Freecycle build = LCEF donation

100 tickets at £10?

Might sound optimistic but with enough coverage it should be possible.

per bike?

or do I only do one raffle and give the winner the choice and give 2nd place the other bike?

Oh darn, was thinking per bike but then one will take away from the other.

Maybe a 150 ticket raffle with two winners andaybe try to get a sponsor to donate stuff or give away the parts that weren't used as 3rd place prize.

parts that weren't used as 3rd place prize

Great idea, and saves another sales thread

try to get a sponsor to donate stuff

Not sure I have the time/energy to do that, it's a mammoth task especially if I wanna do the raffle before I go to Greece on the 30th April.

^or should I just let it run and run until the end of May??

^but I won't be able to administer it efficiently/properly whilst on holiday

Probably easiest to let it run until the end of/late May so you don't have to rush anything and have time to plan around it.

You thinking a live auction at LMNH, or an online thingy?

You could display the bikes and the project story at LMNH and have the first (40% of?) tickets available at the counter and other bikey hotspots in the city.

Then have a online donation system set up for the rest of the numbers..?

If you underestimate demand and hit the target before the deadline, you can always make more numbers available.

^ Don't know if it applies, as this forum is kept afloat by a few hard working individuals and the goodwill and charity of it's members, as will this raffle, so if it was done on the premise that it's a charity affair and none of the organisers will be making money out of it, and all the proceeds are going to charity, I think a lot of the normal laws are waved as it becomes a personal and not a business venture.

Could you leave it in the hands of a couple of mates to look after while you're away?

Would mean you can do some getting it out there and known before you go and organising others to help, and then they can attempt to get some sponsorship (maybe a % of what the public fund?), and get the horrible job of keeping tabs on things while it goes crazy?! ;P

The hard part is always promotion, drumming up interest and awareness (have done a bit for couple of festivals I was involved with), and it will take more than just one person.

Delegate some jobs out, you've done a lot so far, and we all applaud you, but if you're rushed for time, the last thing you want is for it not to get out there to enough people or end prematurely cause you don't have the time while you're here and have too leave just as it's peaking.

I do reckon this has the potential to go way over expectations though, especially if you keep ticket price down to a fiver and no top end limit but a goal, like the kick starter projects, and get it out there as far as possible.

But as you said, keeping it open to peoples good will for the cause will do a lot I think.

Er, sorry if that's all a bit too much... seem to have woken up in 'on a mission' mode. ;)

I've done a fair bit already for promoting the story that CycleLove will publish.

List of people that agreed to share it online (Twitter/FB etc)

Cycle Love
LFGSS newsletter & sticky sales thread
Boneshaker Magazine
The Foot Down
LCEF
Moving Target
LCC
London Cyclist
BLB
The North Race

more to come & awaiting replies from:

LMNH
Brixton Cycles
CTC
Rollapaluza
The Cycle Show

Oh wow, have you had time to sleep at all?!

Sumocycles.com?

^ Don't know if it applies, as this forum is kept afloat by a few hard working individuals and the goodwill and charity of it's members, as will this raffle, so if it was done on the premise that it's a charity affair and none of the organisers will be making money out of it, and all the proceeds are going to charity, I think a lot of the normal laws are waved as it becomes a personal and not a business venture.

The forum isn't a registered charity and neither is Apollo (as far as I know), regardless of the fact that this is a no-profit venture for a good cause.

Even if they were the Gaming Act still applies, so it might be worth having an informal word with a brief: I'm sure there's one on the forum.

These types of non registered charity raffles have a £1 or £2 max ticket cost.

Decal/frame colours work so well: lovely, tight build.

^ This. ; )

Amazing!

^^^^ Can't see pics :(

These both look great Apollo. Nice work!

^ Don't know if it applies, as this forum is kept afloat by a few hard working individuals and the goodwill and charity of it's members, as will this raffle, so if it was done on the premise that it's a charity affair and none of the organisers will be making money out of it, and all the proceeds are going to charity, I think a lot of the normal laws are waved as it becomes a personal and not a business venture.

This isn't true - I used to manage raffles for a charity and there was definitely paperwork involved...

The forum isn't a registered charity and neither is Apollo (as far as I know), regardless of the fact that this is a no-profit venture for a good cause.

Even if they were the Gaming Act still applies, so it might be worth having an informal word with a brief: I'm sure there's one on the forum.

Yes - I think you may well need a license for this (I think it falls under the definition of "small society lottery"). It'd be worth calling the Gambling Commission to check...

Chill Winston....

"You do need a lottery operating licence if your lottery (raffle) sells over £20,000 of lottery tickets in a single draw or £250,000 of lottery tickets in a calendar year. Find out which type of operating licence you need, and how to apply.

There are some circumstances in which you do not need a lottery operating licence:

prize competitions and free draws
small society lotteries
work lotteries
residents' lotteries
customer lotteries
lottery ticket machines
lottery syndicates."

The rules for small lotteries (aka raffles) are here

We'll just have to cap the maximum tickets sold at £19,990 total then ;)

aye. the bike looks pretty sweet. can't wait to post up the full set of pics....