My first fundraiser! Car boot sale

This morning we had a car boot sale. I had been clearing out my room in the summer holidays and found loads of stuff that I didn't really want or need anymore. So I thought having a car boot sale would be a great way to get some money I wouldn't otherwise have had because I would have taken it straight to a charity shop. We managed to sell quite a bit, lots of grandparents interested in toys for their grandchildren and lots of women buying the make up I've never used! After 4 and a half hours of sitting in the cold wind and very few buyers left we packed up and I have managed to raise £21.50 which is not an amazing start but its money that I wouldn't otherwise have had! The stuff we have left can be put to use in future car boot sales or table top sales at events so its not going to be wasted :)

Next event is going to be a cake sale on the 3rd October at my dad's transport rally in Swanage :)

I had my interview...

On the 16th September I went along to Reading with my parents to my Lattitude interview at their HQ's. The journey only took an hour and a half from home and I was pleased to find that we found the place straight away! On going in, we were greeted and I had a short wait before my interview, so I looked through the fundraising guide and the folder on South Africa, which proved to be very useful! Then I met my interviewer, who was nice and it all went well :)

He asked me a range of things such as why I wanted to go, what I would bring to my placement, what I wanted to get out of it and so on. What seemed a very quick 45 minutes later I was told I had been accepted for an educational placement in South Africa in January 2012 for 5/6 months- so I was very pleased!! Afterwards my parents and I had a chat with some of the people who work for Lattitude about what comes next, fundraising, bursaries and so on and I left feeling quite confident and happy about raising the money over the next year.. if not a little overwhelmed by it all!

So now im working towards paying my deposit and starting my fundraising- can't wait! It's going to take a lot of work alongside A levels and other committments, but I'm looking forward to the challenge!

p.s: my fundraising starts this weekend! i'm having a car boot sale on Sunday, so hopefully lots of people will come and buy all my unwanted things! :D