Virtual Fundraising Ideas

If your challenge has been postponed or cancelled, or just want your daily exercise to mean more, here’s how to take on a #ChallengeForChildren and raise money for children in danger.

1. Choose your challenge
2. Set up your JustGiving page here. Share your link with family, friends and colleagues via email, group chats, and social media and ask them to sponsor you.
3. Take on your challenge! Share it on social media using #ChallengeForChildren and tag us so we can celebrate with you!

Check out these tips on how to make your fundraising page stand out.

Got Strava? Link your account to JustGiving and update your sponsors on how you’re doing.

Donate the money you would otherwise spend on your commute to work to UNICEF to help children who are in critical need. You can do this for a week, a month – or even until lockdown restrictions are lifted. Why not encourage your friends, family or colleagues to do the same, and set up a team on JustGiving and raise

Donate the money you would otherwise spend on your commute to work to UNICEF to help children who are in critical need. You can do this for a week, a month – or even until lockdown restrictions are lifted. Why not encourage your colleagues to do the same, and set up a team on JustGiving and raise more together.

1. Set up your JustGiving Page. Here’s how to set up a team if you are doing it with your colleagues.
2. Donate the money you would have spent on your commute for a week, a month, or even until lockdown is over. You can do this as a daily transaction, or in one go.
3. Share your link with family, friends and colleagues via email, group chats, and social media and ask them to donate their commute too!

If you have kids at home and are looking for ways to keep them entertained and connected to their friends, why not host a virtual playgroup? Choose an activity and ask for donations of £2 – £5 to take part.

1. Choose an activity  for your playgroup
2. Decide on a date, time and a platform to host your playgroup on. Here’s JustGiving’s guide on how to set up Zoom or Houseparty 
3. Set up your JustGiving page, and update with the details of your playgroup, including everything people will need to take part.
4. Share your link with everyone you would like to invite on group chat, social media or email.

Check out these tips on how to make your fundraising page stand out.

If your birthday plans have been scuppered during lockdown, celebrate your birthday and raise vital funds for children across the world. Choose an idea from the list below (or create your own!) and ask people to donate the cost of a drink or a present to join you on your birthday.

Virtual birthday party ideas

• Host a quiz
• Have a disco
• Meet for cocktail hour – everyone make their favourite cocktail and meet to enjoy them together
• Black tie party – get dressed up and meet online!
• Dinner party – log in and eat together
• Guess the baby picture
• Film night – use Netflix party to watch a film at the same time

How to host a virtual birthday party

1. Choose a party idea and choose a time and date
2. Set up your JustGiving page,  and update with the details of your party. Share the link with friends, family and colleagues and ask them to donate the cost of drink or present
3. Celebrate your birthday!

Check out these tips on how to make your fundraising page stand out.

Here’s JustGiving’s guide on how to set up Zoom or Houseparty 

Charity gaming events are a great way for you to have fun and raise some money for a good cause at the same time.

Check out this amazing guide  to find out everything you need to know to start fundraising while you game

Here is some inspiration for more ways to raise money online. Whatever you decide, check out the How to host an event online in the FAQ section below to make your fundraising event a success

• Virtual book club
• Coffee morning
• Host a Bake-A-Long or Dinner Party
• Disco night
• Host a cocktail party
• Virtual Pub Quiz
• Virtual film night

Virtual fundraising is a way to raise funds for the causes you care about whilst the current lockdown measures are in place in the UK. Virtual fundraising involves setting up an online fundraising page to collect donations for a challenge, or online event.

Whatever you decide to do for your virtual fundraiser, there are lots of different platforms available to host a virtual fundraising event. You’ve likely used many new ones recently as we find new ways to stay connected to loved ones during lockdown.

Here’s JustGiving’s guide on how to set up Zoom or Houseparty 

Whichever platform you decide works best for you, follow these steps to make your virtual fundraising event a success:

1. Choose a platform, date and time for your even
2. Set up your JustGiving page and update it with details of your event and share with friends, family and colleagues via group chat, social media and email.
3. Share the login details with everyone you’ve invited.

No problem at all. Just update your story on your JustGiving page to say you are raising funds for children affected by the coronavirus outbreak, and our lovely donations team will make sure your money goes to our coronavirus appeal.

Follow this link to set up your fundraising page for UNICEF.

The key to a great fundraising page is personalisation! Once you’ve set up your page, update with your photo, details of your challenge and event, and why you feel passionate about raising money for UNICEF.

To find out 10 top tips to make the most of your fundraising page, follow this link.