A Expand Adopt us as your charity of choice Abseil - get the adrenaline pumping with a sponsored abseil down the lift-tower Alcohol - choose how long you are going to give up drinking for, and then ask people to sponsor you. Antiques roadshow - find experts to donate their time. Charge for entrance and valuations. Maybe link with an Antiques Fair and charge stall holders for their pitches. Artwork Exhibition Sale &/or Auction - of friends work or that of local artists. Any picture, however bad or good looks more attractive in a mount so get them mounted and wrapped in a protective cover. Afternoon tea - organise a Tea Party Auction of promises - people offer goods or services to be auctioned (e.g. cleaning a car, chauffeur for the day, decorating room, haircut etc.) Make sure you advertise well in advance and get an auctioneer with a loud voice. Angling competition - participants pay to enter. Prizes for the biggest fish caught, most fish caught and a booby prize for the most unusual item caught.
B Expand Berlin Marathon Baby competition Bingo Baby Photos Beer Festival Best Breakfast event Brunch Gathering Bridge Afternoon Bring and Buy Sale Bucket Collection Black tie Ball Babysitting - donate your earnings to us BBQ - held in your garden. Ask guests to pay an entrance fee, then provide them with food and drink for free. Barn dance - find a real barn if possible and hire a good band. Recruit a caller who knows all the dances and can instruct those with two left feet. Charge for admission and refreshments. Make sure you sell enough tickets before the night, not just on the door. Bed pushing marathon - different teams are sponsored. Choose a high profile route, eg through the town centre on a Saturday morning. Please note, you will need permission from your local council. Benefit Performance - organise a concert or benefit performance Bike rides - you name the distance and the route. Don't forget safety precautions and your helmet. Book sales - get all your friends and relatives to clear out their book shelves and donate the books to you to sell. Bridge evening - The entrance fee could include a light supper or nibbles and a glass of wine. Burns Night - get your local Scottish residents to help catch the haggis!
C Expand Cycle challenge; UK or abroad, Cupcakes & coffee, Clay pigeon shoot, Car Boot Sale Carol Service Casino Evening Ceilidh Supper Celebration Event Choir Competition Climbing Stairs Cinema Cocktail Party Coffee Morning Comedy Evening Concert Corby Lottery Craft Sale Cup Final Gathering Cake bake - invite your neighbours round or do this at work. Bake a few cakes and sell each slice for a £1. Find out more about how to organise a cake or bake sale Caption competition - you need a group of at least 25 people. Get a photo of your club chairman or work CEO doing something unusual and then get everyone to submit a caption for £1. Winner gets 50% of the proceeds. Carers Week Events – join in Northamptonshire Carers events or organise your own. Carol singing - entice people along with the promise of mince pies and sherry. Car washing Children's fun day - parents pay for children to take part. Arrange entertainment, face painting, races etc. Cinema screening - could your local cinema be persuaded to do a preview for Northamptonshire Carers? Increase the price ticket by £1 - £2. Have a display in the foyer. Coffee mornings Concerts - ticket selling and publicity are vital. Many bands, orchestras and choirs are often on the lookout for opportunities to perform for good causes and in good venues, on an expenses-only basis. You just need to ask! Curry night
Carers consultation Expand Organisations such as the County Council or NHS ask for the feedback from Carers or the people they care for as part of a consultation. We will post details here as they are announced. If you are interested in such consultations, then Healthwatch are a useful organisation. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Northamptonshire Carers Partnership are seeking Carers Perspective to inform and co-produce a county-wide ‘Northamptonshire All Ages Carers Support Strategy 2022-2025’. If you are an unpaid family carer, of any age, caring for someone who relies on your support - Your Own Needs and Wants are of Utmost Importance to Us Please tell us about what you see as the priorities for you; what support you need; how best you can access that support and anything else you feel should be provided to continue in your caring role. This survey closes on Friday, 29th April 2022 and we will be producing the forward plans over the Summer to consult again on the Draft Strategy in the Autumn, before finalising. Link to Survey
Carers partnership Expand The Carers Partnership is a network for anyone who provides a service for Carers in Northamptonshire, both statutory and voluntary sector organisations or anyone with an interest in Carers, including Carers and former-Carers themselves. Members include Age UK, Alzheimer’s Society, Carers Trust East Midlands, Nene Valley Community Action, Family Support Link, Serve, Northamptonshire County Council, NHS and Hospital representation, Northamptonshire Healthcare Foundation Trust and others as well as ourselves. We meet on a monthly basis at our offices, chaired by our CEO. One of our main aims is to monitor the progress of the County Council Carers Strategy and it's action plan as well as looking at service provision in general to see how we can best serve the Carers of Northamptonshire. Meetings held at Northamptonshire Carers, 123 Midland Road, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, NN8 1LU. Dates and venue Subject to change. If you would like to attend the meetings as a one off or on a regular basis or just receive the minutes and information form the Carers Partnership Meetings, please contact us on 01933 677837 or [email protected]
D Expand Dress down/up days Dragon boat racing Disco party Diet – be sponsored to lose weight Darts Match Dinner Dance Dog Event Donate a Car Doughnut Week Dances - organise a disco, ceilidh, ballroom, salsa or 70's night. You need a venue, band/ DJ and a drinks license (if you are selling alcohol.) Darts match - charge an entry fee, have a raffle and refreshments. Make it fun - ladies versus, left handed throws only etc. Dog walking - get your neighbours to pay you. Downloading music - use Fair Share Music to get all your favourite songs and help Northamptonshire Carers at the same time Duck race – Rubber ones, not actual ducks!
