Fundraise for us
You can change the lives of families devastated by disaster
If you’re into marathon running, pub quizzes or throwing dinner parties, you can transform a fun event with your friends and family into vital funds for ShelterBox.
Millions of families are currently living without proper shelter because of natural disaster and conflict. You can help change this.
By going the extra mile and organising an event to raise funds for ShelterBox, you’re helping us reach disaster-affected families all around the world.
We decided to sleep in a tent all summer for ShelterBox because we wanted to help people in Syria and Gaza
LET US INSPIRE YOU
Stuck for ideas? Don’t worry. Our fundraisers are bursting with plans to create exciting activities, like these:
Donate your presents
Estimate £50-300
If you have a special occasion coming up, ask friends and family to donate money in lieu of gifts or flowers. You can gather money by hand, set up a fundraising page or use the fundraising tool on Facebook.
Tidy up and cash in
Estimate £50-100
Clear out your clutter and raise some money at the same time by running a jumble sale in your community, or attending a boot fair and donating the proceeds to ShelterBox.
Bake off
Estimate £50-100
Challenge your friends and family to a bake-off and sell cakes and treats at work or at a party. You can award prizes for the fanciest or tastiest cake.
Sell your wares
Estimate £30-150
It’s not just cakes, we’ve had people selling jam, homegrown vegetables, eggs, flowers, home-made cards and second-hand books.
Offer your services
Estimate £50-100
Our fundraisers have washed cars, served food, fetched groceries and packed bags at supermarkets in order to raise funds. Some children even do chores and donate their pocket money.
Quiz night
Estimate £100-500
Hold a quiz at home, in your local community or get your local pub on board. Quizzes are irresistible especially if there’s a prize at stake, and you can throw in a raffle too!
Get creative
Estimate £100-300
If you’re a musician, put on a benefit gig. If you’re a writer or poet, host a reading night with fellow performers and sell tickets. If you’re into amateur dramatics, put on a show and donate ticket sales.
Challenge yourself
Estimate £10-100
Think you can manage without your phone for 24 hours? Think you could live in a tent for a week? Get cracking! Not every challenge has to be a marathon.
Join a challenge event
Estimate £500-1000
Our ShelterBox Response Teams go where disaster strikes to reach communities in need and ensure that no family goes without shelter. Are you ready to take on a challenge event and help our teams go a little further?
Employee fundraising
Estimate £100-500
Fundraising for ShelterBox can be a great way to build relationships within your teams, boost morale and have fun. We can help you plan unique fundraising events at your workplace.
Get inspired by others
Unlimited!
For more inspiration, see some of the amazing things our fundraisers have done in support of ShelterBox. Read their stories here.
LET EMILY INSPIRE YOU
Through wind and rain, along muddy towpaths, and up steep gradients, 10-year-old Emily kept on cycling, taking on a west to east coast cycling challenge over two-weeks, cycling 488 miles from Land’s End to Lowestoft, raising over £6,500 for ShelterBox.
10-year-old Emily Read from Exeter, decided to fundraise for us after being inspired by visiting our ShelterBox stand at the Devon County Show.
I planned to start in Land’s End and cycle as far east as I possibly could. I promised to do at least 100 miles, which I did, and then I kept going all the way to Ness Point in Lowestoft.
How to fundraise
Make a plan
Try and think of something that is both impressive and achievable.
Think about whether you want to do it alone or in a team. Consider whether you want to sign up to a pre-existing event, like the Brighton Marathon, or run your own, like a pub quiz or a sponsored sporting challenge.
Set a date that doesn’t clash with other events or busy periods in the year. Then decide on how much you want to raise.
Don’t be afraid to think big!
Tell everyone
Shout about what you’re doing at any available opportunity. Use posters, emails, Facebook, Instagram and Twitter to let everyone know how they can get involved.
You may also want to set up an online fundraising page so that people can donate at their convenience, direct from social media and from anywhere in the world. We can provide lots of materials to support you, like sponsor forms and legal advice (where necessary).
Fill in the form below to ask for resources.
Request a speaker
If you’re hosting an event, such as a quiz or cake sale, bring the story of your fundraising to life by inviting a ShelterBox speaker to your event.
You can experience our aid for yourself and your supporters will find out how their money can transform the lives of families robbed of shelter when disaster strikes.
Enjoy it
Thank your supporters
Everyone who donates, takes part or turns up at your event to help cheer you on, will be making a huge difference to families who are utterly overwhelmed by disaster.
Those families won’t be able to send their thanks personally, so once you’ve counted up your donations, make sure you do it for them.
Pay up
After your event, you can send in the money you’ve raised quickly and easily.
Close your online fundraiser page, pay in your fundraising online here or send in your cash donations over the phone or send us a cheque by post, it’s up to you.
TELL US ABOUT YOUR EVENT!
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Our fundraisers
From zip wires and bike rides to writing books and selling flowers - our fundraisers have done it all. See some of the amazing things our fundraisers have done in support of ShelterBox.