Rally-eMag August 2013 / Column
More often than not I would get a reply saying ‘thank you for your email enquiry, if you are
interested in sponsorship then please contact…
blah…blah…blah!!!
I am the first one to admit I’m no Shakespeare
and I’m convinced that asking people for money
would be difficult even if you were. What is it
that makes people go; yeah ok I’ll give you
thousands of pounds, just like that? I’m sure I
haven’t found the secret to that yet. This is really hard.
I, my fiancée and my Co-driver have spent
every waking hour on this and still no money in
the bank.
It’s not all bad news though. We have a few
corporate sponsors who are interested in the
venture. This however is one of those things
where you have to be patient, I’m not patient. I
don’t have time to be patient about this. This is
not just my dream; this is a charity that is working towards something so very special. The
Brain Bus that The Richard Burns Foundation
is trying to buy will mean so much too so many
people now and in the future. This is not just
about honouring Richard this is about honouring his life and death. All his bravery will go
towards helping others with the same illness be
brave too.
Now all I need is someone to believe in me.
So for now we will keep trying. I’m lucky I have
people around me who want this to happen as
much as I do and they are working so incredibly
hard. All I can think is that if I’m ever in the situation where I need help from a charity like RBF,
that someone giving sponsorship to a cause
like ours could save my life.
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Money makes the world go round. Without
money our campaign will fail.
The car is still white now... ready for sponsor stickers!