As the next round of the FA Cup fast approaches, coverage of the FA Cup fundraising campaign for Cancer Research UK continues to attract media coverage.
'Runcorn2Wembley' has taken in different areas of northern England and the Midlands, but has always been followed by local and regional media outlets.
Some media have followed the campaign from the start and continue to do so, even as it travels to areas beyond it's circulation range.
The Chester Chronicle (my local weekly newspaper) regularly updates its readers of the progress and I'm pleased the total continues to rise at each report.
The football clubs have also covered the campaign which is very helpful when collecting at games as fans already know why we're there.
Nuneaton Town are the latest club to do so; the coverage can be seen by clicking here
The latest Chester Chronicle coverage can be seen here
A non-league website has also covered 'Runcorn2wembley' as the Unibond League (to which Guiseley and Kendal Town play in) featured the campaign. To view that click here
I've also found new coverage on the Guiseley Advertiser; it can be found here
The coverage is great to spread the word about the campaign, but it will only succeed if people donate via the online donation site.
To donate or see how much has been raised so far go to www.justgiving.co.uk/richard-knowles
A preview of the first round game between Nuneaton Town and Exeter City on Saturday will appear here on Friday.
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Tuesday, 3 November 2009
Thursday, 29 October 2009
DONATIONS REACH NEW LEVEL
This week has been the best for the Runcorn2wembley fundraising campaign for Cancer Research UK.
Not only have we been offered the 'collection' services of complete strangers, but the company I work for, Connect PR, has donated a huge amount to the campaign.
Further positive news has been the promotion of Runcorn2wembley via new media outlets, including the Nuneaton News and Nuneaton Town's website. More of this in my next post.
A big thank you to managing director, Hazel Crawford-Upton, and everyone else at Connect PR for the donation of £500 to the campaign, taking the total money raised to almost £2,000.
Hazel and everyone at Connect PR have been extremely generous with this donation and a simple thank you doesn't seem to do the donation justice.
I hope it inspires people to donate and carry out their own fundraising campaign for charity.
Fingers crossed some or all of my friends at Connect will come along to a game in the near future.
In other news, Lawrence and I were approached by a guy called Chris about the campaign before the Nuneaton v game.
Chris followed the FA Trophy last season and read about Runcorn2wembley after the Guiseley v Kendal match.
He's offered to help collections at future games and will be joining us at Nuneaton for the game against Exeter City a week on Saturday.
Thank you Chris, you're support and help is very much welcomed.
Finally thank you to Nuneaton Town FC for the continued support. I hope to help drum up publicity about the match and fundraising campaign all next week.
Not only have we been offered the 'collection' services of complete strangers, but the company I work for, Connect PR, has donated a huge amount to the campaign.
Further positive news has been the promotion of Runcorn2wembley via new media outlets, including the Nuneaton News and Nuneaton Town's website. More of this in my next post.
A big thank you to managing director, Hazel Crawford-Upton, and everyone else at Connect PR for the donation of £500 to the campaign, taking the total money raised to almost £2,000.
Hazel and everyone at Connect PR have been extremely generous with this donation and a simple thank you doesn't seem to do the donation justice.
I hope it inspires people to donate and carry out their own fundraising campaign for charity.
Fingers crossed some or all of my friends at Connect will come along to a game in the near future.
In other news, Lawrence and I were approached by a guy called Chris about the campaign before the Nuneaton v game.
Chris followed the FA Trophy last season and read about Runcorn2wembley after the Guiseley v Kendal match.
He's offered to help collections at future games and will be joining us at Nuneaton for the game against Exeter City a week on Saturday.
Thank you Chris, you're support and help is very much welcomed.
Finally thank you to Nuneaton Town FC for the continued support. I hope to help drum up publicity about the match and fundraising campaign all next week.
If you wish to donate simply click here
Sunday, 25 October 2009
KENDAL RUN OUT OF LUCK
Apologies for the lack of a preview to the FA Cup 4th qualifying round between Nuneaton Town and Kendal Town yesterday.
I didn't return from Lisbon until very late on Friday night and needed to catch up on some sleep before driving to Nuneaton for the game.
Rob and Lawrence joined me at the game and we we're expecting a big crowd, the first one of over 500 for the fundraising campaign for Cancer Research UK.
With an average of 50p per fan raised at the previous games we hoped for a good collection from the crowd, which turned out to be over 1,100.
The weather and traffic was terrible but calmed down after we arrived and sunshine again bathed the pitch for the game.
Liz and the rest of the staff we met at Nuneaton Town were very helpful and explained the best places to collect from.
The total money raised was £168.19; thank you very much to everyone who donated.
I didn't return from Lisbon until very late on Friday night and needed to catch up on some sleep before driving to Nuneaton for the game.
Rob and Lawrence joined me at the game and we we're expecting a big crowd, the first one of over 500 for the fundraising campaign for Cancer Research UK.
With an average of 50p per fan raised at the previous games we hoped for a good collection from the crowd, which turned out to be over 1,100.The weather and traffic was terrible but calmed down after we arrived and sunshine again bathed the pitch for the game.
Liz and the rest of the staff we met at Nuneaton Town were very helpful and explained the best places to collect from.
The total money raised was £168.19; thank you very much to everyone who donated.
The Kendal Town fans were again in good song and mood, with another lot of generous donations from them before kick off.
As the match started fans were still flooding in, with a place in the FA Cup first round an obvious attraction.
Kendal were the more dominate side in the first half and should have been in front, with a couple of good chances spurned.
In the second half Nuneaton applied much more pressure and just when Kendal looked like they could snatch a late win, the home side pounced to secure the win and a possible draw against the likes of Leeds United and Norwich City.
A draw and replay would have been the fairer result but maybe Kendal's luck in the previous round and penalty save against Guiseley, was all their allocation for this year.
Today the draw was made and we'll be back again at Nuneaton, as they face a very tough game from League 1 side Exeter City.
I expect the ground will be full for the game and look forward to seeing everyone from Nuneaton again in less than two weeks.
Finally thank you to everyone associated with Kendal Town for the hospitality, friendliness and above all, generous donations. Good luck for the rest of the season and possible promotion.
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