Pin Badges and Seeds
Whether you are planning a party or a small gathering with your friends to mark your new chapter, fundraise for Refuge and we will send you a beautiful pin badge when you raise £100. We also have flower seeds where you can grow new life, to mark your own new beginning. You can order them by clicking on the link below.
Flower seeds
Pin badge
Collecting donations
Mark your next chapter by collecting donations for Refuge. Get started in these easy steps:
- Set up your online fundraising page with JustGiving.
- Set a target. This can encourage your guests 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
- Add a profile photo. This can boost your donations by 23%.
- Share why you have decided to support Refuge, to encourage your guests to give.
- Explain how donations will help Refuge, for guests who may not know about our work with survivors.
- Let your guests know you’ll be supporting Refuge in your invitations or other pre-event communications.
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.
£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.
Activities
If you were planning a divorce party or gathering, you could organise fun games for guests in exchange for a donation to Refuge. This could include:
Start your next chapter
Ask your friends and family to write down an activity or experience you can do to celebrate your independence. Skydive, visit a new country or try a new hobby!
Pick and Mix
Turn a sour situation into a sweet one with a pick and mix or cake stand. You could even display a collection tin on it for donations
Wellbeing or Pamper day
Organise a yoga session or pamper day with your group in exchange for donations to Refuge.
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.