Fundraise for War Child

Fundraising for War Child will be a lot of fun and immensely rewarding. It's not often you can say that you are personally responsible for changing someone's life! There are hundreds of ways you can raise money for War Child. You can tailor your event to how much time and space you have, and how many people will take part. You can choose to go it alone with a sponsored silence or a 10k run, or get everyone you know involved by putting on a gig or a car boot sale.

For some ideas and inspiration download our fundraising pack for everything you need to get started. Whatever you decide to do make sure you take bit of time to read our legal info. And when you’ve finished your fundraiser you can get all the details for sending us your donation here
But for the time being here’s some inspiration:

If you choose to hold an event you can entertain the masses and raise money to help children who need it most.
War Child works with some of the biggest names in the business but they all had to start somewhere. Give some up and coming bands a shot at success by organising a gig. You might want to choose a theme or make it a battle of the bands competition.

Hold a Promise Auction, ask people to donate time or use of their belongings all in aid of War Child and host an evening where they can be auctioned off, everyone’s a winner!

Walking from Lands End to John O'Groats or maybe just cycling round the park, a sponsored event is an oldie, but a goodie and thanks to the internet it's never been easier.
Just Giving, is a website specially designed to make managing your sponsorship easy. Follow the easy steps to set up your page and email the link to everyone you know and they can sponsor you online, it’s so easy and it takes less than 5 minutes, and they have a special Facebook app that lets you spread the word at the click of a button.

Remember to get every UK tax payer to gift aid their donation - it will add 28% to the amount they give without them having to give a penny more!

Make the most of your school days, by getting fellow students and staff involved in helping War Child too.
The non uniform day, is an old school favourite. Everyone makes a donation for the privilege of not wearing the usual uniform and all the money collected comes to War Child. You could pick a theme or just let everyone wear what they like.
Use your lunchtimes to hold a tournament, it could be anything from football to Wii. Charge a fee for teams or individuals to get involved and try and source a prize for the winners.
For more info and ideas our Schools Fundraising Pack is available here.
Just remember always ask permission from your teachers before you get started.

The office is a great place for fundraising, as any distraction from the keyboard is welcome, and many companies have an established match-funding scheme, where they will match the amount you raise independently.
Hold a Sweepstake on anything from the latest football to ‘Big Brother’, everyone will think they know best so take advantage and donate the profits to War Child.
You’ve heard of a ‘Swear Box’, well why not start a ‘Buzz Word Box’, identify some overused jargon and ban it for a week. Every time you or a colleague uses a forbidden word pop 50p in and watch the money pile up.

Use your imagination to come up with your own fundraising idea, then get promoting as the more people you get involved the more money you can raise. Be sure to get online, promote on My Space or create a Facebook group for your event, the more the merrier. You can also purchase T-shirts and other War Child gear here to make sure everyone at your events knows what they’re there for.