Support Us

The Monkey Sanctuary Trust is a registered charity and receives no government funding.  We rely totally on voluntary donations and the generosity of people like you, so we can continue to carry out our vital welfare work.

There are lots of ways you can help – by giving your time, signing up for Give As You Earn, by leaving us a legacy or even just signing our petition to end the primate pet trade in the UK.

Organise an Event

Whatever your age, if you have an idea which will help to raise funds and/or awareness for The Monkey Sanctuary Trust, why not give it a go? We would be more than happy to provide assistance if needed.  We can send you promotional leaflets and posters and on some occasions a keeper may be able to visit your school, work place or community group to assist with talks. 

Some fundraising ideas:

• Sponsored events such as walks, bike rides, sky-dives, or a sponsored silence!
• Are you a sportsperson? Run a mile (or more!) for the monkeys.
• Have a stall at a local event and donate the proceeds to The Monkey Sanctuary Trust.
• Give a talk at your school or community group and pass round a collection tin afterwards.
• Organise a special day at your work-place, school or community group such as a ‘funky hat’ day and ask everyone to donate a certain amount. 
• Maybe you are in a band and you could organise a charity gig?

We’re sure you will come up with your own exciting and imaginative fundraising ideas.

Let us know if you need any help or advice by emailing us:info@monkeysanctuary.org Or you can call us: 01503 262532 – just ask to speak to a member of the fundraising team.

Legacies

Writing the sanctuary into your will is a particularly important way of supporting our work. Legacies provide a reliable and consistent income for us, meaning we can continue to care for monkeys and promote welfare and conservation worldwide. The more stabilised our income becomes the easier it is to commit to valuable long-term projects. Legacy gifts to charity are tax free and can be managed to reduce the total inheritance tax payable on an estate. Contact us for further information.

Shake a Tin

Join our street collection team!  Monkey Sanctuary staff and volunteers brave the elements all year round to raise vital funds for The Trust. Street collections are an extremely important part of our income – it’s amazing how all those pennies add up! If you think you might be able volunteer your time to help out please get in touch. Collections are easy to arrange. We will give you collecting tins, leaflets and all the help you need.

If you can help arrange a collection in your area, call or email Tina on 01503 262532.

 

Article in your Paper

If you are interested in the work that we do here at The Monkey Sanctuary Trust, why not try to get an article about The Trust into your local paper? We are trying to raise the profile of The Trust all over the UK and this is great way to help us do just that.  You could write about a visit to The Sanctuary, or perhaps about the primate pet-trade in the UK – you could even try to spark a debate in your local area through the paper. Whatever topic you choose, you are always welcome to get in touch with staff at The Sanctuary for any help or information you might need.

Email us at info@monkeysanctuary.org. If you do manage to get an article printed, don’t forget to send us a copy for our archives.

 

Dinner4Good

 

Dinner4Good is a brilliantly simple idea. You raise money just by doing something that you already enjoy - having friends round for dinner! Go to www.dinner4good.com/monkeysanctuarytrust and create your own personalised 'Dinner Page'.  Email invitations are sent to your guests who then visit the website to see what’s on the menu and who else is invited.  Guests can RSVP via the site and can make a donation to your favorite charity (us…we hope!) in return for the wonderful dinner you are hosting.  There is no hassle with collecting cash as Dinner4Good takes care of everything, including the Gift Aid application - so all you have to do is eat, drink and enjoy yourselves!  So…get the ball rolling and have a Dinner4Good! (staying in is the new going out you know!). 

Donate Goods

We are ALWAYS in need of various items, large and small for use around the territory, house and grounds.  It could be anything from a sanctuary vehicle (pictured; generously donated by Bristol Wheels Project) to ropes for enclosures to kitchen equipment and bedding for the house.  Keep an eye on our website for current appeals. 

Items we are always in need of:

• Thick long ropes
• Photocopier
• Maintenance tools
• Kitchen appliances
• Office equipment
• Stationery
• Gifts & vouchers to use as prizes for raffles and auctions
• Karabiner clips
• Building materials

If you think you might be able to donate any of the above items, or if you have something which you think we might need (however obscure!), give us a call on 01503 262532 or email us at info@monkeysanctuary.org. 

Buy Once Give Twice

Buy Once Give Twice is a fabulous online auction site that helps to raise vital funds for charities. There are many ways you can support The Trust through this website; you can simply give by buying from the site - 85% of the net proceeds go to your nominated charity (we are already partnered with the site so you can easily select us as your charity) and you will see that they have some AMAZING items up for grabs. You can give in kind and auction something through the site on our behalf –donate an unwanted gift; or maybe you work for a company that could provide an exciting experience for a bidder; if you’re lucky enough to have a holiday home, why not donate a week in aid of The Monkey Sanctuary Trust? Check out the website www.buyoncegivetwice.co.uk to learn more and to view the amazing and unique items you can bid on!

 

Reclaim-it: benefiting The Trust

Recycling really does make a difference! Here at The Monkey Sanctuary Trust we recycle as much of our household and café waste as possible; paper, aluminium, glass, plastic and card. (Lots of things can be made into safe interesting toys for monkeys!) We also compost unwanted raw and cooked food as well as the dirty shavings and leftover food from the monkey enclosures.

A disturbing amount of mobile phones and printer cartridges are thrown away adding to land-fill every year. In most cases these items can be recycled and used again. It is because these items can be recycled that they have a value and by collecting these products you can generate significant amounts of money for The Monkey Sanctuary Trust. 

If you would like to help the environment and raise some money for the monkeys at the same time, you can set up a collection box at your school, office or other public place.  You can also bring your unwanted printer cartridges and mobile phones when you visit The Sanctuary and drop them into one of our collection points around the site. Alternatively, we can send you reply-paid envelopes so you can send individual items to Reclaim-it from your home. If you would like to set up a collection point or would like envelopes sent to you please email us at info@monkeysanctuary.org

Charity Flowers

Birthdays, Valentines Day, Anniversaries, Mothers Day – If there is an occasion for beautiful flowers, order them through Charity Flowers.  They donate their profits to charitable causes and as The Monkey Sanctuary Trust is one of their beneficiaries, by buying flowers through Charity Flowers you will be helping to benefit The Trust.  Just state you would like to support ‘MST’ when ordering.

Everyclick

Everyclick is a search engine that gives half of the revenue it generates to charity. Use it to raise money for The Monkey Sanctuary Trust whenever you search the web. All you need to do is go their website and select The Monkey Sanctuary as the charity you would like to support. There's absolutely no charge to you or to us.  Once you have selected us as your chosen charity, don’t forget to set Everyclick as your main search engine homepage. 

Charity eBay

The Monkey Sanctuary Trust has registered with charity eBay so that you can now sell items on eBay and choose to donate a percentage of sales to the Trust.

The Monkey Sanctuary will be auctioning special signed items from time to time and we will soon be making it possible to buy items from our Gift-shop through eBay – so keep an eye out!

How to sell and donate:

• Register as an eBay seller and sign into your account
• Follow the steps to list the item you want to sell
• On the "Pictures and Item Details" page, click "add" to launch the charity search tool and choose a charity on whose behalf you want to donate
• Search for The Monkey Sanctuary Trust within the charities directory, using the advanced search
• Create a Seller account on the MissionFish site, if you haven't done so already. It's quick, simple, and free
• Decide how much of the proceeds which you would like to donate. You can donate anywhere from 10%-100%
• Follow the final few steps to submit your charity listing