CAFOD is the official Catholic aid agency for England and Wales

Ideas for your own event

Kids at the Our Lady’s RC Junior School dressed in their pyjamas for the day to raise money for World Gifts [CAFOD]
Kids at the Our Lady’s RC Junior School dressed in their pyjamas for the day to raise money for World Gifts [CAFOD]

You don't have to use one of our fundraising schemes - hundreds of people raise money for us in many other ways. We have loads of suggestions here for events, and recipes for fabulous fundraising food from around the world

You could give up your lunch for a day, hold a Friday Self-Denial collection, or cook up a storm with a fundraising lunch?

There's a whole range of creative and fun ways to raise money - here are just a few ideas to get your creative juices flowing!


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A-Z of Fundraising (1.13 MB)

Great ideas to get your fundraising started

Football fundraising

Organise your own football event to help raise money for poor communities in developing countries.

Give up your lunch for a day and help feed the hungry [CAFOD]

Give up your lunch for a day

If you give up your lunch for just one day - and send the money you save to us - we will use it to give some of the world’s poorest people a chance

Friday Self-Denial

For many years, supporters in parishes throughout England and Wales have denied themselves luxuries on Fridays, giving the money they save to CAFOD

Women working in the community kitchen garden in the North East Centre for Popular Medicine (CNMP) which works to produce popular and community health initiatives in Brazil [Marcella Haddad]

Tips and recipes for fundraising food

A regular lunch event is a great way to raise money, or selling food from around the world adds to any fundraising event. Here are some tasty dishes from the UK and overseas to try out

Get creative - fundraising ideas

A list of some of the most popular fundraising ideas - from a Rich world, Poor world meal to a Splash for Cash, there is something here for everyone

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Kids at the Our Lady’s RC Junior School dressed in their pyjamas for the day to raise money for World Gifts [CAFOD]

Ideas for your own event

You don't have to use one of our fundraising schemes - hundreds of people raise money for us in many other ways. We have loads of suggestions here for events, and recipes for fabulous fundraising food from around the world

set up your fundraising page

It only takes a few minutes to create a Just Giving sponsorship page - making it so much easier for your friends and family to sponsor you, and add messages of support.

Louise Weaver, Steve Carrivick and Noel Sainsbury are tired but elated at the end of the Westminster bike ride [CAFOD]

Getting sponsored the easy way

Read our top tips for sponsorship - everything you need to make your fundraising a success

Published on 08/05/2006, last updated on 01/09/2009
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