Out of ten places asked to take a tin only two have agreed. However I have three more to go back to on Monday as their managers were not in yesterday.

Today I will write letters to send to churches, schools and shops asking for support or donations of money or items to raffle/tombol. I will also write to local press.

Once I got my speech sorted I did not feel as scared to go in and ask – one guy though he said no to a tin did give me a small donation(every penny counts). Feel quite energised and slightly more confident now!