Raise money this Christmas

Christmas is the season of goodwill and generosity. As a charity, we understand how important it is for people to dedicate time to others and we hope that this month there will be more people than ever trying to raise money for good causes.

For those of you who don’t know, SRSB is the Sheffield Royal Society for the Blind and our mission is to provide opportunities, support, and friendship to people who are blind or are partially sighted in Sheffield. We believe that blindness should not prevent anybody from achieving anything and dedicate every penny donated to enabling people with blindness to live their life to the full.

If you are hoping to raise money for charity this Christmas, here are some ideas to get you started:

• Host a charity Christmas dinner party: getting everybody together for a festive Christmas dinner is a lot of fun and if you sell tickets to the event it can also raise a lot of money. You could even ask everybody to bring along their best dish so that guests share the cooking as well as the eating.
• Organise a charity run: when raising money for charity it does not matter how fast or slow the contributors are – it is all about enjoying yourself and making money for a great cause. Get a group of friends together to raise cash through a charity fun run or alternatively set up a Facebook fundraising page to help with your own individual effort. The Santa fun Run has become really famous in recent years so you might want to take part.
• Karaoke Carols: pretty self-explanatory, everybody comes along for some karaoke (and a few drinks!) and takes it in turns to sing their favourite Christmas songs.
• Secret Santa: if your limit is £10, you can ask employees to spend £8 on their gifts and donate the extra £2 to charity.
• Carol Singing: a classic one, but carol singing can raise quite a lot of money in one evening alone. Get the village together for a sing song!

To find out more about SRSB, the work that we do, and how you can help, please visit our website.