Fundraising to Support Teenage Cancer Trust Assignment 2022

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 Module Code and Module Title
 Title of Assignment : Fundraising to support Teenage Cancer Trust
 Module Leader’s Name
 Tutor’s Name (this person will mark your work) **
 Your name (Family name underlined)
 Your Student Number
 Date of Submission

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Contents
1.0 FUNDRAISING TO SUPPORT TEENAGE CANCER TRUST.........................................3
INTRODUCTION....................................................................................................... 3
2.0 AUDIT AND EVALUATION OF KEY SKILLS...............................................................4
Teamwork............................................................................................................... 4
Communications...................................................................................................... 4
Research................................................................................................................. 4
Planning.................................................................................................................. 5
Decision-making...................................................................................................... 5
Problem solving,...................................................................................................... 5
Organization............................................................................................................ 5
Time-management.................................................................................................. 5
Development record of accomplishment.................................................................6
3.0 The areas for development and the avenues for improvement to be pursued in
the PDP. And the SWOT Analysis................................................................................ 6
Teamwork............................................................................................................... 6
Research................................................................................................................. 6
Planning.................................................................................................................. 7
Personal development plan........................................................................................ 7
The SWOT analysis.................................................................................................. 8
Strength............................................................................................................... 8
Weaknesses......................................................................................................... 9
Opportunities....................................................................................................... 9
Threats................................................................................................................. 9
REFLECTION............................................................................................................ 9
4.0 CONCLUSION...................................................................................................... 10
5.0 REFERENCES...................................................................................................... 11
6.0 Appendices......................................................................................................... 12

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1.0 FUNDRAISING TO SUPPORT TEENAGE CANCER
TRUST
INTRODUCTION
Cancer is associated with over 100 disease categories, with varying features like uncoordinated
growth and spread of cells caused by a stream of genetic mutations lading to suppressed control
capability, genotypic incoordination and metastasis. Cancer has become a universal catastrophe
and a report by the American Cancer Society projections showed that there were over 1.5 million
new cancer cases in 2010. New cancer cases and types are discovered daily and researchers are
coming up with new mechanisms to detect its incidences. However, as Lumachi, Santeufemia,
and Basso (2015) notes, it has not been possible for researchers to discover the cure for all cancer
cases. Based on the above society’s analysis, over 10% of the females in the United States are
suffering from breast cancer at some point in their lifetime, making breast cancer the biggest
nightmare for the government of America (www.breastcancer.org, 2015).
According to the American Cancer Society report of 2015, many people do not know how cancer
is developed. For this reason, people normally pointing accusing fingers exclusively on lifestyle.
For instance, others may think that they will not develop cancer since they have no trace of
tobacco in their blood. However, the truth is that everybody is susceptible to the possibility of
developing cancerous cells at any point in lifetime. It is for this reason that the issue has taken
both the social media as well as the mainstream media with storm. In other words, everybody has
had an encounter with cancer pandemic, that is, you either have cancer, or your relative or you
know someone who has suffered from cancer. World Health Organization (WHO) postulates that
world cancer rates could rise by 15% to clock the 15 million people mark by the year 2020. The
only question that everyone is asking is, “what is cancer?” and “what causes cancer?”
Susarla, Ganske, Helliwell, Morris, Eriksson and Chun (2015) define cancer as an abnormal
growth of cells that undergo spontaneous mutation and spreads throughout the body of an
organism leading to body malfunctioning. The condition is caused by both internal and external
factors. The external factors responsible for causing cancer ailment include tobacco, chemicals
radiations as well as infectious microorganisms. On the other hand, internal factors include;
inherited mutants, hormones, and result from basal metabolic reactions in the body. Based on the
World Health Organization (WHO) findings, the rise in cancer cases is attributable to steady
increase in the aging population in both developed and developing nations, increased smoking
habit across the globe and adoption of unhealthy living patterns by the middle human race. Given
the magnitude and level of damage it has caused on the human race, scholars have conducted a
lot of research concerning cancer origin, forms, phases and modalities to eradicate or prevent
cancer spread (Haugen, 2017). Given the fact that this quagmire affects people of all ages, this
funds drive was intended to offer assistance to the teenage population since majority at that age
have no steady income to take care of themselves. The funds drive was to be conducted in two
phases in order for us to generate enough funds to cater for the projected population. For the

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purposes of accountability, the team has appointed three signatories to ensure that they properly
sanction the funds before any expenditure is incurred. Besides, each member of the team kept his
or her records of the event and funds streaming in and out of the group.
2.0 AUDIT AND EVALUATION OF KEY SKILLS
Teamwork
The ability to work in conjunction with others is one of the skills that is critical to enable
people to complete their tasks successfully. Teamwork is necessary in designing policies that
are responsive to the needs of a society since it helps in ascertaining the actual problems
affecting a particular population. As recommended by Herrera, Muñoz and Salazar (2017),
the future of modern-day organization depends on the managers’ ability to measure
employees contribution towards institutional mission based on teamwork. The scholars
further emphasize that appraisals should be done with a focus on team performance.
Therefore, this skill is necessary for employees and learners who are determined to apply the
trending technology in their fields of work or learning for improved performance.
Communications
The ability to pass information to others as it is without altering meaning to give insight
into well-wishers concerning the problem. Effective communication skills are an
essential requirement to researchers and learners as it boosts confidence in their capacity
to prevail upon respondents and instructors to reach a meaningful conclusion. Apart from
providing the listeners with an understanding, it offers the sender of information an
avenue to argue his her case with confidence to prove possession of the industry-required
knowhow.
Research
Research skill is one of the instrumental resources necessary for a proper funding
proposal. It is through this avenue that an individual can get access to methods of
improving the performances of the group and come up with best practices to obtain
funds from financiers. I was able to provide the team with a combination of personal
experience and the knowledge I gained through classroom learning to put the ideas into
context. The aim was to encourage the team to take an active role in applying the
professional knowledge from their studies to serve the society. Through this effort, all
members of the society will have a soft spot for learning to motivate others to offer
significant support to fund similar organizations.
Planning
I had come up with a plan that was tailored for a first timer, to guide the team throughout
the fundraising period with insights into practical activities to prepare us for the actual
work.