Fundraising/Get Involved
There are so many things you can do to help to raise money for Arms Around The Child – and with unlimited imagination, a few guidelines, top tips and ideas, we can help.
Attend an Event
Every year, you can find us at Escape to the Farm – A day of workshops, well-being, plant-based food, music, poetry and kids’ activities to raise money for Arms Around the Child. Set in the woodland areas and organic fields of Rushmere Farm, Hambledon.Alternatively, join us at one of our other fundraising events, which you can find on our events page.
Get involved
If you have a particular skill or qualification, visit Vocational Impact’s website to see if you could join our partners in-country to help to make a sustainable difference on the ground in India, Ghana or South Africa. With programmes specialising in psychology, criminology, law and more, Vocational Impact connects skilled volunteers to the projects where they’re needed most.
Alternatively, you could contact us to see if there are any volunteer openings at one of our events.
Official Partners
Easyfundraising turns your daily shopping into free donations!
Easyfundraising partners with over 8,000 retailers who will donate part of what you spend to a cause of your choice. Shop Online and raise money for Arms Around The Child at no cost to you.
Register for Easyfundraising HERE and simply search for ‘Arms Around The Child’.
Charity Car is the big-hearted scheme from the UK’s largest car recycling network, which allows you to turn your old car into a cash donation for charity. By choosing Charity Car, 100% of the market value of your scrap car will be donated to Arms Around The Child.
You can choose whether to deliver your old car to one of its local recycling centres, or to make things really easy, they’ll collect it from you for free!
It’ll be recycled responsibly, so you can be reassured there will be no harm to the environment.
They’ll also help you to complete the necessary DVLA paperwork and issue your DVLA Certificate of Destruction, so you can prove your car has been recycled legally.
Just Giving was born as a simple tool to enable small charities to take online donations. Sign up to create a fundraising page for Arms Around The Child, or donate through our donation platform Enthuse directly, smoothly and easily.
On the topic of fundraising, find further fundraising ideas and tips below.
Fundraising
Fundraising can be a fun and fantastic way to raise money for your chosen charity. Through small, unique ideas to exciting challenges – the ideas are endless. Find some of our favourites below.
Small Ideas
Online Fundraising – Online fundraisers are a fantastic place to start. Online platforms mean people can donate as they wish, track progress and understand your story.
Shopping Fundraisers – Shopping fundraisers let you set up a page that can receive donations for you when people shop online from certain stores. Read about our partner, Easyfundraising, above.
Habit Jars – Starting a habit jar in your household is an easy way to raise money quicker than you might think. Swear jars are a good starting point, but they can be adjusted to any habit.
Medium Ideas
Medium ideas will require a little more planning. Think about
- What are you going to do?
- Where are you going to do it?
- Props – What items will you need? What do you already have? What can you get cheaply or have someone lend you?
- Publicity – How are you going to let people know about what you are doing to get them to donate?
- Budget
Sales and Services – If you have a knack or a skill, think about whether you could sell or teach it.
Dress-up or Down day – Perhaps your workplace will allow you to pay a small fee for a dress down day – or even a fancy dress day!
Rummage Sale – Have a rummage through your belongings and see if you have anything you no longer want, need or use. Set up a stall, attend a car boot sale or use an online platform and sell them.
Classics – Think of raffles, tombolas, guessing games like ‘how many sweets in the jar’ or ‘name the teddy’. These activities can be paired with other events and set up very cheaply.
Dares – Set a challenge or task that you must complete once your fundraising budget is hit!
Big Ideas
Events, challenges and other big ideas are likely to bring in more money than the fundraising ideas above; therefore, they need more planning and consideration. Planning is vitally important – a rushed event will likely be less of a success and therefore raise less money.
Consider:
- What are you going to do?
- Where are you going to do it?
- Props – What items will you need? What do you already have? What can you get cheaply or have someone lend you?
- Publicity – How are you going to let people know about what you are doing to get them to donate?
- Staff or Volunteers – will you need any help?
- Will you need refreshments for attendees?
- Safety – How will you manage safety at your event, or will your challenge need to be supervised?
- Budget
Active Challenges – Running, cycling or swimming a certain distance is a popular way to raise money. There are also many existing marathons, events and challenges – such as city marathons, Tough Mudders or the Three Peaks Challenge, for example.
Tournaments – Tournaments can be created out of anything – existing sports teams, video or board game enthusiasts…
Create teams and have a knockout.
Quiz – Quizzes can be easily created on paper, slideshow software or via an app. See if you can get prizes donated or bought cheaply for the winners, charge a small fee and be part of the quiz resurgence.
Coffee morning – Coffee Mornings are classics. Hot drinks and cakes can be bought or made cheaply, and it is a lovely way to get people together and get your funds up.
Extreme Challenges – If you’re up for something a little more hair-raising than a coffee morning, there are many existing sky dives, bungees and other terrifying things to do on a weekend that people can sponsor you for.
Lowri completed a skydive in 2025 to raise money for her trip to Ghana with Vocational Impact!
Matthias completed the London Marathon in aid of Arms Around The Child!
Whichever size you go or idea you choose –
Start early • Plan realistically • Share your story • Enjoy the experience
You can download logos from our asset library right now to get started. If you need some help, we will provide advice and support whenever we can.
We’d love to hear about what you’re planning to do, so contact us and let us know!