Email from Marie Brown Regional Fundraising Manager NCH, the children's charity
"As I mentioned on the phone I work for NCH, the children's charity as the Regional Fundraising Manager for Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire. I'm wanting to put in a charity bid to a group of mad individuals who run the soapbox downhill derby each year to try and get them to raise money for the children's projects we run in Derbyshire for children who have been traumatised by sexual abuse. I really need to make my bid stand out from the bog standard boring ones that they would normally get and make them feel like I am as mad as they are!What I need are 2 cartoons;
Our dragon with a white crash helmet on - so I can start with the line
"Breaking news - Cedric is the STIG "(The Stig is a racing driver on the revised format of the BBC motoring show Top Gear. He is cast as a mysterious "tame racing driver" whose identity is unknown, and who never speaks on camera. Nonetheless he is fully credited as a presenter alongside Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May.)
and also a picture of cedric the dragon sitting in a soapbox type car for each page of the bid
I've been at it for hours and quite frankly I have lost the will to live! Please could you take a look at my pathetic efforts and see if you can help.....
I have attached a few images that might help including the official picture - the copyright of the logo and cedric is ours so you can use it if you are working on the charity's behalf to which if you need me to I will put in writing.
Please contact me as soon as you can as the bid needs to go off by the end of next week really
Thanks
Marie and Cedric!
The results...a few options to choose from...
The amended/updated and approved one...
Dear Richard,
Thanks so much for these images - they are perfect - keep your fingers crossed that we get it!
"The charity market is very competitive and everyone knows that if you want to be in the running that sometimes you need to respond quickly to meet deadlines and make your cause stand out from the crowd.
NCH, the children's charity supports more children in the UK than any other and when we got the opportunity to put in a bid to be the recipients of a £60,000 fundraising event we had to act fast.
Richard and his team at Cartoon Studio pulled out all the stops and within 24 hours we had the first drafts of what proved to be an invaluable marketing tool to get our bid noticed. The brief was very vague and somewhat rushed but Richard knew exactly what would attract the event organiser's attention and what would capture their imagination.
It worked! Need less to say that this December we will all be hurtling down a very steep hill in a home-made soapbox car ! I cannot recommend the Cartoon Studio enough for the value they added to our pitch and the competitive edge his designs gave us- maybe I should have asked him if he can provide accident insurance!
Thank you"
Marie Brown
Regional Fundraising Manager
NCH, the children's charity
Richard Duszczak The Cartoon Studio
29 Lake View Avenue Walton Chesterfield Derbyshire
UK S40 3DR
Tel: +44 (0)1246 209034
Email: rd@cartoonstudio.co.uk
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