Online quizzes offer fundraising answer for CLAN
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A NORTH-EAST cancer charity has found a way to raise funds through weekly online quizzes after coronavirus forced the cancellation of its key money-spinners.
CLAN Cancer Support, which supports people affected by cancer across north-east Scotland, has lost vital income following the cancellation of its own fundraising events as well as national events such as the Kiltwalk and the Baker Hughes Aberdeen Running Festival.
Charity workers based at CLAN House in Aberdeen came up with the idea of running a weekly quiz online, asking for a donation of £3 per player.
The CLAN Sunday Sofa Quiz is attracting more than 200 teams – and the number is growing each week.
Regular hosts include Steph McCann, fundraising team manager for CLAN, and her husband, Lee, who regularly hosted quizzes when he was a student at university. The quiz includes sections on local knowledge as well as current events, entertainment and travel.
Steph said: "We have had a fantastic response from people – not only from the north-east but across the UK – to the CLAN Sunday Sofa Quiz.
"We were looking for a way to continue to engage with our supporters, keep people entertained at home, and to help raise vital funds for people affected by cancer. It’s a fun thing for all the family to take part in and raises money for CLAN at a very difficult time for the charity.
"Being in lockdown is challenging for everyone, but even more so for those faced with a cancer diagnosis.
"The online fundraising is helping us continue our telephone, email and online resource centre, as well as CLAN Haven, our bed-and-breakfast facility for those attending cancer treatment at ARI."
The Sunday Sofa Quiz can be accessed through CLAN’s Facebook page, and also through its website at www.clanhouse.org.
