This September during CHILDHOOD CANCER AWARENESS MONTH, CLIC Sargent is asking people across the UK to wear a GOLD ribbon to show their support and help raise awareness of the impact of childhood cancer. Buy your gold ribbon from mid August from CLIC Sargents online shop, your local CLIC Sargent charity shop or branches of the supermarket Lidl, J D Wetherspoon pubs or fashion retailer Wallis, throughout September.¹ Go gold and show your support There are lots of other ways that you can help support Childhood Cancer Awareness Month too, by taking part in fundraising events linked to the appeals Go gold theme. Here are some great ideas for how you can show your support: Text ‘GOLD’ to 70030 to donate £3 to CLIC Sargent. You will be charged £3, plus one message at your standard network rate* Go gold’ for children with cancer and their families and organise a fundraising event such as a gold-themed dress down day at work or tea party Volunteer to be a Chief Bucketeer at Sign up ›one of their Big Bucket Collections at venues across the UK in September, or donate your gold coins when you see a collection near you! Become a ‘life-shaver’ with CLIC Sargents The Big Buzz and shave your head to show you stand by children with cancer this September If you live locally to one of the charity shops, take part in our ‘Give Gold’ stock appeal Email your MP and ask them to show support for children with cancer during Childhood Cancer Awareness Month. But please check to see if your MP or representative has already signed up. Other ’Go gold’ fundraising ideas: Dress up days – pay £1 and dress in gold for the day Gold amnesty – donate your gold jewellery to CLIC Sargent Celebrate London Fashion week by putting on a gold fashion show Donate an hour of your salary – we need those gold coins! Go gold bake sale – hold your own golden bake off Apprentice challenge – start the day with £1 - see how much you can turn it into Gold relay race in gold costumes/face painted gold and pass the gold baton! Hold a pure gold race - 24k is the most pure form of gold, so take on a 24k challenge. You could walk, run, cycle, swim, or even something different – perhaps you fancy rollerblading! Get sponsored to become a gold living statue/mime artist for a day The Gold Card - Staff at workplaces could pay £10 at the start of the month for a ‘Gold card’ – this would entitle them to dress down on Friday for the whole of September Golden tracks - Early morning retro exercise classes in the office, twice a week in September Guessing gold – guess the number of £1’s in a jar Hold your own CLIC Sargent gold themed quiz, Childhood Cancer Awareness Month sweepstake or raffle for your friends and colleagues Take on a run or get involved in a challenge this September and ‘Go gold’ with your fancy dress to stand out from the crowd and show your support for Childhood Cancer Awareness Month Hold a gold themed dinner party and encourage people to donate Jump in gold – dress up in gold to do a skydive! ’Go gold’ schools fundraising ideas Order a free fundraising pack to receive curriculum-linked resources and fundraising support materials that will help your school make a real impact during Childhood Cancer Awareness Month. clicsargent.org.uk/content/childhood-cancer-awareness-month-fundraising-ideas
Posted on: Sun, 31 Aug 2014 20:49:24 +0000
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