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Fundraising ideas

Seeking fundraising inspiration?

Look no further! We’ve got a diverse list of fundraising ideas tailored just for you.

From school events to gatherings with friends or family, from workplace initiatives to activities with your club or group, our list has lots of creative options sure to ignite your fundraising spirit!

Whether you’re up for a charity run, a leisurely walk, the thrill of a skydive, hosting a bake sale, or organising a quiz night, every pound you raise for Brain Tumour Support makes a tangible difference. Your efforts enable us to provide crucial support to those facing a brain tumour diagnosis.

To assist you in your fundraising endeavours, we offer comprehensive fundraising packs and merchandise. Moreover, we’re eager to collaborate with you, listen to your ideas, and optimise your fundraising activities for maximum impact.

If you’d like our involvement in your school or community event, don’t hesitate to reach out to our dedicated fundraising team.  Contact us by email or give us a call on 01454 414 355.

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Fundraising at school or college

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Get active

Choose something challenging for the children to do, maybe running laps around the playground, or a skipping challenge.

Go casual

Non-school uniform day, ask everyone to pay £1 to wear his or her clothes. If you want to twist it, dress up in fancy dress or pyjamas.

Get involved in March

Why not join in during UK Brain Tumour Awareness Month in March when we have a special campaign as an effective way to raise awareness as well as funds?

Grow your own

Buy a packet of seeds, plant them and let them grow. Then sell the bigger plants for a bigger profit. Get all the schools to join in.

Get eating

Organise a coffee morning, a cake sale or sell Krispy Kremes. Ask parents to bring cakes, biscuits and drinks, and charge people to buy a cake or a drink.

Go without

Get the children to join in with our Give It Up! campaign in January, or at any time in the year give up something they would miss, like sweets, TV or their mobile, and get people to sponsor them for each day that they manage to go without.

The Smartie Challenge

Give all the children a tube of Smarties and set a competition to see who can fill it with the most 20p’s.

Get baking

Have a Baking Day and make lots of cakes and biscuits, then have a bake sale at school during a break.

Get selling

Hold a bring-and-buy sale for the school. Bring in your old toys & books to sell, and donate the profits.

Get fashionable

Ask the parents and friends to donate their old clothes and hold a ‘recycled’ fashion show for your school or neighbourhood. You can charge for admission and refreshments and all the clothes will be for sale, of course.

Get packing

Ask your local supermarket if you can hold a bag packing day for Brain Tumour Support. It’s a great way to provide a service to the local community while supporting us too.

Get recycling

Don’t throw away – recycle! We can raise money through collecting used ink cartridges, old phones and other gadgets. Collecting can be made fun and informative and is a simple way to be involved and help our work

Fundraising at work

Work colleagues standing together in a row

Team building day

A day out in teams distributing our collection tins to local businesses makes for a fun and rewarding day that will bring your team immense satisfaction. Warning – may be competitive!

Sponsor Brain Tumour Support for a day

It costs over £1,000 a day to run our charity and provide our much-needed support services. Every day counts.

Charity of the Year

We would be honoured to become your choice of charity of the year & work with you.

Brain Tumour Awareness Month

Join in during UK Brain Tumour Awareness Month in March. For the month we run a special campaign that has always been a great way to get together and raise awareness as well as funds.

Do something daring

Take on the challenge of a skydive – perhaps even a group of you might dare to leap out of a plane together!

Sporting Challenge

Run, cycle, swim, or all three in a triathlon. If you have sports enthusiasts on board, we can find them a challenge!

Individual challenge

Have your head shaved, sit in a bath of beans or custard, have your chest waxed or go all the way and wax it all off! Endless fun ideas to inspire you!

Office fundraising

Have a dress-up or dress-down day. Have a swear box or do a sponsored slim. A sponsored ‘go without’ day or a post-Christmas unwanted gifts sale. Lots of possibilities.

Fundraising events

Hold an event – quiz, bingo, karaoke or race night, cream tea, Zumbathon, a ball or a disco. And an auction or raffle at the event can raise further funds.

Collection

Organise and hold a collection either in the office, at a supermarket or at a football or rugby ground.

Collection tins

Have one of our collection tins in a local venue. Every penny helps!

Coffee morning

Organising a coffee morning is a great way to catch up with friends, family, colleagues or clients while doing your part to support us.

Cake or Krispy Kreme sales

All bake a few cakes and sell them by the slice or have a Krispy Kreme doughnuts sale.

Fundraising tips and resources

Take a look at our ideas, guides and resources and start your fundraising adventure with confidence and enthusiasm!

Paying in your money

Find out how to pay in money raised through fundraising or an event.

Pay in your fundraising

Fundraising materials

Unlock the power of fundraising with our wealth of resources! Access downloadable materials, captivating social media graphics, and valuable resources to supercharge your fundraising efforts today.

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Fundraising FAQs

Do you have a question about how to fundraise for us or how to pay in your fundraising? Have a look through these frequently asked questions.

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See our upcoming events

25 June 2026 28 July @ 4:00 pm - 28 July @ 5:00 pm

Men’s online support group

Our men’s support group is led by our dedicated Support Professional, Gavin. Created specifically for men affected by a brain tumour, this group offers a supportive space where you can connect with others who truly understand what you’re going through.

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25 June 2026 7 August @ 2:00 pm - 7 August @ 3:30 pm

Face-to-face regional group | Cardiff

These regular face-to-face regional support groups held in Cardiff provide a safe space for those who have a brain tumour to connect with others.

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25 June 2026 11 August @ 12:30 pm - 11 August @ 2:30 pm

Face-to-face regional group | Bristol

This regular face-to-face regional support group in Bristol provides a safe space for anyone affected by a brain tumour diagnosis to connect with others.

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