Raise money for the Williams Syndrome Foundation

Whether you’re hosting a quiz night or bake sale, shaving your head or jumping out of a plane, we are here to help and support you with your fundraising ideas.

At Work 

  • Wear your own clothes to work / dress down Friday / best or worst tie
  • Give up your morning coffee and donate to WS instead
  • Loose change jar / bucket collection
  • Swear jar – Easy winner!
  • Cake sale – Everyone loves cake!
  • Sweepstake or raffle
  • Ask your place of work to show their support on social media (‘we are sharing our hearts with the WSF today and raising awareness of WS’) with link to WSF website.
  • Ask your place of work to donate their homepage to the WS/WSF for a day – adding information, logos etc on WS (‘we are donating our homepage to the WSF today. Donate now’).
  • Find out if they offer Matched Giving

At School

  • Educational class / assembly talk on Williams Syndrome
  • Wear your own clothes to school
  • Get your class to stand in a heart shape and take a picture
  • Encourage your school to include information on WS in their weekly newsletter to parents and on their social media pages including links to the WSF
  • Cake sale
  • Sports day

 

In the Community

  • Quiz night in your local pub
  • Walk for Williams – organise a local walk
  • Ladies night – disco, raffle, stalls etc
  • Knitting / crafts day or evening. Get creative and perhaps knit a WSF scarf!
  • Jumble sale
  • Church group
  • Poster in your local shops

 

At Home

  • Tea party / coffee morning
  • Teddy bears picnic
  • Garden Party
  • Fun Day
  • Poker night
  • Grow or shave your beard / shave your head
  • Without for Williams – give up something you love during awareness month

 

Sporting Events

Organise or join a sponsored bike ride / run / walk / swim / football / rubgy / golf tournament.

If you belong to a sporting club, ask them how they can get involved.

 

How to set up your Facebook fundraiser

  1. On your computer, login to Facebook.
  2. Click Fundraisers.
  3. Click Raise money.
  4. Click nonprofit.
  5. Type into the search bar to find Williams Syndrome Foundation Limited.
  6. Enter the goal amount of money you want to raise and the reason as to why you have chosen the WSF for your birthday fundraiser!
  7. Click Create.
Set up your birthday fundraiser now

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