Charity Fundraising

Pedalite offer registered charities and qualifying registered fundraisers an opportunity for increasing the funds raised from a sponsored event using a donation system, that has proved successful on multiple continents. Charities have the chance to promote Pedalite's award winning products to members as part of a sponsored walk, run, cycle, jog or triathlon and receive donations to their charity when they are sold. The scheme aims to give charities a much needed additional income stream as well as creating safer, more environmentally friendly events by offering these innovative and highly popular products to their members and supporters. 

To take part, charities simply need to contact Pedalite to set up a special promotional code and inform their members and supporters about the offer as part of their sponsored event information that is provided.  When purchasing a Pedalite product via the website, customers simply need to enter the promotional code and 25% of the purchase price will be donated back to the event.

A good idea ?

As Running Fitness, the national UK fitness magazine, stated "Thousands of us runners train in the early mornings and evenings and we risk being mashed by inconsiderate drivers passing too close or sometimes simply failing to see us.  Now thanks to Ankelite, a new solar powered gadget, from safety lighting specialist Pedalite International, we've got a much better chance of being seen".  However, it is not just in the early mornings and evenings that walkers, runners and cyclists need to take extra care.  Walking and Jogging are two of the most popular ways of getting into shape, however, statistically, going out is getting more dangerous with an average of 40,000 accidents every year in the UK involving pedestrians (Office for National Statistics).

Applying simple safety rules when training, exercising or simply commuting such as wearing bright clothing and using lights that will make you be seen can help you feel and keep safe.  Unfortunately, one problem is that lighting is often overlooked in daylight, particularly in the summer.  Consider how a single cloud passing in front of the sun affects the light; how quickly the sky can darken with a change in weather or how shadows from large buildings or bridges can affect a motorist’s vision and render walkers, joggers and cyclists without lights invisible.

Pedalite’s award-winning, battery-free, lighting, including its 360^o pedal lights for cyclists, solar powered Baglite, which fits any size or shape of backpack and the ultra lightweight Anklelite, which illuminates ankles or arms, all provide 360^o lighting to protect all the family.  The lighting ensures walkers, runners, horseriders and cyclists are seen from all directions, from up to 1km away.   Plus, their safety does not have to cost the earth - these innovative products use solar (ordinary house lights or sunshine to recharge) energy; so you don’t need expensive replacement batteries and your old batteries aren’t going into landfill - even the packaging is recycled cardboard!

The Donation Opportunity In Detail

Pedalite is very keen to help raise funds for worthwhile causes and we are therefore willing to offer a special promotion for participants in your event which can be provided to the walkers/runners/cyclists when they register, posted on your website or sold into the media, wherever you choose.

The promotion would be that for every registered walker in your event that purchases Pedal Lights, Baglite or Ankelite products from www.pedalite.com, then Pedalite International would donate 25% of the purchase price to your event.

You would be offering to your supporters:

• Positive advice regarding your participants staying safe while they train or participate
• Environmentally friendly, unique award winning safety products, that are already best sellers in high street retail stores (In the UK "The Times" Newspaper gave the Baglite its top score of 5 out of 5 and called the product “brilliant” for children’s safety), to help them stay safe when training or in the actual event
• Receiving a donation to the charity from products that would in all likelihood be purchased by many of the participants anyway.

The way it would work is simple and requires little additional effort, you simply confirm that you want to participate in this donation programme (contact us); we set up a promotional code (usually the name of the event); you provide this code to your participants (this is the first bit you do); your participants decide if they want to buy one of the products to keep them safer when they train or participate and if they do they enter the promotional code on the Pedalite website when they make the purchase; you bank the cheque that comes through each month from Pedalite International (this is the only other thing you have to do). It's as simple as that!

All Pedalite safety products are environmentally friendly, through the elimination of batteries or the need to "recharge" from the mains, even the packaging is recycled cardboard and not plastic "clamshells" or similar.

There is a lot more information about these innovative best selling products throughout this website