WHAT HAPPENS TO MY £65?

Some of the costs are linked directly to the number of people coming to the Ball.

The costs of the meal, the welcome drink, the hire of the hall and the table gifts are all directly related to the number of guests and of course, account for a significant element of the total ticket price (about £36).

Then there are the costs of the various elements needed to make a fantastic evening which are not directly related to the number of tickets sold…

These costs include the live welcome music; the cabaret; the DJ; flowers; balloons; additional lighting; the website and the design and print of ads, tickets and menus. We buy cleverly, we get a lot of support from suppliers keen to support the charity and we have already secured some sponsors, so we are able to limit these costs to about £11.00.

Which means about £18 per ticket (or £2700) will be donated to Rianna’s Fund.

Our sums assume we will sell 150 tickets but we, as organisers of the Ball, underwrite all the costs so that the charity takes on no risk.

In fact, at the time of writing (10 July) we have already sold 130 tickets, without advertising.

For every ticket sold over the 150 target (and the venue copes comfortably with up to 200), the contribution to Rianna’s Fund increases.

So how much will Rianna’s Fund receive?

The £18 per ticket contribution to charity is really only the beginning.

With more sponsorship and proceeds from the raffle and the auction, we should be able to exceed last year’s contribution of just over £6000

Our target this year is £9000.