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Fundraise at school, college or university

School is the perfect place to start helping others. Whether your school has partnered with The Mulberry Bush or your child is fundraising with a small group of friends, there are numerous ways to make fundraising fun!

Need advice or ideas on fundraising events? Our fundraising team can come to your school, college or university to provide support and inspiration. Speak to your teachers and lecturer so everyone can get involved in helping make the event a success!

• Mufti day (non-uniform day): Pupils and staff pay a small fee to come to school in either a special theme or just simple non-uniform.
  School disco: Put those dancing shoes on and donate ticket sales to The Mulberry Bush.
• School fete: Speak to your school’s PTA to ask them to help you to organise a family fun day for all.
• Sporting event: Organise a traditional sports day or challenge your school friends, teachers and even your parents to a rounders match or a football tournament, a day full of friendly competitive spirit! Don’t forget to invite people to watch and sell refreshments to boost your fundraising total.
• Talent show: celebrate your school’s talents whilst raising money for the charity, simply charge an entry fee and sell tickets for the show.
• Quiz fundraiser: Get your thinking caps on and organise a quiz. Collect an entry fee from every player and see which team will be victorious!
• Bring and buy sale: Gather your unwanted books and toys and hold a sale in the school hall or playground. A great way for unwanted items to be treasured by someone else. This is also a great excuse to bake up some yummy goodies to sell as refreshments.
• University and colleges – RAG (Raise and Give) week: We’d love for you to nominate us for your university or college’s RAG week.

We love hearing about all your fundraising activities, so please do tell us about what you’re doing, and don’t forget to send us your photos to [email protected] or Tweet us at twitter.com/MulberryBushOrg and find us on facebook.com/mulberrybushschool

Fundraise at work

The support of businesses and organisations is essential to us and we welcome any opportunity to build mutually beneficial relationships. As a corporate supporter of The Mulberry Bush, you can increase staff engagement, raise your profile by creating positive PR and meeting your Corporate Social Responsibility needs while making a real difference and having fun.

We offer a number of opportunities for businesses to get involved and by this, helping us to provide care and support to children, young people and their families. From sponsoring an event and taking part in a challenge, to choosing us as your Charity of the Year, you’ll be encouraging staff to work together, improving morale, and demonstrating commitment to a worthwhile cause.

Ways you can support us

No matter the size of your business, your support will be greatly received and will make a true difference to the charity. Just a few ways that you can support us are:

• Charity of the Year: Choose us as your Charity of the Year and we will work with you to create a bespoke calendar of fundraising events, activities and promotion to meet your needs
• Sponsorship: Whether sponsoring one of our key events or sponsoring your employees through match funding, there are a variety of sponsorship opportunities for your organisation
• Fundraise in your workplace: Hold a bake sale or coffee morning, organise a dress-down day or host a quiz night, corporate fundraising is great for team morale
• Take part in a challenge: Enter a corporate team and complete the challenge together. Whether it’s a run, skydive, cycle ride or trek, we have the event for you.
• Payroll Giving: Offering Payroll Giving to your employees will make your payday even more rewarding through a payroll donation to The Mulberry Bush.
• Donate: Join us in a partnership, offering a percentage of sales as a donation to our charity
• Volunteer: Encourage and allow your staff to volunteer for us – we have a range of exciting opportunities for team building.

Working with us will not only benefit your business, you can take comfort knowing that you are helping a worthy cause. Get in touch today to start the conversation, we’d love to hear from you [email protected]