Social events

Gather your friends, family or work colleagues together for a fabulous social event. Why not raise money by organising an event to remember! From coffee mornings to gala dinners, bingo nights to music festivals, jumble sales to summer fetes – the only limit is your ambition.

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Popular activities

Gala events can be a lot of work to organise but can raise a lot of money. Include live auctions, raffles, quizzes to bump up the fun. You could find someone to sponsor the event too.

Plan seasonal events to bring people together. Think Valentines Balls, Pancake Day races, World Book Day storytelling, Easter egg hunts, Summer Fetes, Halloween parties, Christmas Fayres.

Talent show – everyone has a party trick don’t they? If there are musicians, comedians, magicians and more in your network, bring them together put on a show!

Looking for more ideas? Go to our A-Z of fundraising.

Get fundraising

• Create a JustGiving page so you have a place to raise money and share updates.
• Set a fundraising target. Pages with targets always raise more.
• Let people know how their donations will help young cancer patients and their families.
• Post regular updates.

For general tips and stories, download our fundraising guide.

Make sure your activity is legal and safe. Our guide includes a useful checklist if you are involving children in your activity.

Update and thank everyone afterwards. 20% of donations typically come in after an event.

Here’s how to pay in your money.

Social events downloads and tips

Get in touch

We’d love to hear from you and are on hand to help with your fundraising questions.

• Chat to our fundraising team online using live chat (use the pink ‘chat to us’ button at the bottom right of the screen) Monday – Friday, 10am – 4pm
• Call us on 0300 330 0803, Monday – Friday, 9am – 5pm
• Email us at fundraisingevents@younglivesvscancer.org.uk