Retirements

Celebrate your transition to retirement by raising vitals funds for women and their children experiencing domestic abuse.

Pin Badges and Bookmarks

Fundraise for Refuge during your retirement and we will send you a beautiful retirement pin badge once you raise £100. We also have beautiful bookmarks celebrating your new chapter, you can order them by clicking on the link below.

Pin Badges

Bookmarks

Order your celebration gift items

Order your celebration gift items here!

Click here to order

 

Collecting donations

Celebrate your next chapter by collecting donations for Refuge. Get started in these easy steps:

  1. Set up your online fundraising page with JustGiving.
  2. 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 
  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 guests to give 
  5. Explain how donations will help Refuge, for guests who may not know about our work with survivors.

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 retirement party, you could organise fun games for guests in exchange for a donation to Refuge. This could include:  

Retirement Par-Tee  

Celebrate your retirement with friends and family at your local golf club.

Decades pop quiz  

Organise a pop quiz with questions related to the years you’ve worked at your organisation.

Bucket list 

Have your friends and family draw up a bucket list of exhilarating activities you can do during your retirement.

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.