Adopt a Charity

• Bring your members together to make a difference to a cause that matters to you and have fun in the process
• Develop your organisation, planning and event delivery skills while raising money for charity
• Get recognition from the Students’ Union for your group’s charitable efforts

• Choose a UK registered charity to fundraise for
• Come up with an activity idea for your fundraiser
• Complete the Adopt a Charity Form to register your fundraiser. Please give us as much notice as possible- ideally complete the form 2 weeks minimum before your planned fundraiser activity. We need to approve your fundraising activities before they can be advertised. This is to make sure that they are safe and compliant with our Health and Safety policies. Additionally, we will support you with event planning and booking cash buckets or card readers to collect donations.
• Promote your event and raise some money!
• Keep in touch and let us know how your fundraiser went, we love to celebrate the successes of our student groups!

Card Donations

You can book up to two card readers from the Students’ Union to raise card donations at your fundraiser. These are also requested via the Adopt a Charity Form.

You will be emailed instructions on how to use the card reader, and you need to sign a card reader agreement when you collect this from the Students’ Union.

Please note that income received by card reader is subject to a 1.69% SumUp admin fee.

Tickets

When you are completing your ticket request, please state on the form that these are fundraising tickets so that they can be allocated to the correct cost centre. This will ensure that your charity receives the full donation (as VAT will not be deducted).

If the money raised is allocated to your group’s subs, this will mean that you’ll lose 20% of the donations on VAT, so please do remember to state that your event will be a fundraiser.

*Please note that it is not possible to donate money received from grant funding directly to charity.

Donation link

If you use a donation link, please make sure you are using a reputable platform such as JustGiving. You will be asked to provide this link in the Adopt a Charity Form.