CHARITY PARTNERS

HOW IT WORKS

THE FEE

From 2018, the cost structure has moved to a fixed entry fee – for 2020 the fee will be £356 given it will be the Royal Marines’ 356th birthday. This fee covers:

The cost of running the event, including location hire costs,
Admin, before and during the best part of 48 hours of the event itself,
Risk Assessments,
Medical Cover,
Portaloo hire,
Event Insurance,
Scran (food/snacks/beverage) breaks, including 4 main meals plus soup at the finish, hot and cold drinks and snacks throughout,
Any marshalling or transport costs; and,
Any clothing and equipment we might choose to supply.

These costs are met by two elements:

A Registration Fee, paid by the participant, the size being determined by the fundraising challenge choosen – the higher the target, the smaller the personal contribution,
The remaining Entry Fee, paid for by the selected charity, if and only if, the Yomper raises at least 75% of their chosen target about 8 weeks prior to the event. If not we work with the participant to adjust their target to meet the criteria.

We invite a number of charities and any charity can apply or be referred, to become a partner. Clearly in the context of the event some charities are more appropriate than others, so the organisers will consider all applications in light of that context. We will market the event in general, and on behalf of Platinum, Premium and Participating charities (or Community Organisations) and they are welcome to promote their “participation”.

There is NO requirement for a charity to pay any money up front.
In outline, a potential Yomper arrives on the website and has a choice of how to take part. They can either just undertake the challenge, and pay the full entry fee themselves, (in which case they can fundraise for who and how they like, or not). Alternatively they can choose a fundraising challenge and select one of the partner charities and pay their personal contribution as the registration fee. They then go about meeting their fundraising target on the platform of their/the charity choice, with without your help – we’ll let you know if they have registered to raise for you, of course.

After that, some 8 weeks before the Yomp, we will get in touch and ask if your Yompers have raised 75% of their target, in which case we invoice the charity the balance of the entrance fee. At this stage you will know what your minimum return on that fee will be, (indeed you are likely to already have the funds from your chosen platform) as shown in the next tab. Likewise, the charity will know what that return will be if they go on to hit their target. To date the average raised per yomper is about £1,000 per head, with some raising over £5000 in 2011, 2014 and 2018.
So, for example, someone signs up to support you and chooses the Anniversary Challenge to raise a target of £1664. Eight weeks beforehand, they should be able to show you that they have raised £1248 and we would plan to invoice you the balance of their entry fee, £235. For your £235 you already have the £1248 so are guaranteed a return of £1013 and if they then go on to hit their target, you would get £1429 return, a ratio of over 6:1. You are of course welcome to help your participants raise funds as you see fit. If they haven’t raised the requisite amount by this time, you have the right to refuse the invoice and these participants either need to pay the remainder of the fee themselves, or migrate to an alternative target that gives you a minimum return of 4:1 and an on target return of approx. 6:1. They will not yomp if the full fee is not paid in advance, so there is absolutely zero risk to you!

It costs nothing for you to be listed, though any particpating charity is welcome to buy discounted fully funded tickets in advance, in which case you are welcome to set your participants whatever target you like – such discounts will be implemented through a limited number of online coupons that gives a sign up discount, issued to the liaison for the charity concerned.

Challenge	Fundraising Target	Personal Contribution*	Charity Contribution+	Charity guaranteed minimum RoI @75% tgt	Minimum RoI Ratio	Hitting Target RoI	Hitting Target RoI Ratio
The Convening Order	2810	50	306	1803.5	5.9	2506	8.2
Falklands Challenge	1982	64	292	1196.5	4.1	1692	5.8
Trafalgar Challenge	1805	89	267	1088.75	4.1	1540	5.8
Gibraltar Challenge	1704	104	252	1028	4.1	1454	5.8
Anniversary Challenge	1664	119	237	1013	4.3	1429	6.0
Afternoon Turn to (after all everyone is 5 minutes early!)	1355	164	192	826.25	4.3	1165	6.1
Birthday Challenge	1028	209	147	626	4.3	883	6.0
Zeebrugge Challenge	664	264	92	408	4.5	574	6.3
Normandy Challenge	354	304	52	215.5	4.3	304	6.0


The Recruit Challenge	N/A	354


* Non refundable (except at Since 1664 mgt discretion)
+ Only payable if the participant can demonstrate to the charity that they have raised on whatever platform they choose 75% of their chosen target 8 weeks before the start of the Yomp

Charities that have agreed to participate are welcome to purchase fully funded entries for Yompers and set their own fundraising criteria

Charity Discounts

Platinum (promoted) Charities can buy 20 or more tickets *in advance* at a 30% discount				249.20

Premium (featured) Charities can buy 10 or more tickets *in advance* at 20% discount				284.80

Participating Charities can buy tickets *in advance* at 10% discount				320.40

In these cases the charity is free to set whatever target it likes.