WOHAA is a unique challenge for students that not only helps you to develop skills needed beyond the academic arena, but also provides an opportunity to make a direct and long lasting difference on the lives of children in the developing world!

WOHAA truly is an award BY students, FOR students…

We encourage creativity and innovation, so be as crazy as you like!

Forget walking from door to door grinning manically as your elderly neighbours shy away in fear and hiding the rest of their pensions in their mattresses! Forget wearing a brightly coloured bib and accosting people on the street as they fake a phone call! This is an opportunity to actually make a real difference by having fun!

What’s more, you can see exactly where your money goes to, as we offer the chance for your team to win an all-expenses paid trip to India to visit our charity projects in action!

Your Mission…

WOHAA is split into four main stages:

Stage One: Register online by 30th of November

First and foremost is registration. Simply organise your team and fill in the entry form above to get started!

Your WOHAA journey begins by your team brainstorming some crazy fundraising ideas. Previous participants have advised that you get yourselves organised ASAP as you only have until February to carry out your events.

The main categories you will work towards are:

• Most innovative team
• Most awareness raised
• Most funds raised
• Best presentation
• SPEAK OUT
• Overall best team/individual

More information can be found in the WOHAA Welcome Pack and the WOHAA Fundraising Pack

Stage Two: The ‘Snapshot Project’ Report Submitted in February

You will need to record all your experiences and fundraising adventures in a ‘Snapshots Project’ which can be presented to us in the form of a scrap book, PP presentation, video or even a rap!

Things to include…

• Pictures and videos of your events, so remember to be trigger happy with your camera!
• Role of each team member
• Any evidence of your fundraising and awareness raised. For example, letters of support or rejection, maybe you may even get some press coverage!
• Overall skills you have learnt and developed
• Money that you have collected during your projects as a cheque
• Gift aid forms signed by your donors (so remember to get these signed during your fundraising). Gift aid means that without you having to do anything, for every £1 that is donated by a UK taxpayer, the government will give the charity 28p – for free! (More info in the welcome pack)
• A reference letter from your parents and your teacher. NB: The teacher’s letter is per group.
• Problems you come across, individually or as a team, and how you resolve them. Or any problems that were too big to overcome and why.

You will need to send everything in along with a Snapshots Submission Form to reach us by the deadline.

Stage Three: The Semi-Finals at the House of Lords in March

From all the Snapshots Projects we receive, the best projects will be short-listed and those teams will be invited to the Semi-Finals at the House of Lords. These teams/individuals will be invited to give a five minute presentation of their project and present their WOHAA journey to our distinguished panel of judges, with a short question and answer session at the end. Have a look here at the WOHAA 2011-2012 semi-finals.

Stage Four: The Annual Award Ceremony in June

The Annual Awards Ceremony is a fun filled, glitzy evening in celebration of all the hard work and efforts of everyone that has taken part in WOHAA. The overall winners of WOHAA receive their amazing prize of a trip to a far flung corner of the world. This will all take place at a top London venue with all the Wings of Hope volunteers, patrons, and associates attending, as well as hundreds of WOHAA participants, teachers and parents from across the country! Have a look here at the WOHAA 2011-2012 Award Ceremony ‘Heroes & Heroines’ at Wembley Stadium.

Simply: REGISTER online @ http://www.thewingsofhope.org/wohaa/sign-up-now/

FUNDRAISE in lots of wonderful and wacky ways
PRESENT what you have achieved at the House of Lords
WIN top prizes including an all expenses paid trip to India and work experience placements with top UK employers!
MAKE A DIFFERENCE!