You can find lots of useful fundraising resources on our A-Z of Fundraising, these include fundraising ideas, posters, sponsor forms and much more! Alternatively, if you need further support, you can get in contact with our challenges team for advice via challenges@caudwellchildren.com

We recommend you take a look at the following guidelines and websites to ensure your challenge or fundraiser is safe and legal;

• Gambling commission (Fundraising, raffles and lotteries) https://www.gamblingcommission.gov.uk/public-and-players/guide/fundraising-prize-draws-raffles-and-lotteries
• If your challenges involves food, it’s extremely important to follow the rules for the safe handling of food. There are some basic guidelines you can follow for the safe preparation, storage, and cooking of food. It is also good practice to label food for the benefit of allergy sufferers and people with specific dietary requirements. Food safety guidelines can be found on the following websites.
  • Food Standards Agency for England, Wales, Channel Islands and Northern Ireland
  • Food Standards Scotland
  • Food Safety Authority of Ireland for the Republic of Ireland
  • Food Information Regulations on the Isle of Man Government website.
• St Johns Ambulance provide guidance on having the right level of First Aid cover for your event – https://www.sja.org.uk/what-we-do/our-first-aid-services/event-first-aid-cover/getting-the-right-level-of-first-aid-cover-for-your-event/
• It’s important to write a risk assessment for your event in order to:
  • identify any hazards
  • put in place control measures to reduce and manage the risk to anyone working on, taking part in or attending the event.

Completing a risk assessment is best practice for anyone organising an event. The form will demonstrate that you’ve put thought into any risks associated with your activity and done everything that you can to make the event as safe as possible should an incident take place. For guidance on how to complete a risk assessment, visit one of the following websites:

• Health and Safety Executive for the UK, Channel Islands and Isle of Man
• Health and Safety Authority for the Republic of Ireland.

Don’t forget to make sure that everyone involved with your event is aware of any potential risks and of any special requirements for taking part, such as fitness levels, training or specialist equipment needed.

Please note: Caudwell Children cannot accept responsibility for the safe conduct of your fundraising event activities or challenge. As the organiser, you must ensure that the necessary steps are taken to protect the health and safety of activity participants and spectators, including carrying out all necessary risk assessments, providing all necessary safety equipment and the supervision of participants and spectators. Caudwell Children reserves the right to refuse/advise against your fundraising event if we deem it to be too high risk, a potential risk to our reputation or against our core values.

This depends on if you want to undertake a challenge we already host, or a challenge event. If you are completing a pre-existing challenge you may need to register with the event organisers for a place.

If there are no costs associated with the challenge, this is up to you. However, if you challenge incurs set up costs, we would advise considering this when setting your fundraising target.

At Caudwell Children we will provide anyone taking on a corporate challenge with the following support:

• Support from our Challenges team – on hand to offer advice, ideas and support your fundraising
• Fundraising literature (Sponsorship forms, posters, leaflets)
• Training guides and advice
• Access to the charity’s dedicated PR Department
• Charity professional running top

There a hundreds, even thousands of different challenges you can do, some examples include;

• Running challenges
• Walking or trekking challenges
• Cycling or swimming challenges
• Attempt to break a Guinness World Record
• Challenge yourself physically or mentally. This could be walking 100 miles in a month or giving up something you love for a month e.g. chocolate

There are many ways to promote your challenge and fundraiser, some examples include;

• Be creative! It’s important to attract people’s attention, so think about how you can make your promotion stand out.
• Add details of your challenge/fundraiser to your social media channels like; Facebook, Instagram and TikTok. Be sure to post regularly and ask friends and family to share your posts.
• Put posters up in local shops, pubs or supermarkets
• Word of mouth – tell all of your friends and family about your challenge or fundraiser and ask them to share it too

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You can keep us up to date by getting in touch with our challenges team via challenges@caudwellchildren.com

You can get in touch with our challenges team via challenges@caudwellchildren.com or by calling 01782433750