Fundraising Archives

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Select ‘Charity’.

Next you will need to log in or create a user.

Choose The Proud Trust as the charity you want to support. This will automatically populate some of the fields with The Proud Trust’s logo and the charity’s basic information.

Then you can share some details about what you will be doing to raise money! We encourage you to also share why you have chosen The Proud Trust to fundraise for; a personal touch can help encourage people to donate! You can explore some of the reasons to support The Proud Trust here.

Next, you can share your fundraising page to your social media or share the link via email and text so your friends and family can easily sponsor you!

January

Challenge yourself for the new year! Pick an event and start planning.

February

LGBT history month

Get your staff LGBT network together for an LGBT History Quiz and raise money to support our young people.

March

International Women’s Day

International Transgender Day of Visibility

Hold a Clothes Swap: save money and de-clutter your wardrobe for Spring! Charge for entry and spice things up with a glass of prosecco.
Bake Sale: hold a bake-off with colleagues and friends: raising funds at the same time.

April

World Book Day

May

International Day against homophobia, transphobia and biphobia

The Proud Trust ‘Pink Box’ campaign and Being Proud awards

Greater Manchester Swim (15 May) uswimopenwater.com/greater-manchester-swim
Dress Down day: forget the workwear for a day and wear what you like!

June

Three Peaks Challenge runs at various times from June to November: sign up to this incredible mountain challenge and start fundraising. threepeakschallenge.uk

September

Inflatable 5K Obstacle Run (4th September) ukrunningevents.co.uk/inflatable-5k-obstacle-run-manchester
Tough Mudder (4-5th Sept): it’s all about team work for this muddy challenge on the Cholmondeley Estate in Cheshire! toughmudder.co.uk/events/2019-north-west-5k
Simply Health Great North 5k, (10th September) greatrun.org/great-north-run
Great North Run (12th September) https://www.greatrun.org/events/great-north-run/
Coast to Coast and is 11-12th September https://ratracecoasttocoast.co.uk/
Great Manchester 10k Run (26th September) greatrun.org/great-manchester-run

October

Black History Month

World Mental Health Day

National Coming Out day

Dress down day: forget the work wear for a day and wear what you like!
Greater Manchester Marathon (10th October): achieve the challenge of a lifetime. greatermanchestermarathon.com
Rock ‘N’ Roll Liverpool (23-24 October): four distances available from 1 mile to the full marathon over this fantastic weekend! runrocknroll.com/liverpool

November

Educate against Hate campaign

Trans Awareness Week

Jump for the Proud Trust! Set yourself the ultimate challenge with a tandem skydive.. (several locations across the UK and dates available all year round) doitforcharity.com

December

World Aids Day

Christmas Networking event: hold a fundraising evening of festive drinks whilst strengthening your business relationships.
Cook a delicious festive dinner for friends and charge them entry as part of our ‘At Home With’ fundraising!