Our annual Wear A Hat Day is great fun whilst earning vital funds for urgently needed research
Whatever kind of hat you're going to wear, however you're planning to really stand out on the day, make sure you have fun and raise as much as you can for brain tumour research.
The Wear A Hat Day 2013 fundraising pack has been put together to help you maxmise exposure for your event this year. As well as leaflets, posters and balloons, we also have our ever-popular Wear A Hat Day badges and badge boxes. See below for details.
Still not signed up? Register now and order your fundraising pack today: email Sarah@braintumourresearch.org or call 01296 733011
Fundraising Pack details – order your combination of the following to be sent to you and/or download from the links.
*Newly added* - Top Hat for your car! Stickers! Wristbands! Baseball Caps! Colouring Competition! And a range of PR Templates to help make the most of your day. It's all good. It's all below!
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Wear A Hat Day Leaflet – an informative leaflet about the event, great for handing out and spreading the word. Available free or you can download an email version here. (Image will open in your web browser, just copy and paste into an email. Simple!)
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Wear A Hat Day Generic Poster – a call to action! Place in a highly visible area to ensure everyone can see the event is forthcoming. Available as a free A3 printed poster or downloadable here. You can print this up to A3 and we recommend 120gsm gloss paper
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Wear A Hat Day Statistics Poster – the facts and figures about brain tumours. If anyone needs more information about brain tumours, you can point them to this poster. Available as a free A3 printed poster or downloadable here. You can print this up to A3 and we recommend 120gsm gloss paper
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Wear A Hat Day Empty Belly Poster – add details about your Wear A Hat Day event/s. Available as a free A3 printed poster or downloadable here. You can print this up to A3 and we recommend 120gsm gloss paper
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Wear A Hat Day Pin Badges – four fabulous new designs. Available in pre-sorted, specially designed Wear A Hat Day Badge Boxes. Stick them in your staffrooms, in your canteens, on your shop counter etc. We suggest a minimum donation of £1 per badge.
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Wear A Hat Day Collection Boxes & Buckets – holding a special event? Enquire about our special boxes to collect your high volume of donations
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Wear A Hat Day *NEW* Top Hat For Your Car – drive brain tumour awareness! A limited supply of brand new Top Hat mascots for attatching to your car grille (or other vehicle). Please call us on 01296 733011 to order yours now before supplies run out! Lightwieght plastic, dimensions 130 x 160 x 80 mm, affix with cable ties (supplied)
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Wear A Hat Day *NEW* Wristbands – wear a hat on your wrist! Great for sporting events such as zumbathons etc. Two colours, pink and grey. Minimum suggested donation £2. Please contact Sarah to place your order today
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Wear A Hat Day *NEW* Colouring Competition – for the 'little milliners' everywhere! For the 10 most colourful entries, a chance to win one of our brand new Brain Tumour Research Baseball Caps. We have printed pads of 100 competition sheets availabe for schools and/or other children's Wear A Hat Day events - please contact Sarah or Sharon to place your order today or if you just want one or two sheets you can download them here
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Wear A Hat Day Balloons – everyone loves balloons! Add some colour and bounce to your event. New designs now available.
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Wear A Hat Day Stickers – stick them on your hats, clothes, bags, computers ... stick them everywhere! Two designs available. Plenty to go around.
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Wear A Hat Day Events Ideas – best hat competition, hat throwing championships, pass the hat to collect donations; the ideas are endless. Take a look at our suggestions. Download here
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Brain Tumour Research *NEW* Baseball caps – the ubiquitous hat of our age! Every wardrobe should have at least one and now you can add one of ours. Suggested donation of £6. Two colours - our grey and pink. Images coming shortly. Please contact Sarah to place your order today
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Make A Paper Hat – instructions available to download here, and we've linked to a video here to help you too!
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Make Your Own Designer Hat – download instructions here, and patterns from the links below, to make a Kate Langrish bespoke hat. Important note: make sure when printing the patterns that your printer is set to print ‘full size’ rather than ‘scaled to fit'. There is also a video guide to help you make your bespoke hat/s
- Pattern - Large (23-25" / 59-64cm)
- Pattern - Medium (22-23" / 56-58cm)
- Pattern - Small (20-21" / 50-55cm)
- Pattern - Quadrons
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Get Others Involved – we've written some template invitation letters to help you get your staff and work colleagues / students / parents and guardians / family, friends and contacts involved! Download here:
- Staff and Colleagues / Nurseries, Schools, Colleges, Universities / Family, Friends and Contacts
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Get The Media Involved – here are some template invitation letters to help you get your staff and work colleagues / students / parents and guardians / family, friends and contacts involved!
Download your pre-event template here - designed to help you get the media to cover your event on the day:
- Organisations / Nurseries, Schools, Colleges, Universities / Personal Events
Download your post-event template here - designed to help you get the media to run a story about your event, how much money you raised, the hats worn, using some of your photos etc:
- Organisations / Nurseries, Schools, Colleges, Universities / Personal Events
Good luck with your event on the day. Let’s make this the best year ever, and have FUN! Oh, and don’t forget to gift aid your donation and ask your company to match fund what you raise. Gift Aid Form.
Paying your money in: After your event, contact us via email Sarah@braintumourresearch.org to request your paying slip and follow the instructions on this page for paying your money in. Thank you! Don’t forget, you can keep your badges on sale all year long to keep raising funds for Brain Tumour Research. If you run out, just get in touch and we can send you refills.