Xtraordinary People
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Back 2 Front Fundraising Ideas
& Guide 2006
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Contents
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What does Xtraordinary People do?2
Organising Back 2 Front Day at your school3
Fundraising Ideas4
How to Donate5
Press Release6
Xtraordinary People.
Xtraordinary People is an initiative launched with the British Dyslexia Association to raise awareness about dyslexia and the problems our teachers face and to help raise funds to train teachers and ‘X up’ our schools.
One in Ten children in the UK is dyslexic. Dyslexia is a difference in the area of the brain that deals with language and affects the underlying skills associated with learning to read, write and spell. It can also affect memory, organisation, concentration and maths. Dyslexia doesn’t affect intelligence, in fact many dyslexics have a much higher than average IQ. They are often very creative, inventive and brilliant lateral thinkers. Research has found them to be 5 times more likely to be entrepreneurs.
Dyslexics need a different multi sensory approach to learning. This approach helps with ALL specific learning difficulties and literacy in general. However, if unrecognised and unsupported, dyslexics cannot learn effectively.
Geton Board.
Dyslexic celebrities such as Richard Branson, Jamie Oliver, Steve Redgrave, Jackie Stewart and Robbie Williams have pledged their support. Virgin is one of the first companies to have thrown its weight behind theinitiative, with many more household names pledging their support.So get on board and help raise the funds needed to train your staff and X’up your school (approx £5,000), and with your contribution, we can improve the lives of thousands of children.
Organising a Back 2 Front Day at your School
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A guide that shows you care!
Chase away the School Blues and wear something or do something backwards to raise money with a Back 2 Front Day!
1.Let everyone know that your school is participating in national Back 2 Front Day. Make a poster and/or stickers and display them on notice boards, in the canteen, cloakrooms and staffroom and on classroom windows. Remember to complete the name and department of the teacher who is taking on the role of Back 2 Front co-ordinator.
2.Write to Parentsto let them know your school is participating in Back 2 Front Day.
3.Send a press release to the local media to let them know your school is participating in Back 2 Front Day.
4.Put reminders in the diary on your school year planner or in your diary to help you keep track of how close Back 2 Front Day is.
5.Visit the Back 2 Front section under ‘fundraising’ of the website, developed to remind you of what’s going on and what Xtraordinary Week is all about.
6.Exchange Fundraising Ideas with all your mates. Remember, two heads are often better than one!
7.On Back 2 Front Day, use your collection box to collect £1 from everyone taking part! Remember to empty the box frequently and store it in a secure place. Ask your local bank to supply you with some money bags in advance.
8.Chase up any late donations after Back 2 Front Day and collect funds from any extra activities. Total up the final amount your school has raised and turn to the back page for details on how to donate.
Fun Fundraising Ideas!
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Back 2 Front Day - Schools and Businesses can hold a Back to Front Day, where you go the wrong way to get the right result!. In other words, doing something back to front to raise money to X’up our schools.
Back to front ideas
- Wear something back to front for a day and donate £1
- Eat your lunch in reverse order. Pudding followed by Main Course
- Organise some back to front races.
- Hold a back to front Quiz. Guess the questions from the answers.
- Back 2 Front jokes Competition. Give the punch-line, guess the joke.
- Say the words ‘back to front’ after every sentence for a day.
- Get every one to call you by your name, but backwards. Get your school to download our special labels to write your backward name on.
How to Donate
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1.By Post
Please post your paying in slip, along with your cheque or postal order, made payable to Xtraordinary People. Our address is Xtraordinary People @ the British Dyslexia Association, 98 London Road, Reading, RG1 5AU.
2.By Credit Card
Call 01189 296940 or 01189 296942
3.At a Bank
Take your completed paying in slip with your donation
Press Release & Letter
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<Date>
Pupils X’up their Schools with Back 2 Front Day!
On < insert date>, staff and pupils at <insert name of school> will go the wrong way to get the right results by wearing their clothes and doing things Back 2 Front and donating £1 to Xtraordinary People at The British Dyslexia Association to raise funds for Specialist Dyslexia Teacher Training.
This new campaign is urging thousands of schoolchildren to go back to front all day and raise funds and awareness for much needed specialist dyslexia teacher training. Proceeds will help Xtraordinary People in their nationwide awareness and fundraising campaign to help alleviate the problems faced by our schools and most importantly, the thousands of dyslexic children who are failed by the system.
With a wealth of famous dyslexic achievers offering their support, including Richard Branson, Jamie Oliver, Robbie Williams, Jackie Stewart and Damon Albarn, it’s faintly ludicrous to still consider dyslexia a sign of ignorance, laziness or inferiority.
Sadly, no matter how well intentioned, very few teachers are adequately trained to recognise or teach dyslexics who account for at least 10% of their pupils.
<Insert school spokesperson’s name> said: On <insert date> pupils at <insert name of school> will be wearing clothes, hair and accessories showing their creative talents and individuality, all in aid of Xtraordinary People’s Back 2 Front Day. Getting involved is easy, our pupils love coming up with fun back to front ideas, and through their support of Xtraordinary People, they will be helping to give dyslexic children, as well as themselves, an education system that caters for all the children in the class, not just the ones who aren’t dyslexic.
For further information
<insert school number>
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