Disney 2026 Fundraising

This page will be updated with all the opportunities for you and your young member(s) to join in the fundraising for the Disney trip in 2026. Where required, there is also space for you to sign up to the opportunities, for example if there are limited spaces for supporting the event.

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Fundraising countdown
Fundraising basics
Funds raised so far

District fundraising opportunities in 2024

Dursley Fireworks 2024 (Nov)
Dursley Christmas light switch on (Nov)
Slimbridge panto refreshments (Dec)
Berkeley park run refreshments (Dec)

District fundraising opportunities in 2025
Rags to riches (TBC)
Quiz nights (TBC)
Dursley Fireworks 2025 (Nov)

Fundraising countdown

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Fundraising basics

There are a three ways you can fundraise for the trip:

Via the opportunities we're organising as a district
Details of these will be updated below and also shared in the Disney 2026 Facebook group. We will always let you know before the event how the funds will be allocated.

Via opportunities within your own unit
If the group coming from your unit would like to organise things within the unit then please talk to your leader about this. They will agree how monies will be allocated before each event takes place.

Individual fundraising
Anyone is welcome to do their own fundraising for the event, eg a sponsored event, having a car at a car boot sale, or running a mini game amongst their friends. See below for some resources available. When you pay these funds in to the group account, please ensure you email us to let us know how the funds have been raised and so we can match fund it (if appropriate).

Please also keep an eye on our Facebook group just for leaders, parents and carers attending this Disney trip for any last minute opportunities, communications and/or information.

Other income:

Company match funding
Do you work for a company that offers match funding to it's employees when they support fundraising events? If so, please get in touch with us so we can talk further about how this might help our cause, not just for you own child but the event as a whole.

Grants
If you know of any grants we might apply for, please let us know.

Latest news:

Facebook group
Hear the latest updates and information via our Facebook group just for parents/carers of those coming on the trip.

If you have any other ideas to help us reach our goal, please let us know. Thanks

Funds raised so far

Total initial budget for the trip: £29,000

Raised to date (03/09/2024):

June 2024 - Dursley Rangers cake sale £50.50 (match funded)
June 2024 - Marathon sponsorship £20 (match funded)
September 2024 - Old Spot pub quiz £181.20 (applied for external match funding)

Match funding waiting to be allocated: £10,129.50
This is money raised in the past prior to Covid and from our Girlguiding Badges website that will be allocated to young members when they do some fundraising in any of the ways mentioned above. We hold funds for up to £300 per young member.

District fundraising opportunities in 2024

Dursley Fireworks 2024

Date: Saturday, 2 November 2024
Location: War Memorial Recreation Ground, Dursley
More info: The district have been running this big community event since 2016 and there is potential for a lot of funds to be raised. About 50% of the funds raised goes to our chosen charity, some supports the other community organisations that help us out, and the remainder (about 25%) comes back to the district. This portion will support our Disney trip.
How you can get involved?

Spread the word - tell your friends and family about the event and ask them come along. Please follow the Dursley Fireworks Facebook page for full details as the event unfolds.
Sign up to support the event as a volunteer. Brownies must be accompanied by their own grown up. Guides and Rangers can support the event without a grown up, but the more of the family that help, the bigger your slice of the funds at the end.
Provide cakes for the cake stall.

How will funds be allocated?

As this is a weather dependant and very large scale, financially-risky event for the district to run, it is important that all helpers know that if the event does not make a profit then they will not receive any funding. The surplus from the event is allocated based on who is involved in helping make the event happen and the level of their involvement.
For every person helping out, they will receive a share of the funds raised. For example, if a child and parent both help at the event, you will get twice as much as just the child helping. There are three 'shifts', setting up, the event itself and the pack down. Helping at two shifts gives you double the funds to your account, etc. Funds from this event are also eligible for the district match funding.
Anyone providing cakes will receive a small allocation of the funds.

Dursley Christmas light switch on 2024

Date: Friday, 29 November 2024
Location: We will have a stall inside St James Church
More info: Our leaders will oversea the running of a stall with children's games. Our young members can come and run the stall under their guidance. Games will be:

Sweet treat snap - A tombola style, prize every time game aimed at children.
Lock box game - Where customers pay to have a go at cracking the code to a combination lock on the box. If they get it right, they win whatever is inside.

How you can get involved?

