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Fundraising tips!

Hosting your Cake & a Cuppa this October will help raise awareness and vital funds for these often misunderstood and invisible conditions.

Check out tried and tested top fundraising tips to make your Cake & a Cuppa a huge success! 

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Planning and Promotion

  • Set a Date and Time: Choose a date and time that works best for your audience
  • Location: Decide on a venue – your home, place of education, a community hall, or your workplace
  • Invitations: Send out invites well in advance through social media, email, and word of mouth. Use your poster or editable invitation
  • Theme: Consider having a theme to make it more fun and engaging, such as a bake-off or a vintage tea party

Preparation

  • Bake Sale: Encourage guests to bring their homemade treats. Offer a variety of options, including gluten-free and vegan choices
  • Coffee Varieties: Provide a range of coffee options, including decaf, flavoured syrups, and non-dairy milk alternatives
  • Fundraising Materials: Use your fundraising pack and/or digital resources to bring your event to life!

After being diagnosed with Crohn’s Disease at 18, I wanted to give back and raise awareness for the cause. Crohn’s & Colitis UK is vital for funding research, increasing media awareness, and providing support for those affected, day in, day out. I enjoyed the fundraiser, especially the baking! Thanks to the generosity of my friends and family, we raised nearly £700!

How do I raise funds at my event?

  • Display suggested donation amounts for coffee and cakes to guide guests
  • Charge a ticket price for people to attend – you could include a cake or coffee as part of the ticket price
  • Host a raffle - can a local business help support with raffle prizes?
  • Use our foodie quiz
  • Match funding – ask you employer if they can match the amount you have raised
  • Play games – like guess the how many sweets in the jar, name the teddy bear
  • Host a bake off competition
  • Set up a welcome table with information about the charity with your collection pot
  • Share your story - Sharing your personal reason for supporting Crohn's & Colitis UK can really make all the difference. Explain why you've chosen to fundraise and just how important it is to you.
  • Social Media: Share updates, photos, and live streams of the event on social media to reach a broader audience

Let everyone know the difference their contribution will make;

Hosting your Cake & a Cuppa this October is not just an event; it’s a movement. Your efforts will help fund life-changing research, vital awareness campaigns for earlier diagnosis and better treatment options, and our essential support services. Together, we can make a real difference.

Fundraising Page

If you haven't already don't forget to set up and share your JustGiving page or Facebook fundraising page.

Sharing the link to your fundraising page makes it simple and easy for your friends and family to donate - even if they can't attend!    

JustGiving

Want to be able to take card payments on the day of your event? Simply create a QR code for your JustGiving fundraising page to print and display at your Cake & a Cuppa. Donations made using your personalised QR code will appear directly on your fundraising page.

Have fun!

Enjoy the warm cuppa, delicious goodies and good conversation.

We hope you have a blast and remember, each story shared over a slice of cake and a cuppa, will help to bust the myths around these invisible conditions.      

Got a fundraising tip you'd like to share? We'd love to hear it, please email fundrasing@crohnsandcolitis.org.uk with the subject line -  My Cake & a Cuppa fundraising tip.

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