Fundraising Pack

Your Fundraising Guide

www.khhospice.org.uk

You are doing something amazing

Thank you so much for deciding to fundraise for Katharine House Hospice
In this guide you will find everything you need to help you plan your KHH community
fundraising. We have a whole host of ideas to help you put the 'fun' in fundraising – so
don't worry if you're not sure where to start!
The great thing about fundraising is that you can make it as simple or elaborate as you
like! You can do anything from a small family zoom party or quiz, to a 10K run a day or a
community-wide virtual event – it's up to you! Whether you raise £10 or £1000, every
penny makes a difference to the lives of our patients and their families!
And what's more, rest assured once you have started your fundraising journey, you'll
receive the full support of our expert fundraising team who will help you along the way
to ensure you reach your target in no time!

The Katharine House Hospice Fundraising Team

Contact us:
Get in touch with our
KHH Fundraisers
by phone on 01785 270808
or by email at
[email protected]

Ways to raise!
some fundraising ideas...

Virtual Quiz Night – Host a charity quiz, it
could be themed or general knowledge.
Charge for entry and include an online
raffle to raise extra funds! You can do this
using apps like HouseParty or Zoom.

Birthday Fundraiser Are you having a Donate your lunch money – Not going into the
birthday during this period of social office or school can save you £'s on lunches,
isolation? If so you'll be wondering how coffees, fuel? If you can spare it (we know its
to celebrate when you can't go out, and challenging times), why not donate it to the
friends/family can't get to the shops to buy hospice. Just £15 pays for an hour's nursing care
you a gift! Why not set up a Birthday for a patient, think of the difference that could
fundraiser on Facebook or Just Giving and ask make! To donate visit our website and click on
people to make a donation instead of buying the donate button.
you gifts? Its really easy to get started, find out
how, here! Join our lottery and win £1000! Fancy a weekly
chance of winning £1000? Our lottery costs just
Virtual Birthday party Why not donate the £1 per week…you get the chance to win our top
money you usually spend on your birthday prize every week, plus lots of other prizes and
celebrations or even have a virtual birthday you help pay for care….it must be worth a go?!
party on Zoom, set up a Just Giving page and Sign up now at (Mary insert web address) or call
ask people to donate to join the party! Set up 01785 270808.
your Zoom account here and invite your friends!
https://zoom.us/ Support us while you shop! We can’t get at
to the shops at the moment so buy online!
Bake off (Virtual of course) – Get baking with
friends…set up a Just Giving page, take Now there's even more chance to support us
donations for people to enter their through your online shopping!
masterpieces, and showcase your skills! You
could set up a Whatsapp or facebook group for Whether it's Amazon Smile, TopCashback or
entries and get someone independent to judge easyfundraising.co.uk your shop can help to
and award the Star Baker! You could even have support patients with life limiting illnesses at our
a Junior Bake Off for the children! hospice

Go on an adventure – Now Just go to www.smile.amazon.co.uk,
exercise restrictions are eased, www.topcashback.co.uk and
get sponsored to go trekking www.easyfundraising.co.uk
with your household
members take the chance
to go somewhere new and
see the wonderful
outdoors. Whatever your
challenge, whatever you
raise, you will be making a
difference to yourself and
to others!

Up your
GAME!

Live Stream on Twitch –
Fundraising through gaming is
massive at the moment! You
can connect a Just Giving page
to your Twitch account and
people can donate to watch
you in action! Try a live
streaming marathon – 12 hours
or even more! For further info
visit and a “how to” guide visit
https://gaming.justgiving.com/

Join our Work It Challenge
Get the whole family moving, with WORK IT! our Virtual Family Fitness Challenge. Take part in a
variety of fitness challenges over the course of 30 days, including star jumps, squats, press-ups, steps
and the plank. At the end of your 30 days we'll send you a virtual medal, and certificate of completion
to show off what you've achieved. Visit www.khhospice.org.uk/xxxx to sign up.

Online Car Boot
Sort out your clutter and organise an online car boot sale with the proceeds coming to KHH.

