Birthdays

This year make your birthday one to remember, by celebrating with Refuge.

Birthday Pin Badges

Fundraise for Refuge on your birthday and we will send you a beautiful birthday pin badge once you raise £100.

Collecting donations

If you’d like to fundraise for Refuge on your birthday, you can get started in these easy steps:

  1. Set up your online fundraising page with JustGiving or Facebook.
  2. Set a target. This can encourage your friends and family to give a bit extra if they know it’s going to get you to your goal. If you’re unsure what target to set, please see our donation list below this section
  3. Add a profile photo. This can boost your donations by 23%.
  4. Share why you have decided to support Refuge on your special day, to encourage your friends and family to give.
  5. Explain how donations will help Refuge, for friends and family who may not know about our work with survivors.
  6. If you’re throwing a birthday party, let your guests know you’ll be supporting Refuge in your invitations

If you’d like to collect cash donations, speak to our team on community@refuge.org.uk and we can send you some of our free collection tins.

How your donation helps

In 1971, we opened the world’s first safe house for women and their children affected by domestic abuse. Today, Refuge is the largest specialist domestic abuse organisation in the UK, running 44 refuges where women can overcome the impacts of abuse and rebuild their lives – free from fear. These refuges – and our 24/7 National Domestic Abuse Helpline – are desperately needed. Every 120 seconds, someone turns to Refuge for support. We’re determined to be there for every woman who needs us. To do that, we rely on the kindness of people like you.

£30 could cover the cost to celebrate a child’s birthday in a refuge.

£52 could provide a woman and her children a safe night’s stay in a refuge

£75 could go towards providing emotional and practical support to three women and their children affected by domestic abuse.

£100 could host a culturally specific celebration like Easter or Eid for mothers and children in a refuge

£500 could run one of our refuges for a day, which provide safe accommodation for women and children escaping domestic abuse; with access to one-to-one emotional and practical support.

£1,000 could provide 40 emergency parcels, providing basic necessities such as toiletries, nappies, food and clothing, for a woman and her children arriving at one of our refuges.

 

Pay in Your Fundraising

Finished celebrating? You can easily pay in your fundraising through our online form and make a lasting impact to survivors of domestic abuse.

Pay in Your Fundraising

 

If you would like to pay in your fundraising through cheque or bank transfer please reach out to our friendly team at community@refuge.org.uk.