There’s no emotional video appeals to pull at your purse and heart strings here.
Just 3 good causes asking you to help them, you’ll even get some goodies in return.
Instead of spending your cash online with a faceless retailer, get your surf goods from these guys and help a fellow surfer in the process.
The general idea is you ‘pledge’ some cash, which will help one of the surf projects below. In return you’ll get anything from a signed ‘thank you’ to a holiday in South Africa.
If the project does not raise enough money, then no money changes hands. The sad surfers will just have to try and raise money another way. But we want to make our fellow surfers happy don’t we? So see how and who you can help below:
The Wave Project appeal
The Wave Project is a not for profit company that helps disabled and disadvantaged children feel more positive and overcome challenges through surfing.
They need some special kit to help them deliver more free surf lessons to young people in need, in the South West.
With your help, The Wave Project will buy:
• New surf boards that are adapted for disabled children to hold
• 2 beach wheelchairs
• Some new winter wetsuits so they don’t get cold!
• A van to put it all in!
Here are some of the surf goodies you can get for your cash pledge:
• A private surf lesson with TV star Andy Jordan
• 3 x private surf lessons with two of the UK’s most successful pros, Russell Winter and Hannah Harding
• Adventure experiences for 4 doing your choice of sea-kayaking, mountain biking or coasteering
• Private 1:1 surf lessons at a beach or your choice
• T-shirts, hoodies, stickers, gifts and goodies!
Pledge your support for The Wave Project here.
Support Team GB Junior surfers
For the GB Junior Surf Team, boys and girls aged 14 to 17, their dream of competing at the very highest level is about to come true.
But to fulfil their dreams, the team must raise £25,000 to represent Great Britain at the International Surfing Association’s World Junior Surfing Championships, in Ecuador. They receive no government funding whatsoever and they are asking for your help to raise £10,000 towards our £25,000 target.
This group of young surfers are fantastic role models for their generation. So let’s help them compete in the Olympic games of surfing.
If we don’t support these junior surfers, we’ll never have a British surfer on the ASP tour in our generation.
Surf goodies include:
• lucky surf wax
• Cornish cream teas
• t-shirts, hoodies, and signed thank you cards
• 2 nights B&B in Hout Bay, South Africa
• Custom surfboard
• 5 nights in Bali
Pledge your support for the GB Junior Team here.
Johnny on the spot
Ben Martin is a Cornish surfer who needs help getting his surf diary phone app from prototype to product.
So why should you help someone trying to make money from a phone app? Well glad you asked:
• Ben’s not asking for a hand out, there’s lots of good stuff on offer for your pounds
• Ben is a fellow surfer trying to help other surfers
• It looks like a great app, and you’ll love it when it’s finished
The app: it’s simple really – a surfer takes a picture of the waves and all the live swell, tide, and wind information is stamped onto the image. The images can then be used to compare your favourite surf spots with forecast conditions, allowing a surfer to choose the best spot.
Surf goodies include:
• stickers & t-shirts
• premium surf app
• surf lesson
• week holiday in Cornwall with surf guide
Pledge your support for Johnny on the spot here.
There are only a few days left to raise funds for these worthy causes, so PLEASE HELP NOW.