Spread the word - tell your friends and family about our stall and ask them come along.
Sign your young member to up to support the event as a volunteer. Parents/carers are not required to stay whilst they are volunteering.
Provide prizes - we need chocolate! Please ensure it's dated at least the end of January 2025. Please start handing prizes in to your unit leader so we can be prepared ahead of the event.

How will funds be allocated?

The funds raised will be share equally between the young members helping out, based on time given.
Anyone providing a suitable prize(s) will receive a small allocation of the funds.

Slimbridge Panto refreshments

Dates: Thursday 5, Friday 6 & Saturday 7 December 2024
Times: 6.15 - 8.30pm on all dates, plus matinee Saturday only 1.15 - 3.30pm
Location: Slimbridge village hall
More info: One of our leaders will be there to oversea group. Adults are required for refreshments as there will be alcohol, but youngsters can help with raffle sales.
How you can get involved?

Sign you/your young member up to support the event as a volunteer.
Provide a raffle prize

How will funds be allocated?

The funds raised will be share equally between the volunteers.

Anyone providing a suitable prize(s) will receive a small allocation of the funds.

Berkeley Park run refreshments

Dates: Saturday 7 and 14 December 2024
Times: 8.15 - 10.15am
Location: Berkeley Green, Gloucestershire Science & Technology Park, Berkeley, Glos., GL13 9FB
More info: Our leaders will oversea the running of a refreshment stall. Our young members and a parent/carer can come and run the stall under their guidance. We require 6 volunteers so this is ideally suited to three young people with a parent carer each, on each of the dates.
Visit the Berkeley Green park run Facebook page for more details of their event.
If this is successful, we hope to do more of these events in 2025.
How you can get involved?

Sign your young member and a parent/carer up to support the event as a volunteer.
Sign up to bake cakes for the event.

How will funds be allocated?

The funds raised will be share equally between the young members helping out and those baking cakes. If you do both, you'll get a double allocation.

District fundraising opportunities in 2025

Rags to riches

Date: TBC
N/A: This will happen via our regular unit meetings
More info: We can turn your rags into cash via the 'Rags to riches' company.
How you can get involved?

Spread the word - tell your friends and family and get them collecting too.
Start collecting. Be sure to check out what can and can't be included in the bags.
Bring your bags to your unit on the allocated dates.

How will funds be allocated?

If anyone would like to take on coordinating this idea, please let us know.

Dursley Fireworks 2025

Date: TBC
Location: War Memorial Recreation Ground, Dursley
More info: The district have been running this big community event since 2016 and there is potential for a lot of funds to be raised. About 50% of the funds raised goes to our chosen charity, some supports the other community organisations that help us out, and the remainder (about 25%) comes back to the district. This portion will support our Disney trip.
How you can get involved?

Spread the word - tell your friends and family about the event and ask them come along. Please follow the Dursley Fireworks Facebook page for full details as the event unfolds.
Sign up to support the event as a volunteer. Brownies must be accompanied by their own grown up. Guides and Rangers can support the event without a grown up, but the more of the family that help, the bigger your slice of the funds at the end.
Provide cakes for the cake stall.

How will funds be allocated?

As this is a weather dependant and very large scale, financially-risky event for the district to run, it is important that all helpers know that if the event does not make a profit then they will not receive any funding. The surplus from the event is allocated based on who is involved in helping make the event happen and the level of their involvement.
For every person helping out, they will receive a share of the funds raised. For example is a child and parent both help at the event, you will get twice as much as just the child helping. There are two 'shifts', the event itself and the pack down. Helping at both gives you double the funds to your account. Funds from this event are also eligible for the district match funding.
Anyone providing cakes will receive a nominal portion of the funds.

Quiz nights at the Old Spot (Dursley) and the Old Fox (Coaley)

Date: More dates TBC
Times: Starting at 7pm.
Location: The Old Spot, Dursley or The Old Fox, Coaley
More info: One of our leaders (and a parent of a young member coming on the trip) will organise the quiz itself and raffle. The quiz can be attended by anyone, Girlguiding families as well as the general public. The event usually raises £200+ and is a fun night out too!
We hope to run more of these in the future so if you are a great at leading on a quiz then do let us know.
How you can get involved?

Spread the word - tell your friends and family about the event and ask them come along. Promotional resources will be shared on our Facebook group.
Provide a raffle prize. Please hand this to your leader by Wednesday 11th September.

How will funds be allocated?

Anyone providing a raffle prize will get a share of the funds raised.

If anyone would like to take the lead on producing and delivering the quiz, then please let us know.