At home, work or school, we’ve got you covered for ideas on how to raise money for Julia’s House.
20th Anniversary ideas
- Walk or run 20 miles or 20k on our Great Walk in Wiltshire. Amazing scenery, a great cause and you get rewarded with a glass of prosecco at the finish for all your hard work!
- Take on a £20 challenge in your company or school. How much can you raise from a £20 start?
- Take a 20 foodie challenge – can you manage to eat 20 of your least favourite food? Celery, marmite on toast, blue cheese, liquorice or even Brussel sprouts!
- Do without something for 20 days – gaming, social media, chocolate, coffee, wine…what do you love the most and are prepared to give up for Julia’s House?
- A 20 hour vow of silence – can you do it?
- For schools (or adults who like Smarties!)…
- Save 20ps in a Smarties tube – they’re just the right size and shape. Could your whole class save their 20ps or even your whole school? Who can save the most Smarties tubes?
- Bring your toy to school day and aim to raise £200 from the whole school or bring your toy to school with 20p for Julia’s House - Share it out. Get your company or school to take on 20 different challenges.
- Get active to the power of 20:
- 200 squats every day for 20 days
- Run for 20 minutes every day for 20 days
- 20 minutes hoola hooping (not as easy as it sounds!)
- 2000 steps in 20 minutes (is that even possible?)
- 2000 bounces on a trampoline. Get the children involved in this one
- 2 minute swim in a cold sea
Cycle or horse ride 20 miles
- Dance yourself dizzy for 20 hours in a disco danceathon - Show your support by leaving us a gift in your Will - a gift of 1% can make 100% difference to overwhelmed parents.
- Hold a 20th anniversary tea party – china is the traditional 20th anniversary gift.
- Tell 20 people all about Julia’s House and our life-changing care for local families on social media, at work or with friends and ask them to follow our social channels.
- Remember someone special with one of our beautiful Forever Butterflies.
- Sign up as one of our regular givers for £20 a month.
- Get 20 friends or colleagues to take on a big challenge – sign up for our Big Jump, go wing walking, take on the Ten Tors.
- Time travel back 20 years. Get colleagues to bring in photographs of themselves from 20 years ago and run a guess who competition. £2.00 for every guess.
- Take on a timed challenge. What can you do in 20 minutes or 20 seconds – can you turn off your ‘phone, do a TikTok dance, make a balloon dog or even decorate 20 cup cakes? Share your challenge with friends and colleagues on social media and challenge them for a donation to.
- Make your £10 donation into £20.
- Hold a readathon at school or with your book club – read 20 books to celebrate 20 years.
- Bake and sell 20 cakes at school, to friends, at work or in your community group.
- Could you volunteer for us for 20 days a year?
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Active ideas

- Take part in one of our challenge events
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Aerobics: get your gym to sponsor you
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Abseil: down from a high building
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Football competition
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Hospice to hospice cycle: Cycle from our Dorset to Wiltshire hospice or vice versa.
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Row the channel (virtually): On a rowing machine at the gym, row the distance of the English Channel
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Car wash: ask your friends and neighbours if you can wash their cars!
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Tough Mudder: take on the challenge and ask your friends to sponsor you
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Step up: Challenge yourself to walk 10,000 steps a day
Fun ideas

- Film night: Get your friends round watch your favourite movie and ask for a small donation
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Joke-a-thon
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Karaoke night
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Tombola: Host a tombola and sell the tickets
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Yes day: Say yes to everything
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Games night
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Grow something and have a produce sale
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Unwanted presents sale: A great way to find your unwanted gifts a new home
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Hold a 24 hour silence
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Facebook fundraiser: Set up a fundraiser on Facebook and inspire your Facebook friends to donate and share.
Corporate ideas
- Sponge the boss
- Office Olympics
- Holiday raffle: Raffle to have an extra days holiday
- Bad shirt/ tie day
- Dress up or down day
Culinary ideas

- Bake sale: Bake and sell your favourite treats
- Donut eating contest
- Ladies that lunch
- No snacks day: Donate what you would have spent
- Summer BBQ: Host a BBQ and ask for a small donation
- International evening: Host a country food themed evening
Children's ideas

- Get Creative: Make something and then sell it, for example jewellery, t-shirts
- Parties: Host a party for your friends
- Bowling night
- Sell a service: Gardening, cleaning or walking the dog
- Our Young Fundraisers scheme