The Great Wiltshire Walk Fundraising Ideas

It can be daunting asking your friends and family to sponsor you, but there are lots of ways you can top up your fundraising pot and convince people to contribute. Here are our top fundraising ideas:

Set yourself a target

Setting up a JustGiving fundraising page with a target helps you get up to 46% more donations - aim high.

Be A Social Butterfly

Update your social media pages and share your fundraising page to let everyone know what challenge you are doing.

Match Your Money

Tell the company you work for about your challenge. They may like to donate or even match your fundraising total pound for pound.

Collection cans

Put one in your office or a local shop. If you would like us to send you one just email us at nicky.clack@juliashouse.org.

Clear-out For Cash

Use Facebook Marketplace, Vinted, eBay or Gumtree to sell your unwanted items. Your trash could be someone else's treasure!

Host From Home

How about hosting a dinner or garden party with a set price per head? Choose a theme, send out invitations and plan some party games.

Birthday fundraiser

Is your birthday coming up soon? Instead of everyone buying presents you could ask them to donate to your JustGiving page instead.

Lend a hand

You could do some DIY, cleaning or cooking for someone and as payment they could donate to your JustGiving page.

Host a quiz night

Why not host a quiz night for a donation? Include a raffle and other fun games to boost fundraising on the night.

Traditional bake sale

Why not bake some cakes and yummy treats for friends, family or colleagues and ask for a donation in return?

Sarah's tips for fundraising...

Sarah has taken part in two Julia's House Treks, the 26 mile Jurassic Coast Trek in 2016 and the 13 mile trek in 2019.

When asked about her fundraising Sarah said:

"At first I was a little bit daunted by how I would ask people to donate to my JustGiving page but as a Social Media Officer, I soon realised the power my own Social Media could have.

Having never done anything like this before I decided to share some Instagram updates of my training, I also shared my page on all my various WhatsApp groups and I even did some stories on the day to share how challenging the event was.

All of these things helped me to raise £315 in total.

I can't begin to describe just how much fun and rewarding taking on one of Julia's House's treks really is - I enjoyed it so much in 2016 I came back in 2018 with some friends, and it makes it even more special knowing that by taking on these challenges, I'm making a difference to local families who are caring for a poorly child. I have loved every minute of it".

Sarah, having just completed 26 mile challenge