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Wear A Hat Day Ideas and Downloads
Coming up with good fundraising ideas can be tricky but that's where we can help. Over the years we've picked up some pretty good hints and tips to make your Wear A Hat Day the hattiest yet.
Coronavirus (COVID-19) is proving a great challenge for us all, however, Brain Tumour Research is here to help our wonderful community of supporters across the UK this year in taking part at school, at in your home or online!
There are many ways to hold your event digitally with your family, friends, colleagues, or school on Friday 27th March. You can have all the fun of Wear A Hat Day through your screens and on social media!
Wear A Hat Day event ideas
We encourage everyone to consider holding or joining an event virtually on Facebook, Skype , WhatsApp, Instagram, Facetime or work video calling systems like Microsoft Teams and Google Hangouts .
But that's not the only way to get involved and here are a few simple ideas to get you started, we're looking forward to seeing your amazing activities and joining in across social media!
- Wear A Hat Day Social Selfie
Take a selfie wearing a hat or a household object which you can turn in to a hat, upload it on social media, tag @braintumourrsch on Twitter and use #WearAHatDay - encourage your friends and colleagues to join in online! - No hat? No problem!
On Facebook or Instagram stories take a selfie and use the sticker or GIF buttons to choose a hat, tag Brain Tumour Research and donate to us. You can also add a donate button to your stories, linking it to Brain Tumour Research and ask your loved ones to donate. - Put Yourself in the Frame
Add our Facebook Frame on your profile photo to help spread awareness across social media. - Hat Quiz
Create your own or download our quizzes. - ‘Create Your Own Hat’ Competition
Get those thinking caps on… - Cat Wearing A Hat Day?
Get your pets involved by putting a hat on them, upload it on social media, tag @braintumourrsch on Twitter and use #WearAHatDay to help spread awareness (and cuteness) on the day. - Famous Hats Film Night
Willy Wonka, Indiana Jones, Sherlock Holmes… who will you be?
Wear A Hat Day Signature Brooches and Merchandise
Our Wear A Hat Day Signature brooches have been exclusively designed for Brain Tumour Research in collaboration with celebrated Milliners and Hatters. We are proud of our partnerships and the creative beauty of their designs. You can purchase yours here.
We also offer a fantastic range of Wear A Hat Day merchandise to help celebrate the day and raise vital funds for Brain Tumour Research. See our merchandise page for more.
Downloads
We have loads of great downloadable content to help you with your fundraising. Click on the images below to download.
Get inspired
Every day is a hat day for Emma
Emma, whose husband Brian was diagnosed with a brain tumour, is wearing a different hat every day in March, which is of course Brain Tumour Awareness Month.
She is choosing from a great variety of hats, ranging from caps bought on holiday, fascinators for weddings and her Brain Tumour Research hat made by ethical company Kusan (available to buy here) to her more comical ones like the Jester and Where’s Wally hats. Emma then posts a daily photo on social media and asks friends and family to donate.
Why not join Emma and extend Wear A Hat Day into Wear A Hat Week or Wear A Hat Month?
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Siena and Rafaele get hatty
Siblings Siena, aged eight, and Rafaele Guglia, six, found a great way of getting the pennies in when their grandfather Nonno was undergoing treatment for a brain tumour. They raised an astonishing £3,600 through a sponsored walk and then asked their classmates and teachers to wear hats to school and buy pin badges and wristbands.
The enterprising duo also got a pub involved which provided hot drinks to parents and carers outside school in return for a donation. But they didn’t stop there, they also approached Hobbycraft and Halfords and both businesses agreed the kids could collect outside their stores.
Why not follow in Siena's and Rafaele's footsteps and get your school involved in Wear A Hat Day?
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Wylam Village Wears A Hat
One Northumberland village has really taken Wear A Hat Day to heart.
In 2018, the business community of Wylam came together with the Brownies putting on a performance and donating the proceeds, pupils at Wylam First School wore their favourite hats to school, restaurant the Wood Oven donated 50% of sales of its special ‘flat cap’ pizza and The Coffee Tree served ‘hat whites’, ‘hattes’, and ‘cap-pucinos’ – see what they did there? Not to be outdone, the Ship Inn was also on board with a special cocktail, the grapefruit ‘hatini’.
Why not get your whole community involved and organise a series of Wear A Hat Day events?
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