E Expand Events – sign up to one of ours or organise one yourself. Easter Activities Eurovision party Exhibition - get local arts and crafts groups (wood turners, jewellery or nick nack makers, painters etc) to hold an exhibition of their work. Ask for an admission fee and ask exhibitors to pay a fee for their pitch. Expeditions – How about a sponsored treck for Northamptonshire Carers? Expert talk - use an expert or well-known personality prepared to donate their time. Charge admission, have a break to sell refreshments and auction their latest book, invention or autograph. eBay - register yourself on eBay or another auction site and auction off your old, unwanted items. You're likely to raise more money than you would from a car boot sale and have fun watching the items go up in price at the same time!
F Expand Form a Fundraising community group Fashion show Football Kit day Fetes & Fairs Face Painting Football Tournament Fancy dress days - pay to wear fancy dress or dress down to work or school and fine those that don't make the effort. Non-uniform days at school are always popular. In the office have crazy tie, bad hat or yellow and blue only days. April Fools Day is ideal for this. Festivals - of craft, drama or flowers. You'll need a team of volunteers to design and create displays. Sell programmes, refreshments and organise stall sales. Fetes - celebrities will help draw in crowds. But there's lots of work, planning and costs involved - so be careful! Fishing tournament - get sponsorship from a local angling shop. Football match - collections at half time. Fun Day - hold a family fun day at work. Include an It's a Knock Out style competition. Fun runs - organise your own; you decide the venue and the distance. Try to get a local personality to compete or start the event off. Or, if you do not have time, simply book a place in an officially organised event such as the London Marathon or Great Northern Rfun and ask friends for sponsorship. £5 into £50 - Give friends or volunteer fundraisers a sum of money (£5) and a time limit (three months) to increase this by devising a money-generating activity. Ideas include: planting vegetable seeds and selling produce; baking and selling cakes; backing the Derby winner; investing. Award prizes for the most ingenious idea. 50:50 club - get everyone to donate £1 a month (by standing order if possible). Each month holds a draw when someone wins half the total raised. No licence is required - you just need to ensure at least half the money goes back into prize money.
G Expand Great Wall of China Great South/North Run Gap year challenge Grand Draw Great South Run Gym-a-thon Garden party - or open garden; held in your garden, with stalls, games, refreshments and raffles. Grow a beard or moustache – Get sponsored to grow a beard or moustache Gift Aid Give a car - if you have an old car you might want to donate it so that the proceeds go to Northamptonshire Carers. Find out how to donate your car here. Go-karting - sponsored laps. Pay entry fee and winner (and maybe loser) get a prize! Golf open days - get a golf club to sponsor the event for you, invite club members and local businessmen for the tournament. Organise a raffle and auction in the evening as well. Greek night - lay on Greek food, wine and dancing in your local village hall. Guy Fawkes party - if you have a large garden organise a firework display, charge for admission and refreshments.
H Expand Hiking Harley Ride Out Half Marathon Horse Event Halloween party - hold a fancy dress party at your house or in a local bar. Ask for an entrance fee. Organise a DJ, spooky decorations and nibbles. Head and tails auction - good to do at a dinner evening. Get everyone to stand up and pass a bucket around collecting people's change (although encourage £5 notes). Everyone decides whether they're heads or tails by putting a hand on their head or their bottom. Flip a coin on stage and announce the results. Those who get it wrong sit down. Continue until only one person is left. Winner gets a prize. Hat sale - get everyone to donate their old hats and then come and buy a new one. Head shave - Ever thought about doing something outrageous and a little bit silly all in the name of charity? How about shaving your head, or men, waxing those legs
How do I create & upload an Emergency Plan Expand Please see video tutorial below Please send copies to Carers & encourage them to share with their friends/families/contacts as appropriate.
I Expand Inca Trail Iron Man Challenge Individual gifts - gift day, pledges, an hour's pay, donations, membership, payroll giving. Good for the office. iTunes - Taking part in a sponsored walk? Ask people to donate their cash to create an iTunes playlist for you which you have to listen to the whole way.
J Expand John O’ Groats to Lands End – cycle or walk Jail break Jazz festival Jelly eating competition - great fun for the kids. Jewellery collection - ask the public and your friends and relatives to donate unwanted jewellery. Auction off the best items and sell the remainder at a car boot sale or use as raffle prizes. Package and display attractively to boost prices and sales. Any left over items can be sent to Northamptonshire Carers for our old Jewellery Appeal. We turn old gold into money. Jumble sales
K Expand Kilimanjaro Challenge Kick-off – 5 a side football Kite Flying Competition Karaoke night Knit - put your needles together and knit garments to be sold at fetes and Christmas bazaars. Knockout darts or snooker tournament - at your local pub.
