Help us to keep homeless young people safe during

the Coronavirus crisis

Fundraising Pack

Thank you for supporting Centrepoint’s Emergency Coronavirus AppealThe Coronavirus is undoubtedly Centrepoint’s biggest challenge to date. We must provide more support to homeless young people than ever, as we now face a loss of over £2 Million in income.

Help us to raise vital funds and keep young people safe - and stave off your boredom of staying at home at the same time!

We want to help you stay connected with friends, family and colleagues, whilst giving you the opportunity to help homeless young people. All proceeds from our Emergency Coronavirus Appeal will go towards keeping our vital services open across the country.

CentrepointLast year, Centrepoint supported over 15,000 16-25 year olds alongside its partners; providing accommodation, mental and physical health care, and education, training and employability support to some of the most vulnerable young people in our communities.

As the current Coronavirus crisis develops, we already know that the demand on our services will rise. More young people than ever will need our help and those already in our services will need even more specialist support.

After 50 years of supporting homeless young people, at Centrepoint we know that we have the right people and expertise to support young people through this crisis, but now more than ever we are reliant on the generosity of our incredible supporters to keep our vital services open.

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How you can helpThis fundraising pack is full of easy ways that you can fundraise from home. What’s more, you can get your family, friends and colleagues involved too!

As well as providing vital funds to support vulnerable young people, every challenge and activity in this pack will help you to stay connected and spread some cheer at this challenging time.

Share your amazing fundraising efforts on your social media and encourage others to join you – don’t forget to tag us @CENTREPOINTUK and use #CentrepointAppeal

If you can, please also help us to raise awareness, and share the link to our Emergency Coronavirus Appeal website coronavirus.centrepoint.org.uk with your network.

THANK YOU.

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Fundraising At Home Our Top Tips

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Keep active and take on a step or exercise challenge Set up a group with your friends, family or colleagues on the Stridekick or Strava app and use your phone or watch to measure your progress.

Design the challenge to suit you – choose when you do it, who is involved and the end goal. It could be a certain number of steps, miles cycled, or most activity overall in a set time-period. It’s up to you!

Set yourself a fundraising target, share your fundraising page and ask people you know to sponsor you.

Donate your commuteDo you usually spend money on public transport or petrol to travel to work or university etc?

Now you’re working from home, why not donate the amount you would spend a week to Centrepoint instead? #donateyourcommute

Host a virtual pub quizAnother activity you may be missing is your local pub quiz. Why not set up a virtual team quiz?

Take the stress out of organising and download our ready-made pub quiz here.

Charge a donation to enter, we recommend £5 per person.

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Donate now to keep young people safeYou can donate here via JustGiving;

OR set up your own JustGiving fundraising page here

Donate your drinksAre you missing your morning takeaway coffee or Friday night drink with friends?

Now is the perfect time to count what you’ve saved and donate it to Centrepoint at the end of the month.

Celebrate your birthdayUnable to throw the big birthday bash you had planned?

Instead of inviting friends and family to your celebration, invite them to donate to Centrepoint!

To make it even easier, set up a Facebook birthday fundraiser or a JustGiving fundraising page to collect their donations all in one place.

Personal Challenge Set yourself a personal challenge – have you been putting off giving something up? Do you want to get sponsored to learn something new such as a craft or new recipes?

Whatever the challenge, no matter how big or small, ask your friends to sponsor you and support homeless young people.

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Smaller Fundraising ActivitiesLooking for something light touch to keep yourself entertained and show support for Centrepoint? Here are some of our other activity suggestions:

Let us know what your plans are by emailing events@centrepoint.org, we would love to share your fantastic ideas and achievements with our supporters!

Donate your lunchIf you would buy lunch at work, donate the money you would have spent over the last week instead.

SweepstakesPick your favourite TV show and run a sweepstake competition with a group of friends or colleagues.

