FUNDRAISING AT WORK

Olivia made her workplace part of her wider fundraising campaign, using posters and fundraising activities to involve colleagues in her Brighton Marathon challenge. She explains how looking beyond your usual supporters and making fundraising visible at work can help generate donations and encourage more people to get involved by supporting her fundraising.

Lucy combines personal fundraising experience with her work supporting employers through Hospice UK. She explains how approaching businesses, building corporate relationships and using professional connections can strengthen a campaign, showing how workplaces and organisations can provide valuable support that goes well beyond simply asking colleagues.

Matt shares how the people he worked alongside became an important source of support for his charity fundraising. Around 50 colleagues on his shift got behind his challenge and contributed almost £600 in donations. His experience shows the potential of taking your fundraising into the workplace and giving colleagues a reason to become part of your challenge.

Charlotte brings a charity fundraising perspective to getting workplaces and businesses involved in supporting a cause. She shares practical experience from running the London Marathon and supporting others, showing how professional connections, corporate support and wider networks can create valuable opportunities to strengthen a fundraising campaign.

Mark explains how his workplace became a major part of a successful fundraising campaign. He secured £3,000 through employer match funding and persuaded suppliers to donate prizes for his fundraising activities. Hear how Mark made the most of the opportunities available and combined them with his wider fundraising efforts to help raise more than £9,000 for charity.

Michael explains how he expanded his fundraising beyond friends and family by approaching businesses for sponsorship. He offered companies the opportunity to have their names featured on his running shirt and secured five or six sponsors contributing £100 each. Hear how a simple business sponsorship idea helped Michael generate hundreds of pounds in additional support.