How to raise yer booty.

The possibilites are endless, but we have put together a couple of ideas to get you started. Contact karenphillips@compton-hospice.org.uk for a FREE Fundraising Pack.

Dress Like A Pirate
Pay some doubloons to dress like a pirate. Better still get sponsored to do it!

Have a Pirate Lunch
Put together some scran and have a real feast. Don't forget to ask yer Capn' first if you want to add some grog!

Guess the Pieces of Eight
Fill a jar with Chocolate gold foil coins and get yer crew to guess the amount.

Treasure Chest Raffle
Get your fellow land lubbers to make up a treasure chest of booty.

X marks the spot
Treasure map. Ask a colleague to write their name on a square in return for a £2 donation. When the sheet is full cut up all the squares and put the entries into a draw. Either have a prize for the winner or a percentage of the money. Contact me for a ready made up treasure map.

Code ‘Ahoy There’
At the start of the day, someone choses a word and substitutes it for the words ‘Ahoy There’. Each time someone forgets, they have to make a forfeit. Or chose a word that no one is allowed to say and when someone slips up everyone shouts ‘Ahoy There’ and a forfeit is paid by the one who slips up.

In the Brig
Sponsor a few individuals to fulfill tasks throughout the day. Make the coffee, Make 10 calls in half an hour, sell 20 Compton Hospice badges. If the person does not complete the task they have a ‘punishment’.

How To Be Speakin' Pirate-Like

Startin' Rules
• Double up on all your adjectives and you'll be bountifully bombastic with your phrasing. Pirates never speak of "a big ship", they call it a "great, grand ship!" They never say never, they say "No nay ne'er!"
• Drop all your "g"'s when you speak and you'll get words like "rowin'", "sailin'" and "fightin'". Dropping all of your "v"'s will get you words like "ne'er", "e'er" and "o'er".
• Instead of saying "I am", sailors say, "I be". Instead of saying "You are", sailors say, "You be". Instead of saying, "They are", sailors say, "They be". Ne'er speak in anythin' but the present tense!

Hints an' Tips
If it be helpin', start yer sentence wi' a "Arr, me hearty," in a deep, throaty voice — ye'll find that the rest be comin' much easier.

Visit http://www.talklikeapirate.com/howto.html to learn the lingo.

How to get a pirate name

Go to; http://www.piratequiz.com to find out what your pirate name is. I did and I'm proud to say my new name is Mad Dog Rackham, and this is my description.

Part crazy, part mangy, all rabid, you're the pirate all the others fear might just snap soon. You have the good fortune of having a good name, since Rackham (pronounced RACKem, not rack-ham) is one of the coolest sounding surnames for a pirate. Arr!

What's your name?

A final word from the founders

We asked: "Not to put a downer on all the fun, but aren't pirates ‘bad’ people? Don't they steal and kill and stuff?"

Answer: "Let's get this straight. Real pirates were and are bad people and are in no way worthy of emulating.

"We, on the other hand, are thinking of movie pirates, the pirates of books, myth and legend. Think Long John Silver in 'Treasure Island.' Pretend pirates.

"But Talk Like a Pretend Pirate Like Long John Silver was just too long to catch on.

"So when we urge you to TALK like a pirate, we don't mean you should ACT like a pirate. The Pirate Guys are solidly against pillaging, plundering and slaughtering like pirates."