Case studies
Rogavi has a series of case studies that will give you ideas on how to get going with your raffles. These show you just how simple and easy it is to get going and how others have used the service.
Supporter donated raffle
Charity: Kids Company
Prize: Rare Mini the BAC M-30
Prize source: Donated by supporter
Draw Date: 24th December 2009
Fundraising: £7,587.50
A really successful fundraiser for Kidscompany using a prize that appealed to mini enthusiasts and their supporters. The prize itself generated many ticket sales from affiliate marketing, forums and discussion boards. A supporter generously donated the mini. Celebrity and “money can’t buy prizes” generate great PR and can be appealing to many people online.
“I just wanted to thank you, the staff at Rogavi and Kids Company charity for giving me the opportunity of a lifetime winning a BAC M-30 mini by running this raffle online at your website & all for the just the investment of £25.00! (10 tickets), I wish you Rogavi & Kids Company all the success for the the future & you can be sure I will be entering more of the raffles listed on your website especially as most of the proceeds are going to a worthwhile charity such as Kids company.”
John Carter Winner 10th January 2010
“Rogavi set the raffle up in no time at all. We used their email to send to our supporters and they kindly created an appeal page for our Christmas party so it was very clearly branded Kids Company.
The raffle was an easy way to ask our supporters for a donation during the Christmas period when we were asking a lot of them. A £2:50 donation to Kids Company with the chance to win this great prize is an offer that all of our supporters could get involved with.
Rogavi managed to sell over 80% of the tickets by promoting the raffle online, which was great for us!”
Neil Lovell - Head of Fundraising
Kids Company www.kidsco.org.uk
Sponsored raffle
Charity: Trinity Pre School
Prize: Dinner, Bed and Breakfast at Hotel-du-Vin for two
Prize source: Corporate Sponsor - Hotel du Vin
Fundraising: £747
Draw date: 8th December 2009
"Thank you. I think it was a great success. Our goal was nearly achieved! Thanks for all the help."
Catherine Villeneuve - Trinity Pre-School
A great effort from a small pre-school who had previously not done any fundraising. A high percentage of the parents supported the raffle and referred their friends. The prize was generously donated by a local hotel. The school could concentrate on marketing as Rogavi took care of everything else, ticketing, payment processing, local authority returns, drawing the winner and notifying them and of course thanking those that did not win. The school is already planning their next raffle.
Event integrated raffle
Charity: Brainstrust
Prize: A Vintage Vacation!
Prize source: Corporate sponsor - Vintage vacations
Brainstrust wanted their raffle to work both offline and online. The draw was to take place at The Big Wright Matters event on the Isle of Wright. They sold £1,020 in tickets online and £210 tickets on the day of the event. Tickets sold online were combined with these and the draw held that evening. It was a tremendous success, the prize was sponsored by Vintage Vacations who got some great PR coverage from their support.
"I am delighted to have won such a fun price and am looking forward to my vintage weekend. I am also very pleased to hear that the raffle earned so much money for such a worthy charity as Braintrust".
Winner William Parsloe
Supporters could buy their tickets online and tickets for the raffle was also sold at their Big Wight Matter! Event. The raffle was drawn in the public during the event.
The online raffle was promoted with one email, one twitter during two days and raised £1,030 in £2:50 tickets online plus £220 was sold at their event.
"Thank you! It works!"
Helen Bulbeck, Director Brainstrust - the Meg Jones brain cancer charity
Supporter Raffle
Charity: The Children's Society, Making Childhood Better
Prize: Big Stitch Patchwork Competition
Blog Supporter: The tickets were all sold through the Popular Patchwork blog. A good community based fundraising campaign.