Virtual book clubGet a group together, donate £5 to take part, pick a book to read and finish with a video call to discuss your thoughts. Check your local library online for e-books.

Host a virtual bake offShare pictures of your creation and vote for your favourite by donating £2 for a virtual slice or £5 to get the recipe.

Hold your own Sleep Out in your garden or on your balconyGet in touch for our exclusive fundraising pack.

Spring clean sale!Clear out your wardrobe, list what you no longer want on Ebay or Depop, and donate the proceeds to Centrepoint.

Gaming tournamentsVideo games, traditional games, anything! Donate to take part and have a prize for the winner.

Get dressed upPick a theme, get your friends, family or colleagues involved and donate to take part. Remember to share a photo with us using #CentrepointAppeal

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Donate As You Earn!If you don’t have time for fundraising activities or they aren’t your thing, why not consider Payroll Giving? Payroll Giving is a simple, tax efficient way to make regular donations to Centrepoint straight from your pay – helping us to keep more young people safe at this difficult time.

The best part is, with payroll giving your donations go even further. Your gift is worth up to 40% more depending on your tax rate. For example, if you pledge £10 per month and you are a 20% taxpayer the donation only costs you £8 – the taxman pays the rest – costing you less to give more!

A regular donation, no matter how big or small, will make a huge difference; helping us to keep our services open and young people safe.

Albert – Housing Manager, London‘There is a lot of panic and fear right now among both staff and young people. We are trying to manage stress and anxiety levels and we are working with Centrepoint’s mental health advisors to develop strategies.

‘Key work sessions with young people are more important than ever due to the pause on education, employment and training opportunities. The young people have gone from accessing those to having none of those happening in the space of a couple of weeks and for many, that keeps them going and provides them with focus.

‘We are just taking each day as it comes and doing our very best to support the young people in our services.

‘The young people we work with have very little money and usually buy food day by day, so trying to get them to change that mind-set and think ahead is difficult especially when they can’t afford a big shop. We are working hard to support them with supplies where possible.’

Become a Payroll GiverSetting up Payroll Giving is quick and easy – just visit centrepoint.org.uk/payrollgiving to complete your pledge form. We’ll do the rest! If you have any questions about Payroll Giving, please contact payrollgiving@centrepoint.org

Please give what you can.

We understand that Payroll Giving may not be an option for everyone at this time.

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Michelle Young Parents Housing Service, Sunderland‘In our service there are eight flats with young people and their children. It has been and will continue to be a worrying and scary time for them all.

‘One worry for the young people is the shortage of essential items in the shops. Baby formula, nappies, wipes – these are all essential for a baby and the stress and added anxieties to the young people are evident.

‘Another challenge is the lack of visitors due to the recent closure to non-essential visitors. Some of the young people rely on the emotional support from family and friends so this has hit hard.

‘We are doing everything to support them and trying to reassure and assist them in finding the supplies they need. I am keeping a positive frame of mind, talking to our young people often, encouraging them to take part in activities and getting outside in the garden.

‘We have found the young people to be very generous in sharing what supplies they have. They have come together and been there for each other. We know we will get through this, when it ends will be an even stronger team.’

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The difference your support will make

£10 could help to pay for a young person to access an online entertainment streaming service for 1 month whilst in isolation

£45 could help to provide necessary food supplies for a young person for 3 weeks

£100 could go towards 5 counselling sessions to a young person in need of mental health and psychological support

£25 could go towards 1 month of mobile data for a young person in isolation to provide them with entertainment and help keeping in touch with friends and family

£70 could help to fund the urgent advice and follow up support for a homeless young person from the Centrepoint Helpline

£300 could help cover the cost of 9 healthy relationships advice sessions for young people who have suffered abuse and neglect

Donate now to keep young people safeYou can donate here via JustGiving

Get in Touch!We wish you the very best of luck with your fundraising. If you need further advice,

support setting up your JustGiving page, or have any questions, please do get in touch at events@centrepoint.org

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