Fundraising Pack
Our annual Wear A Hat Day has been designed to capture
your imagination and enable the nation to have fun.
By getting involved you will be raising vital funds for brain
tumour research.
More importantly you will be providing the hope of finding a
cure for this most devastating of diseases.
To help your day be a success we have put together
some great materials:
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A4 Poster to display - download here. We recommend you print on 120gsm gloss paper.
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A4 Empty Belly Poster for you to add details about your own event – download here. We recommend you print on 120gsm gloss paper.
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Statistics page with the facts about brain tumours – download here. We recommend you print on 120gsm gloss paper.
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Cute Wear a Hat Day character pin badges for you to sell – order your badges through Karen on 01296 733011 or email karen@braintumourresearch.org
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Balloons to add colour and movement to your event – order your balloons through Karen on 01296 733011 or email karen@braintumourresearch.org
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Template letters / emails to send out to your staff / students, parents and guardians / family, friends and contacts inviting them to get involved – download here.
- Staff
- Nurseries, schools, colleges and universities
- Family, friends and contacts
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Template press release for your local paper and radio station, to raise awareness of your event and of brain tumours, ahead of your event – download:
- Organisations
- Nurseries, Schools, Colleges and Universities
- Personal Events
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Template press release for your local paper and radio station, to raise awareness of your event and of brain tumours, after your event - download:
- Organisations
- Nurseries, Schools, Colleges and Universities
- Personal Events
Ideas
• Simply ask people to Wear a Hat on 30th March 2012 in return for a donation
• Better still nominate your ‘head’ to wear a hat for the day and pledge a further donation
• You could also sell our delightful Wear A Hat Day character badges
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Or why not organise an event around the day and sell badges?
- Run a best hat competition
- Have a theme for your hats
- Design a hat
- Make a Paper Hat following our instructions and video
- Be inspired by our bespoke hats and try and make one yourself following
our instructions and video
- Challenge everyone with a hat quiz use our questions
- Give a Party - Sell cakes!
- Hold a sponsored head shave or a sponsored silence
- Do your own thing and tell us about it
• Ask your place of work to get involved
• Ask your child’s school to get involved
• Ask your club to get involved
• Ask your friends to get involved
• Ask your friends to ask their place of work, schools and clubs to get involved
• Tweet about it
• Tell your facebook friends about it
• Shout about it – get coverage in your local media and radio station using our template press releases as above
• Send us your photos and hat designs for our website to karen@braintumourresearch.org
Don’t forget to gift aid your donation and ask your company to match fund what you raise
Gift Aid Form
Sponsor Form
Whether 2 of you or 2,000 of you get involved you will be raising vital funds for brain tumour research!