Fundraise at home

Races are subject to last minute changes and it’s difficult to spend all that time training and then face cancellations or postponements. 

However why not set your own challenge with friends. Simply set yourself a distance to run either in one day or over the course of a week/month and ask people to sponsor you. Although you will run by yourself, you can encourage your friends and colleagues to join you in running virtually too and set a group fundraising target to work towards. 

Transform your staircase into the world’s most iconic heights and climb your way to the top. From buildings to mountains, your stairs are the gateway to amazing achievements. Set a date for your climb and ask people to sponsor you as you would for any other challenge. Choose your distance, tell your friends, fundraise and challenge yourself! 

Heres some heights to inspire you;

• The Gherkin : 1,037 steps
• Great Pyramid of Giza: 1,200 steps
• Empire State Building: 1,576 steps
• Eiffel Tower: 1,665 steps
• The Shard: 3,672 steps
• Ben Nevis: 22,197 steps
• Snowdon: 24,785

Cycling is an activity that can be done while respecting social distancing and physical activity is such an important thing to do especially in times like this! Pledge a donation for every mile you cycle or ask for sponsorship to cycle a cumulative distance.

Lead an online class using a video system like Skype, Facebook Live or Instagram Live. It could be yoga, pilates or old school aerobics. Set up a JustGiving page and ask for a donation to Tiny Tickers for friends to attend.

Now that the weather is beginning to get a bit better (storms aside!) choose your favourite plant and encourage your friends and family to plant seeds at the same time as you. Ask them for a donation, and over time you can watch your seeds change from seedlings into grown plants. The gardener of the plant that gets its first fruit or flower wins half the sweepstake donation. Donate the other half to Tiny Tickers and enjoy your beautiful plants.

Or how about a classic sunflower competition?

Sunflowers are bright and cheery and there is no flower that can lift someone’s spirits quite like the sunflower! Give your little ones a pack of seeds, plant them and watch them grow. Once planted encourage your children to seek sponsorship for every cm of growth they achieve.

Why not be inspired by our amazing 8 year old fundraiser Faith? Faith and her mum Fiona run Faith’s Crafts selling some of Faith’s amazing handmade items to friends, family and the community. Entertain your family with a crafternoon, then when you have some beautiful creations head to Facebook marketplace or Ebay to sell them online!

Having a birthday party or wedding anniversary? Invite your guests to donate to Tiny Tickers instead of buying you gifts. You can now set up a birthday fundraiser on Facebook which is an excellent way to ask friends and family to donate on your birthday. Just follow this link and you can #donateyourbirthday – https://www.facebook.com/fund/tinytickers/

We know that with more time spent at home, it might be a little loud if you have little people with you all day. So why not do a sponsored silence for a day! You can raise money by simply being quiet and getting people to donate. You might even find that children with parents who’re working from home get sponsored to stay quiet for more than a day! 

Psst… we have our very own Tiny Tickers sponsorship form you can download.

Using Amazon Smile you can earn a free donation for Tiny Tickers every time you shop!

On desktop/browser: Simply visit www.smile.amazon.co.uk and select Tiny Tickers as your charity. Amazon will then make a donation of 0.5% of the value of your goods, at no cost to you.  Please note, to qualify for the donation you must checkout at www.smile.amazon.co.uk every time you shop.

On the Amazon app: Tap on ‘settings’ then ‘Amazon Smile’ and chose Tiny Tickers as your charity. You will then raise a donation for us every time you shop!

You can choose Tiny Tickers when you sell an item on eBay, giving part of your selling price to Tiny Tickers.

Simply click on the option to nominate a charity in eBay.  Donations to Tiny Tickers are handled via the PayPal Giving Fund (formerly Mission Fish).

Please help support Tiny Tickers through your online shopping!

Use easyfundraising to shop with over 4,000 retailers including Argos, John Lewis, ASOS, Booking.com, eBay, Boden, and M&S.

Every time you shop, you’ll raise a free donation for Tiny Tickers, it’s that easy!

Use Skype, Facebook live, Google Hangouts or another video messaging app to hold a virtual quiz for friend family, or even your entire community. Simply ask everyone to donate to enter, plan your questions and most importantly, have fun!

Indulge your passion for baking and surprise all your friends and colleagues with a cake sale at coffee time.

You can easily whip up some delicious cupcakes using our simple recipe! Download it here: Cupcake Recipe

Whether you use skype, google hangouts or another video messaging app why not get together with friends and family once a week to discuss a book you’re all reading? 

Ask everyone who gets involved to donate the money they would have spent on snacks and drinks to Tiny Tickers.

Who said you can’t have a ‘full house’ while socially distancing! There are plenty of online Bingo cards you can download, ask friends and family to donate for a card to take part. Get everyone online, pull numbers out of a hat and release your inner bingo caller.  

Put £1 into the jar whenever you use the word “Coronavirus” and donate the collection to Tiny Tickers.