L Expand London Marathon Lorry Pull Line-dancing Leaving ‘do’ London to Paris Cycle Lent - Give something up for Lent and ask people to sponsor you to take on the challenge Local races and marathons - take advantage of any local races that are established in your area. Book a place and ask friends for sponsorship. Lotteries - could work particularly well in large offices. Make it a monthly event perhaps on pay day. It's important that you adhere to the government's regulations. Loud tie day - get your company to sponsor it.
M Expand Marathons Mountain Challenge – Nepal, Africa, Sahara Murder Mystery - A true favourite! Charge people to enter and give a prize to the winner. Mad Hair Day Money Box Multi Terrain Races Market stall - book a pitch at your local market. Sell fruit and vegetable from your garden or unwanted items from your home. Masterclasses - are you good at something? Why not organise a small class to show other people how to do it? Charge people a fee. Matched Giving - lots of employers will match some or all of the sponsorship you raise. It's a great way to increase your fundraising so check with your manager or HR to see if your company takes part in a matched giving scheme. Memory meal - transport yourself back to the 60s, 50s or the 40s. Dress in the style of the day and try to cook some dishes of the day. Mile of coins competition - how many coins will it take? Person with the closest guess gets a prize. Music and mulled wine evening - organise a recital at your local stately home or in someone's summer garden.
N Expand New York Marathon New Year’s Day Dip Nearly New Clothes Sale Night Time Walk No smoking week - for all those who need a real incentive. Non uniform day - for kids at school! Hold a non-uniform day at your school and charge each person £1 for the privilege.
O Expand Online – Set up your fundraising page on Northamptonshire Carers individual fundraising pages. Opera night Open Garden - ask visitors to donate an entry fee and pay for refreshments or hold a raffle as well. Outgrown exchange - a sale of children's clothes, books or toys. Old gold - send us your old and broken jewelry.
Organisations: A - C Expand Action for Hearing Loss ADHD Adoption UK Age UK Al-Anon Alzheimer’s Society Assistive Technology: Equipment or software that is used to increase, maintain, or improve an individuals ability to perform daily tasks and reduce pressure on Carers. Provided by Olympus Care Services although other suppliers are available. Benevolent Funds, how to access Bladder & Bowel Foundation British Heart Foundation Brookside Day Centre Care Choices Directory Care Quality Commission Carers Christian Fellowship Carers Trust Carers UK Childline Commsortia Contact a Family Counselling for Young Carers
Organisations: D - M Expand Diabetes Psychological Wellbeing Service (DPWS) Disabled Parents Network Disc Northamptonshire Epilepsy Action Head Injury Carers Group Huntington’s Disease Ass Kiloran Trust Lifeline Project LIVE: Supported Employment & Volunteering, provided by Olympus Care Services ME Association Motor Neuron Disease (MND)
Organisations: N - R Expand National Association for People Abused in Childhood NSPCC Osteoporosis Society (National) OK Rehab Rehab4Addiction Rehab-Recovery Relatives & Residents Association Royal National Institute for the Blind (RNIB)
Organisations: S - Z Expand Scope Shared Lives: Personalised Support in a Home Environment, provided by Olympus Care Services Spina Bifida Association Stroke Association Terrence Higgins Trust Traneker Fund - respite for Carers in Brackley & surrounding villages Women’s Aid Working Families
P Expand Payroll Giving Pyramid lunches Paper bank (recycling) Play Plant Sale Picnic Poker Night Pool Competition Plant sale - next time you're planting seedlings or taking cuttings why not double the quantity and have a plant sale later in the year? Plant a tree - in collaboration with your local authority's tree planting programme. Invite people to make a donation to have a tree planted in memory of someone. Organise to coincide with National Tree Week which is usually in November. Visit the Tree Council for details. Poetry recital - get people to read their own verses over some mulled wine. Pub games evening - teams pay to enter for dominoes, skittles, darts, pool, quizzes etc. Have plenty of fun prizes and charge for refreshments.
Parent Carers forum Expand Northants Parent Forum Group (NPFG) The NPFG enables parents looking after children with additional needs to get involved in service planning and decision making so that services meet the needs of families and resources are not wasted on services which parents and families do not take up. Meetings are arranged in Northamptonshire or parent support groups visited to discuss issues around service provision and implementation. Please contact them directly for further details.
Patients opinion Expand Patient Opinion An independent organisation called Patient Opinion runs a national website where service users and Carers can post stories, comments, feedback and compliments about health services. Please help shape services by leaving your comments, good and bad. Although this is a national website the feedback goes to the local health service provider.
Q Expand Question of Sport Quiet - What about holding a sponsored silence with your friends? How long can you last? Quiz night Quintessentially British Day - get the tea and scones out and celebrate Britishness for the day. Ask for an entry fee. Give prizes for the best fancy dress.