Fundraise
What can you do?
There are many ways you can get involved in fundraising for Carers Link Lancashire. You might have your own challenge in mind, or you may wish to get involved in one of the many organised fundraising events we put on each year.
For sponsored activities, such as a marathon, we are able to pay your entry fee and provide you with support and resources for your activity, so long as you agree to raise a minimum amount of sponsorship money for us.
Please remember to request our official fundraising pack, which has lots of useful information and resources. Using our sponsorship form also means we are able to claim gift aid on all donations.
If you have any ideas for other fundraising events, please get in touch and we’ll see if we can support you.
If you are interested in completing a sponsored activity, or to donate money raised from a sponsored event please contact us on 01254 387444 or fundraising@carerslinklancashire.co.uk.
Current fundraisers
Yorkshire Three Peaks - Summer 2025
In summer, our staff are taking on the Yorkshire Three Peaks Challenge in aid of Carers Link Lancashire!
We have two staff groups taking on the challenge - a team of our staff and their partners, The Red Hot Chilli Steppers! They will be taking part on 28th June.
We also have Matt, bravely taking part as a solo challenge in August!
They are taking on the Three Peaks to raise vital funds for our charity to continue to support over 11,000 unpaid carers and over 100 Young Carers aged from just 6 years old, across East Lancashire.
You can sponsor our amazing staff at the following links:
The Red Hot Chilli Steppers:
https://www.gofundme.com/f/carers-link-lancashire-take-on-yorkshire-three-peaks
Matt Allen's solo challenge:
Carer Sylvia's Wellbeing Journey
"My name is Sylvia and I am from the Rossendale area of East Lancashire. I am a registered carer with local charity Carers Link Lancashire, and am embarking on a wellbeing and weight loss journey to lose over 5 stone, after years of suffering from serious physical and mental health issues. As part of this journey, I would like to raise money for Carers Link Lancashire who have supported me and will be supporting me on this journey which will make a noticeable difference in my day to day life and in my caring role."
We wish her the best of luck!
You can sponsor Sylvia here:
How your fundraising can help
Money raised can help support us in the following ways:
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£5.00 will pay for a carer to attend an activity to give them a break and the chance to be themselves, without the responsibility of caring, for a couple of hours
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£10.00 will pay for 2 subsidised complementary therapies with a qualified therapist
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£15.00 will pay for a carer looking after a loved one with Dementia to attend our Understanding Dementia Course to receive essential information to help them in their caring role
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£20.00 can provide a carer in need with an emergency plan so someone is there to care if the carer is in an emergency
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£50.00 will pay for one of our staff to provide Carer Awareness Training to professionals, charities, groups and businesses to help them better identify and support unpaid carers
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£80.00 will pay for our carers to spend a subsidised night in our modern caravan at Lakeland Haven in the Lake District, for a well deserved break from their caring role
If you would like to make a one-off donation please contact our Fundraising Team on 01254 387444 or email them at fundraising@carerslinklancashire.co.uk
Gift Aid
Gift Aid is an income tax relief designed to benefit charities. If a person donating money to Carers Link Lancashire is a UK taxpayer, we can claim an additional 25% at no extra cost to them.
That means for every £1 donated, we actually receive £1.25. This may sound small but it all adds up! For example if we receive donations totalling £1000 from a fundraising event, if everyone makes a Gift Aid declaration, we will receive an extra £250. That’s enough for us to take 30 unpaid carers on a day trip!
In order to claim Gift Aid we need the person donating to tell us they want to add Gift Aid and provide their house number and postcode as a minimum. It’s that simple, and can massively increase the income of the charity.
If the donation is made through JustGiving, then you will be asked to tick a box to include Gift Aid.
Most donations will qualify for Gift Aid as long as they are not more than four times what you paid in tax in that tax year. More information is available here: https://www.gov.uk/donating-to-charity/gift-aid
Fundraising for our Young Carers
Fundraising Tips & Ideas
Tips & tricks on how to maximise your fundraising
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Plan effectively – Make sure you have sufficient time to get sponsored and you’re not spending all your time sorting out the details. Get in touch with us, we can help!
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Advertise – Maximise your use of social media to get sponsored. Start a Just Giving page to make it easy for people to donate. And please let us know about your event – we can support you via our own social media and give you tips on how to reach more people through your social media
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Sell your story – tell people why you’re raising money for Carers Link Lancashire and what difference the charity makes. We can supply you with a range of resources to help with this
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Be creative – People are often asked to give money by the way of sponsorship. Try doing something different to engage more people
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Challenge yourself – you’ll get more money by doing something difficult. If you run a 5k every week, people won’t sponsor you to do a 5k
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Consider the evidence – take photos or videos of your activity so people can see you’ve done what you said you will
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Keep going - when you’ve completed your activity, keep asking for sponsorship money. Many people will still give after the event
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Say thanks – remember your manners. People are giving from their own money, and they are much more likely to sponsor you again if you’ve kept them happy
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Don’t do it too often – People won’t want to sponsor you every month. Get involved in other fundraising in the meantime, such as volunteering at a supermarket bag pack.
Z to A of Fundraising Ideas
There are so many ways you can get involved in raising money for Carers Link Lancashire! Get creative – the best ideas are often the wackiest! From Zumbathons to Afternoon Teas, we like to do things a little differently here at Carers Link Lancashire so here is our list of fundraising ideas...in reverse alphabetic order for a change!
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Z - zip it!, zip-wire, zumbathon
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Y - yacht race, yogathon
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X - X-factor show, Xbox Tournament
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W - walk, waxing, wrapping service at Xmas, wine & cheese party, wine-tasting evening, win a day off work
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V - valet service, variety show
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U - unwanted present swap
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T - talent show, teddy bears’ picnic, tennis tournament, themed event, treasure hunt, tug of war
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S - sponsored event, sports day, swap shop, swear box, sweepstake, swimathon, supermarket collection
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R - race night, raffle, readathon, recipe book, recycling
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Q - quit something for a week (or forever!), quiz night
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P - paintballing, parachute jump, party, plant sale, PlayStation tournament,
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O - office Olympics, open challenge, open garden
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N - night in, name that…., netball tournament, no smoking week, non uniform day
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M - market stall, mountain climb, murder mystery night, music evening
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L - ladies lunch, lunch run
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K - karaoke night, knitting
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J - jam sale, jewellery sale, jobs for sponsorship, jumble sale
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I - ink cartridges, international evening, ironing
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H - hat sale, head shave, home collecting box
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G - garden party, gardening, golf day, guess the...number/weight
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F - face painting, fancy dress, fete stall, football match, fun day, fun run
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E - easter egg hunt, ebay, exhibition
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D - darts tournament, diet, disco, dog walking, dress down day
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C - competitions, car boot sale, car wash, Christmas card sales, Christmas jumper day, coffee morning, collections, concert
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B - baby competition, babysitting, bake off, battle of the bands, bbq, bingo, birthday donations, book sale, bridge evening, bring and buy sale, bungee jump
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A - abseil, afternoon tea, anniversary donations, art exhibition, auction