Pledges !

DATE: THURSDAY 19 SEPTEMBER 2019

TIME: Doors open at 18:30 and pitches start at 19:00.

LOCATION: Monzo HQ, 35 Wilson St, Finsbury, London EC2A 2ER. To view the location, please click here. 

REFRESHMENTS: Drinks & canapés will be provided.

Our event

This 10x10 edition is all about healthcare. We have invited three unique charities to our event to tell you about their work, aspirations and the impact they're aiming to achieve in their respective fields. If you would like to attend and support the work they are doing, please click on the PLEDGE BUTTON for the amount of your choice to receive a ticket to the event. Your Pledge purchase is converted to your donation (100% tax deductible) which you will use on the night of the event. 

10x10’s mission

“To Empower The Next Generation of Giving”

How does it work?

1. 10x10 run live crowd-funded, ‘Dragon’s Den’-style, pitch events that support innovative and emerging charities
2. Ten committee members invite at least ten of their friends to attend the event (10x10... get it?), creating a pool of at least £9,000
3. Upon arrival at the event the attendees are given 'Charity Dollars' equal to their purchased Pledge
4. Three invted charities pitch to an audience of 100–150 people for their donations
5. Three #DragonForGood then ask the charities questions about their business model and impact, followed by audience question time
6. The audience then decides with their ‘Charity Dollars’ i.e. their Pledge on who to allocate their donations to based on the charity they resonate the most with

The Charities

Listed below are the three charities that will be pitching on the night:

INTER CARE

Inter Care’s vision is a world where people do not needlessly suffer due to a lack of medical resources. We redirect surplus medical equipment and medications from the UK to over 100 rural health units in sub-Saharan Africa. We are the only charity in the UK innovatively tackling the two-fold problem of medical waste in this country and the need for vital medical goods abroad. 

https://intercare.org.uk 

CMV

CMV Action is a small but dynamic parent-led UK charity raising awareness of congenital Cytomegalovirus (CMV), campaigning for better prevention and management measures within the health sector. Firmly committed to limiting the devastating effect of this virus, CMV Action aims to educate women planning a pregnancy as well as the health professionals providing their care, and supports research into the prevention, diagnosis, treatment and management of CMV.

https://cmvaction.org.uk/ 

RECOVERY ASSISTANCE DOGS

RECOVERY Assistance Dogs helps survivors across the UK recover from mental health issues through non-invasive therapy involving Assistance Dogs. We provide free dog training classes for mental health ‘survivors’ and also train dogs to assist those too unwell or under-resourced to have their own RECOVERY Dog.

https://www.recoveryassistancedogs.org.uk 

The Dragons!

MATTHEW WILKLEY

• Matthew Wilkley is an award-winning leader in fundraising, marketing and communications. He specialises in strategy, innovation, income generation, organisational partnership, raising awareness and team development. As well as being a trustee of the mental health charity, Mind, Matthew is Assistant Director of Fundraising at Independent Age, a national charity for older people. He was inspired to launch a new fundraising department with the long-term ambition to make the charity self-sufficient and support the 12 million older people in the UK.
• At Centrepoint and Crimestoppers, he led the delivery of over £60 million income, the recruitment of over 100,000 supporters and over 10,000 pieces of media coverage.
• In 2015 he was awarded the scholarship for the Executive MBA at Cranfield School of Business and in 2016 was selected by 'Fundraising Magazine' as one of the top 25 fundraisers under 35.  He is also a volunteer consultant for the Cranfield Trust and was a CharityComms Mentor supporting London’s Air Ambulance.

JULIA SALASKY

• Julia is the founder and CEO of CrowdJustice, the online platform for legal funding. CrowdJustice has helped thousands of people get access to the legal system and has given thousands of people the ability to effect concrete change through the law. From the Supreme Court case on Article 50 to a case that helped junior doctors get access to whistle-blowing protections for the first time, cases funded on CrowdJustice have had effects big and small across the society. CrowdJustice has been featured in the BBC, Guardian and others as a “game-changer” in enabling more access to justice.
• Julia has been recognised as the Financial Times’ Legal Innovator of the Year, one of Debrett's most influential people in law, Legal Week's Outstanding legal innovator of the year, CityAM's digital innovators power list, and by Marie Claire as a Future Shaper.

SAMMI ADHAMI

• Sammi is the COO & Co-Founder of Fiit, a venture backed, digital disruptor in the health and fitness industry that has become the UK’s highest rated fitness App in just over 12 months. Its interactive fitness platform is paving the way for 1,000’s of people to positively change their fitness habits and mental health. 

• Sammi is an experienced investment manager, he spent eight years running a major real estate development and brokerage business in Dubai, and over 12 years managing multi-million pound private development funds. He is an Angel Investor for a number of leading UK & US start-ups.

• A music lover, DJ of 20 years and fitness fanatic, 2019 will see him tackling half marathons & marathons with an Ironman scheduled for 2020. He spends his downtime with his wife, daughter and son — an avid home workout fan at age 5. 

The Fun Stuff!

In addition to helping these three great charities, we have a range of fun activities during the night to keep spiritis high and everyone engaged to raise as much for the charities as posisble. We have selection of great prizes to win during our RAFFLE, a LUXURY AUCTION where you could be in with the chance of winning some really, really, REALLY great prizes (!!!). And if that wasn't enough, we'll have a DJ spinning some tunes for you during the breaks so there's a constant vibe in the air. In essence it's going to be a great night.

More about 10x10

10x10 London was launched in May 2017, with the first event breaking the 10x10 world record and raising £49,000 for three grassroots UK charities providing genuinely innovative solutions to social problems in the UK: combating drug and alcohol addiction; prevention of suicide in young men; and professional coaching in prisons to reduce re-offending. Since the successful launch we've now held 7 events.

How Do I Collect My Pledge?

1. Your Pledges will be available for collection at the venue on the night of the event
2. For a £60 pledge, you'll receive two £30 charity vouchers which you can allocate across the charities however you please
3. Options for £90 and £120 Pledges are also available, which will give you additional vouchers as well as free entry into the Raffle and Premium Raffle that will be drawn on the evening
4. Receipts will be issued for the full amount of the Pledge price following the event