The Bruce Trust is a non-profit organisation. We do make hire charges to help cover the basic everyday costs such as fuel, insurance, licensing and mooring fees, but there are inevitably hidden costs that crop up each year such as new parts, painting the boats, surveys etc. which are not covered by these charges.

In light of this and the fact that we are often working on specific projects to expand and further improve The Bruce Trust, we have a number of local groups who assist us with regular fundraising events as well as individuals who come up with their own unique way raising money for us. Please read on to find out more about how you can help us fundraise without spending any money yourself, how to join our 50/50 fundraising lottery club and regular events that you can support us at.

Fundraise Without Spending Any Money Yourself!

We have teamed up with Easysearch, so that every time you use this website to search the internet instead of using Google or Yahoo, they will make a donation towards our charity.

All you have to do is visit www.easysearch.org.uk.

When you first go to this site, towards the bottom of the page is a section that will ask you to select the organisation that you would like to raise funds for. Please type in The Bruce Trust then search and select it in the list that comes up. This will then take you to a search page, stating you are supporting this charity. There is an option on here to make this site your home page, which would be great then you will be encouraged to use it each time you bring up the internet.

Shopping and Fundraising at the Same Time, Without it Costing You an Extra Penny!

We have teamed up with shop2fundraise, which enables us to receive a donation every time you shop online with one of their participating stores which include M&S, Amazon, HMV etc. and it won’t cost you a penny more than the normal price of your purchase. Whenever you are shopping online, simply go to the following link first:-

http://www.shop2fundraise.co.uk/?orgID=526763

and if you would like a reminder to pop up on any site that is connected to this fundraising scheme, you can download the reminder at the link below

http://www.shop2fundraise.co.uk/schools/The+Bruce+Trust-526763

50/50 Lottery Club

We have launched a 50:50 Lottery Club which has a monthly draw, the size of the prizes being dependent on the number of entrants, but which are currently:-

1^st Prize £75

2^nd Prize £30

3^rd Prize £15

4^th Prize £10

You can buy as many tickets as you like at £1 per ticket. Half of the money raised goes towards keeping our costs down, whilst the other half is given away in prizes.

Contact us for further information and application forms.

The November 2011 Draw Winners:

Regular Events

Kintbury Pantomime

Each year, St. Mary's Drama Group very kindly dedicates the ticket takings of the first evening of their Spring pantomime to The Bruce Trust. Always great fun and hugely entertaining, with an interval for refreshments and an opportunity to win something wonderful in a raffle, halfway through the evening. Contact the Trust Administrator for further information.

FUNdraising Events Features

On Sunday 10th July, The Bruce Trust held their first stall at Newbury Carnival. It was manned by a number of Voluntary Helpers throughout the day, spreading the word with our information board and brochures and raise money through our “guess the weight of the boat” competition. It was a very successful day gaining interest from both potential customers and volunteers and thanks to our Voluntary Helper, Chris Harris, who donated a camera as the prize, our competition was a great success and even captured the interest of the Mayor of Newbury and we raised £70.

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