Supporting Young Athletes Across the Nation

In Australia, charity fundraising plays a crucial role in helping families support their children’s dreams. For families with rep-level athletes, costs like travel, training, and tournament fees can be significant. RepRaiser is a powerful solution that allows Australian families to fundraise within their communities and beyond, ensuring that no young athlete misses out on opportunities due to financial barriers.

Why Charity Fundraising is Vital for Aussie Families with Young Athletes

Supporting a child in rep-level sports is a rewarding journey, but it often comes with a financial burden. Charity fundraising is essential for many families, enabling them to raise funds that help cover rep-level costs and ensure their child can fully participate in their sport. Charity fundraising in Australia fosters community, inspires support, and brings families together in pursuit of a common goal: seeing their young athletes succeed.

RepRaiser: A Purpose-Built Platform for Charity Fundraising

RepRaiser is designed for families who need to raise funds for their young athlete’s rep journey. Unlike other platforms, RepRaiser combines traditional raffle fundraising with the convenience of an online platform, making it easy to raise funds from friends, family, and community supporters. With each ticket sale, supporters know they’re contributing directly to an athlete’s fund while also getting a chance to win exciting prizes.

How RepRaiser Supports Charity Fundraising:

• Efficient Fund Management: 50% of each raffle ticket sale goes directly to the athlete, while the rest supports raffle operations and covers costs like permits and prize distribution.
• Easy Online Sharing: RepRaiser allows families to share their fundraising link widely, making it simple to reach supporters both near and far.
• Flexible and Ongoing Campaigns: With no fixed timeline, families can start and end their campaigns whenever they choose, even rolling them over to new raffles each season if needed.

How to Get Started with RepRaiser for Charity Fundraising

1. Sign Up and Create a Campaign: Setting up a RepRaiser campaign is quick and user-friendly. Once signed up, families receive a personalised link that they can share with potential supporters.
2. Engage Your Community: Charity fundraising thrives on community support. By sharing your campaign link on social media and via email, SMS, and other digital channels, you can build a network of supporters excited to contribute.
3. Offer Regular Updates and Thanks: Keep supporters engaged by posting updates, milestones, and expressions of gratitude. Updates allow supporters to feel like part of the journey and encourage continued support.

Success Stories: How RepRaiser is Transforming Charity Fundraising in Australia

RepRaiser has enabled many Aussie families to reach their fundraising goals through charity fundraising. Here are some examples that show the potential impact:

• Imagine Your Child’s Football Journey: Suppose your child is selected for a regional football team and needs funds for tournament travel. By using RepRaiser, families can raise over $1,200 quickly, tapping into community support and keeping them updated on the journey. Families have found that local communities love supporting young athletes!
• Supporting a Swimmer’s Dream: For families with a child in competitive swimming, RepRaiser’s raffle feature makes charity fundraising accessible and engaging. Imagine raising over $900 from a network of friends, family, and community members, all of whom are excited to support a promising young swimmer.
• Helping a Tennis Star Rise: For tennis players needing funds for coaching and tournament expenses, RepRaiser is a practical solution. Parents can create a campaign, share it across social media, and easily raise funds to help cover their child’s sporting costs. With RepRaiser, some families have raised over $1,000 in just a few weeks.

Why Raffles Work So Well for Charity Fundraising in Australia

Australia has a strong tradition of charity raffles, where people buy tickets not only to support a cause but also for the chance to win something exciting. RepRaiser’s model enhances this tradition by making it easy to sell tickets online and directly link proceeds to an athlete’s fundraising campaign.

Here’s why raffle fundraising is so effective for young athletes and their families:

• Appealing to Supporters: Raffles appeal to a broad range of supporters. People love the idea of buying a ticket that contributes to a good cause while also giving them a chance to win prizes. RepRaiser’s raffle structure, which includes a range of attractive prizes, motivates more people to buy tickets.
• Simple to Share: Sharing a raffle link online is easy. Families can post their link on social media or email it to supporters, who can then purchase tickets in just a few clicks.
• Flexible and Year-Round: With RepRaiser, families can continue their charity fundraising as long as needed. The platform’s seasonal raffles mean that campaigns can roll over seamlessly, allowing families to keep raising funds for recurring expenses.

Additional Tips for Successful Charity Fundraising

To maximise the effectiveness of your RepRaiser campaign, consider the following tips:

• Engage Local Businesses: Local businesses are often eager to support community causes. Approach cafes, gyms, or sporting stores to see if they’d be willing to share your RepRaiser link or contribute a prize to your campaign.
• Share Your Story: Supporters are often more willing to contribute when they know the story behind the fundraiser. Share updates about your child’s progress, achievements, and goals, letting supporters feel connected to the journey.
• Express Gratitude: Acknowledging your supporters is important. Thank them on social media, send individual messages, or post updates about how their support is helping your child.

Why RepRaiser is the Perfect Choice for Charity Fundraising

RepRaiser offers Australian families a purpose-built solution for charity fundraising. Unlike other platforms, RepRaiser is tailored to rep-level athletes and their families, giving them the flexibility, ease, and transparency they need to meet their fundraising goals.

RepRaiser covers all operational details, including raffle permits, prize management, and transaction processing. This allows families to focus on what truly matters—supporting their young athlete’s journey. With each ticket sale, families receive 50% of the proceeds, while RepRaiser handles the logistics, making it a hassle-free way to raise funds.

Ready to start charity fundraising to support your child’s athletic dreams? Visit RepRaiser today or call 1800 BOLSTA to get started. With RepRaiser, you’re not only raising funds; you’re creating a network of supporters who believe in your child’s potential. Let’s make these dreams a reality together!

In fact, we help all not-for-profit groups

How do we help?

We help volunteer-led organisations with fundraising by:

• Providing tools and resources that assist volunteer led committees to operate effectively, motivate volunteers and become more effective fundraisers.
• Creating useful tools that assist with fundraising activities.
• Sharing stories, experiences and testimonials from other volunteer led organisations.
• Sharing reports and information from leading bodies
• Creating forums so we can all support each other
• Providing digital content that imparts what we have learnt throughout our continued volunteering experience since 1996
• Sharing sales guidance and coaching, in a highly sales reliant industry.

We want to help all volunteer led organisations to be more effective fundraisers. We are pleased to share our knowledge and experience, with the addition aim to develop systems that are digitised, innovative and more profitable.

Who we are

We are three good mates from Wollongong. Our close association with a local sporting club has been significant in shaping us into the people we are today.

Why do we have such an affinity for our club? Well, it is the same reason most people do! Sporting clubs, leisure groups, schools and charities all play integral roles in our communities to connect and support each other. They offer belonging within a group of like-minded people and provide opportunities to grow and improve as people.

Those of us who see the value these groups add to our society also feel a duty and desire to improve and preserve them. For this reason, we will always serve our club and continue to support others doing the same in their own special organisations.