{"id":602,"date":"2014-12-15T16:26:38","date_gmt":"2014-12-15T16:26:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.andrewwickscreative.co.uk\/clients\/nsif-dev\/?post_type=blog&#038;p=602"},"modified":"2026-03-17T12:05:42","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T12:05:42","slug":"deven-becky-overtake-fundraising-target","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.andrewwickscreative.co.uk\/clients\/nsif-dev\/news\/deven-becky-overtake-fundraising-target\/","title":{"rendered":"Deven and Becky overtake fundraising target"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Deven Mcalister and her cousin Becky Anderson started fundraising for nsif this year and have had more success than they ever imagined \u2013 proving what you can do when you put your mind to it.<\/p>\n<p>Deven and Becky set themselves the ambitious target of raising \u00a33000 for their London-to-Paris bike ride.\u00a0Since then, they have smashed their target and have raised an astonishing \u00a37,000 for nsif research.<\/p>\n<p>Like cycling nearly 500km, fundraising is not an easy ride. Deven and Becky knew that just because they were working for a worthy cause, the money wouldn\u2019t necessarily roll in. To attract donations you still have to advertise and plan a successful campaign, keep in touch with supporters and thank them (rightfully so!).<\/p>\n<p>This makes Deven and Becky\u2019s achievements even more commendable. For other would-be fundraisers out there, here\u2019s how they did it&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Firstly, they took an active approach to fundraising, planning events to entertain people, rather than just relying on people donating automatically because they are friends\/families\/colleagues.<\/p>\n<p>They also used social media and online fundraising tools to get the word out. \u201cFacebook has been amazingly useful, it has raised so much awareness and kept people up-to-date with my training and fundraising,\u201d says Becky.<\/p>\n<p>She describes Just Giving as the \u201cbest thing\u201d and an \u201ceasy and convenient fundraising tool\u201d. She is certain they wouldn\u2019t have raised nearly as much without it.<\/p>\n<p>Lastly, Deven\u2019s personal connection with the cause has given her a story to tell that has engaged people. She has used local newspapers to talk about her accident and recovery, and how it affected her life and drove her to fundraising. This means people understand not only that she is raising money for scientific research into a treatment for spinal injury, but also why that\u2019s so important, as they may not personally have been affected by it in their lives.<\/p>\n<p>With that said, Deven is clearly enjoying the experience. On reaching her target she emailed the nsif team saying: \u201cIt\u2019s amazing!!!!! Going to go even bigger now!!!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For anyone wishing to follow in Deven and Becky&#8217;s tracks and raise money for nsif, email Alice to receive a fundraising pack full of tips and ideas:\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:alice@nsif.org.uk\">alice@nsif.org.uk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>To find out more about Deven and Becky&#8217;s fundraising please visit their Facebook and Just Giving pages:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/710296612380591\/?fref=ts\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/710296612380591\/?fref=ts<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.justgiving.com\/deven-becky2015\/\">https:\/\/www.justgiving.com\/deven-becky2015\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"class_list":["post-602","news","type-news","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Deven and Becky overtake fundraising target - Nicholls Spinal Injury Foundation<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.andrewwickscreative.co.uk\/clients\/nsif-dev\/news\/deven-becky-overtake-fundraising-target\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Deven and Becky overtake fundraising target - Nicholls Spinal Injury Foundation\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Deven Mcalister and her cousin Becky Anderson started fundraising for nsif this year and have had more success than they ever imagined \u2013 proving what you can do when you put your mind to it. 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