Set a fitness goal and get sponsored
Always wanted to get fitter, run 5K, or maybe a marathon is more your thing? How about getting on
your bike, or getting out the trainers and racking up some miles? Set yourself a distance goal and set
up your Just Giving page. The more you train the more you raise and while you are pounding the
streets, or racking up the miles, you will be motivated by the knowledge that you're picking up the
valuable pounds for hospice care.

Unplug for the Day
Challenge your family to go device free and unplug for the day
in return for sponsorship. Every hour they complete without
their devices will help local people.

Brave the Shave
Little Aggie and her mum braved the shave for our
patients and went for a grade 6 and 4 respectively! If
they can do it so can you! Whether it be your hair,
beard, moustache or legs, brave the shave (or wax) and
raise valuable funds and look good during lockdown!

Fundraising at work (if you can!)

No Snacks
Get everyone to ditch snacks for the day, saving their waistline and also some money – what they
would have spent they could donate instead!
Cake Sale or Chocolate Sale
Or do the opposite! Make or buy the snacks for the office to purchase! A multipack of chocolate is
£1, sell each bar for 50p and you've made £1 profit!
Dress Down Day: Ask your colleagues to donate if they want to wear whatever they like for the
day!
No Email Day
Its good to talk! Why not challenge your colleagues to only
communicate verbally for the day, and get them talking – they can
receive sponsorship for every hour they last!
Sweepstake
Doing your own fitness challenge. Set yourself your own personal
goal? Ask your workmates to sponsor you but to boost your
fundraising why not hold a sweepstake and see who can guess
your finish time!!

How your fundraising helps

The specialist palliative care at Katharine House Hospice is provided free of charge to all our
patients and their families 24 hours a day, 365 days year. This is thanks to people like you.
Without the support of our local community, our hospice simply would not exist, so we really
cannot thank you enough for your support which is vital to us.
£15 pays for one hour of nursing care.
£50 pays for a delicious and nutritious home cooked meal for 8 patients.
£180 pays for a patient receiving their care in their own home through the night.
£617 pays for 24 hours of care for an in-patient.
£1026 pays for 6 weeks of care for one of our day therapies patients.
£7500 pays for all of our services for 24 hours.

Make your Fundraising Great!

Set up a JustGiving page
JustGiving pages are a quick, simple and secure way to collect donations. It's easy to share your
story, raise funds and track your fundraising using this online tool. It’s great to use during these
difficult times as people can donate without you having to collect money physically.

Gift Aid
Don't forget to ask people to Gift Aid their donation if they are a UK taxpayer. Gift Aid is a scheme
introduced by HM Revenue and Customs which allows us to claim an extra 25p for every £1 donated.

Match funding
Local companies often run match funding schemes where they will match the amount you raise.
Think about which companies you know that may be interested in doing this e.g. your workplace,
and don't be afraid to ask them.

Set yourself a target
Setting a target of how much you want to fundraise gives you a goal to aim towards. Share this
target with your friends and family and it may encourage them to give more. Don't be afraid to be
ambitious - supporters are often surprised at how quickly the money adds up.

Spread the word
Don't be afraid to tell as many people as possible about what you're doing. Using social media is a
great way to get the word out to friends, family and colleagues. Telling people why you're raising
money for Katharine House is a good way to help motivate them to get involved.

How to pay in your money
Once your fundraising is over it's important to thank everyone involved and be sure to tell them how
much money you've raised! It's also a good chance to chase people for any last minute donations.
Paying in your fundraising money couldn't be simpler. Any money you have raised online will come
automatically to us, you don't need to do anything. Anything you have raised offline can be paid in
to our bank account (our fundraising team can provide details on request), or you can drop it in to
the hospice any time.

Thank you!

How we can help
Whether you need some materials (bunting, balloons, banners, tshirts), or just
have a quick question, we are here to help you with your fundraising.
Just contact us on 01785 270808 or email [email protected] and
we will be happy to help.

www.khhospice.org.uk