Social & Virtual Events
Bring people together and make a difference
We all love a good get-together don't we and what could be a better reason than to support the Thin Blue Line UK? Whether it’s a coffee morning, bake sale, quiz night, or fun day, we’ve got tips and resources to help make your event a success.
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Event organisers can claim a free fundraising T-Shirt
to wear with pride!
📢 We are more than happy to help promote your event via our News & Socials.
We’re here to support you every step of the way.
Get in touch with our News Team and let us know what you’re planning!
OUR TOP FUNDRAISING SUCCESS TIPS!
The biggest challenge for you will be on deciding on what fantastic event you want to plan, we encourage you to be as creative as possible! Here at Thin Blue Line UK, the most important thing to us is whatever you decide to do, you have lots of fun and enjoy fundraising for us!
Please don't forget to get in touch with us, we can provide you with any help and support you may need to assist you with planning your event. Also, don't forget to claim your free fundraising Thin Blue Line UK charity T-Shirt, you can claim this at the bottom of the page!
1. MAKE A GOOD EVENT PLAN
Decide on what event you are wanting to do. Set a date, funding target, consider writing and sharing a story around why you are fundraising (look at our 'About Us' page for inspiration). Get other people involved to help you and consider what things you need.
2. CONSIDER HOW TO FUNDRAISE
For in person events consider ways to keep your money safe. For virtual events create an online donation page through "Just Giving" or "Facebook Fundraiser", to kickstart your fundraising. People can give you donations online and send you supportive messages.
3. SPREAD THE WORD
Publicise your event by creating posters and through social media, remember to share, share, share! For big events we can assist on our News & Socials too. Don't forget the power of loved one, message them, many who can't be there may still want to donate.
4. HAVE FUN & KEEP US UPDATED
The day is here! Remember have lots of fun, you deserve it! Take lots of photos during your event and share them with us. Let us know how it went, we love being told! If you need some advice on how to send us your funds, please get in touch so we can help.
USEFUL LINKS AND RESOURCES
Have a look at the below links to make planning your event as simple and hassle free as possible!
Set up a Facebook Fundraiser
Create a Facebook Fundraiser to allow people to donate safely and directly to your event via Facebook; without going through any third party websites. Useful for any virtual events you may want to hold. This is free, no fees are taken by Facebook, with Thin Blue Line UK receiving all raised funds.
Set up a Just Giving Page
Create a Just Giving page for your event, to fundraise for Thin Blue Line UK. This site is classed as the world's most trusted platform for online giving. Useful to set up for any virtual events you may want to hold. Just Giving do charge a payment processing fee of 1.9% + 20p on any donation.
Resource Centre
COMING SOON!
Our resource centre comes with a variety of different information posters and ideas for social media posts. Helping to get your event message out there and ensuring it will be a guaranteed success!
Planning an event to
fundraise for Thin Blue Line UK?
If so, claim your free charity fundraising T-Shirt below. Choose from a range of colours to make sure you stand out at your event and wear it with pride!
We offer additional discounted T-Shirts to our fundraisers to be worn by anyone helping you on the day of your event to help raise funds for Thin Blue Line UK.
As a charity, we also regularly send out additional resources such as copies of our Mental Health Guide, pens and information cards for certain types of events.
We hope by doing this it helps to spread the fantastic work that the charity does, whilst reinforcing the importance of promoting positive mental health and wellbeing.
