of these wonderful hand-made creations.
Note: x 2 would denote two separate prizes, not a set.
Raffle Rules
- When you donate, if you want to be entered into the raffle you need to share your name and contact details with us, or we don't know who you are. Alternatively, please email a copy of your donation receipt to C.Pirie@hw.ac.uk and this can be matched to your donations.
- The raffle will take place on the 30th October (details to be confirmed)
- The person doing the draw will be external to the HWU Colleagues who Craft group, to allow group members to donate and be entered into the raffle
- Every £1 donated will be treated as one entry to the raffle
- Each entrant can only win one prize (which would be the first one they are drawn for)
- Prizes can be delivered/posted within the UK
- As this is a raffle, donations are not eligible for gift aid
- If anyone wishes to donate, but not be entered into the raffle, please just let me know (and thank you!)
- While best efforts will be made to identify raffle participants, any entrant who wins a prize but does not provide an email address may have their prize re-drawn. If in doubt please email C.Pirie@hw.ac.uk