Fundraising

Fundraising for a charity can be immensely rewarding and lots of fun!

Click here to read about people who have recently fundraised for us.

If you decide to fundraise for Weight Concern, we will help to make your event both successful and enjoyable.

Fundraising can begin anywhere, at home, at work or in your local community. Read some of the ideas below and see if any of them inspire you to set up your own event and start fundraising for Weight Concern.

-     A sponsored swim, bike ride, walk, run, zumba, or yoga.

It can be as far as you want it and can be indoors or outside. You could do the challenge with a group of friends or individually. We can provide t-shirts and sponsorship forms.

-     Dress down day at work. Or fancy dress –such as Terrible Ties and Tights day.

-     Set up a quiz in your local area, at work or with friends and family.

-     Give up a bad habit- Stop smoking, cut down on alcohol and fizzy drinks or swap your daily choclate fix for a healthier option and ask friends and colleagues to sponsor you in your success.

-     Start a swap shop; it could be books, clothes, recipes. This could take place at work or at home and you could charge a fee for each swap.

-     'Grow your own' competition – grow your own vegetables and see who’s grows the biggest or tastes the best.

-     Guess the amount of “something” in the jar, or guess the weight of “something”. This is a good fundraiser at work as people can pay to guess and the winner wins whatever you are guessing.

-     Create a picture or word out of the coins you raise – it could be stuck down with bluetack so people can choose where they stick their money.

If setting up an event seems too much right now, you could enter a half-marathon or marathon. We will support you as much as we can. If you are interested, send us an email and we can start planning. Click here for a list of some coming up in the following year.