Hints & Tips

FoneAid is a simple and easy to run fundraising campaign that gives you the opportunity to raise limitless amounts of cash for your group or organisation. Yes it really is that easy!

To make your mobile phone recycling campaign as successful as possible we've put together this guide, not only to ensure its success but to give you hints to make it as easy as possible too!

Our Top Tips

• Ask family and friends to donate their old unused mobiles.
• Ask neighbours to donate their old, unused mobiles, you can print off our mail drop letter and use this in your local neighbourhood.
• Contact local business as they are often a great source of old mobile phones. Ask if you can leave a collection box in their reception or staff room.
• Ask your volunteers and supporters to hand out collection bags in the local community and their workplaces.
• Publicise your campaign on your website and newsletter.
• Think about any contacts you may have who could help with your campaign.
• Advertise the campaign using our posters and leaflets in your local pub, library, newsagents, community centre and any other public places.
• Contact your local radio station and or paper and ask if they can publicise the appeal or complete the online press release information form and send it to us. We'll write a press release for you and send it to your local paper, radio station and TV news programme.
• Organise an event such as a race night and charge an entry fee of 1 old mobile phone.
• Contact police stations, mobile phone shops, railway stations and anywhere else that may have a lost property department with mobile phones.
  We have a police letter that you can use to contact police stations along side our Data Protection Registration information.