Quick and easy fun-draising at home
- Take on a challenge you can do at home and ask people to sponsor you. For example, you could try and complete a sponsored skip, run, cycle or homemade obstacle course! You could video it and send to family and friends who are unable to attend
- Replace going to the cinema with a special movie night and donate the cost of a family’s cinema trip to dementia nurses. Make homemade tickets and create your own pick-and-mix sweets and popcorn station
- Earn it for charity and commit to doing your chores for dementia nurses. Donate your pocket money to help families facing dementia
Creative connections
Right now it may feel difficult for children (and adults) who are not able to see family and friends in person. While online contact is great, there are lots of ways to make this more creative and meaningful. Either download and write your own answers on our ‘Closer to You’ letter which you can the send to your loved one; or try one of our creative ideas below to connect to those you love.
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- Paint a family portrait – include all the family members you can’t see, take a photo of the final painting and share it with them so they can print it and put it on their wall
- Hold a virtual storytime – read a short story or book over the phone or on video chat; this is great way for younger children to practice their reading skills
- Start a memory board or scrapbook – include photos, favourite activities done together, favourite places visited and memories you hope to make in the future
- Wishes jar – write down the activities you wish you could do with family you can’t see onto slips of paper. Decorate a jar or tin and put all your activities inside. Then you can pick them out once you are back together, and do them!
Colouring activity
Print our colouring sheets to try at home.
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Other ideas
Arts and Crafts – Embrace your creativity and make seasonal decorations to sell
Bake Sale
Carol Singing
Disco – Sell tickets and get your dancing shoes on!
Easter Egg Hunt
Fayre – Easter, summer and Christmas are all great times to hold a fayre
Give it Up – How long could you go without chocolate or crisps? Ask family and friends to sponsor you to give something up for a day, a week, or a month
Halloween Party
Ice Cream Sale
Joke-athon – Tell a joke in return for a donation
Karaoke
Loose change – Ask pupils and staff to donate the loose change in their pockets
Mile a Day – Challenge yourself to run a mile a day, and ask for sponsorship from family and friends
Non-uniform Day – Let pupils wear their own clothes for a day, in return for a £1 donation
Olympics – Put on your own Olympics at school. Set an entry price for each event and award a prize to the winner of each category
Penalty Shootout – Test your teachers’ goal keeping skills!
Quiz – As well as entry fees, there are lots of ways to raise money during the quiz such as by selling food and drinks
Raffle – Ask local business for prizes and hold a raffle. Get in touch to check our raffle guidelines
Sponsored Silence – Ask for sponsorship from family and friends to be silent for a set period of time. You could do it with friends and award a prize to whoever can stay silent longest!
Treasure Hunt
Unwanted Sale– Gather your unwanted toys and books and have a table top sale
Variety Show – Give pupils and teachers a chance to showcase their talents, and raise money by selling tickets to the show
Walk to School – Challenge yourself to walk to school every day, and ask for sponsorship from family and friends
X Box – Organise a sponsored 24 hour gaming challenge
Yogathon
Zumbathon