Christmas Jumper Day 2024: fundraising ideas
Christmas Jumper Day – second only to Christmas Day (and maybe Christmas Eve!) – is the most festive looking day of the entire Xmas season. But Christmas Jumper Day 2024 is also a brilliant way to raise money for worthy causes, all while having a bit of fun. Why not spread some festive cheer at your workplace, your children’s school, even just in your local community? This article is here to give some inspiration on how you can do this. All you need to do is start your GoFundMe, pick a Christmas Jumper Day project and see the donations roll in.
When is Christmas Jumper Day?
Christmas Jumper Day 2024 is Thursday December 12 – meaning it’s slap bang in the middle of the festive season. The first Christmas Jumper Day was back in 2012 and is an initiative by Save The Children to raise money for their charity.
How do I take part in Christmas Jumper Day?
There are so many different ways you can get involved in Christmas Jumper Day – starting with choosing your perfect festive jumper (or getting creative with some tinsel!). To get going, think about these easy steps:
- Organise your event: Think about what you want to do for Christmas Jumper Day. This could be as simple as turning up to work in a Christmas jumper, encouraging colleagues to do the same and asking for a small donation.
- Create a GoFundMe page: Start your GoFundMe page and in the fundraiser story add the description of what you’re doing and why.
- Spread the word: Share your fundraiser link amongst friends, family and colleagues. Be sure to share and include what the event you’ve chosen is.
- Grab a Christmas jumper: Buy, make or grab your favourite festive garment from your wardrobe.
- Donate to a charity of your choosing: Once you’ve raised the funds, donate them to charity! If you’re fundraising with a registered charity on GoFundMe, this couldn’t be easier.
Christmas Jumper Day fundraising ideas
So you’ve decided to don your festive jumper – that’s the first step done. But why not make it more of a festive event? All of these ideas can be done in conjunction with Christmas Jumper Day itself. If you need more inspiration after this, check out our Christmas fundraising ideas post too.
1. Hold a festive bake sale
Bake sales are brilliant all year round to raise money for that good cause. And even more of an excuse to get one going when it’s Christmas! Either do the baking yourself, get a team of people together to make a feast or even go and buy your festive produce – then put a bake sale on in exchange for donations! You could try and do this in your workplace where surely people will be grateful for a Christmas sugar boost or somewhere like a Christmas fair.
2. Sell handmade Christmas cards and decorations
Maybe you’re crafty or maybe you have a budding artist at home – making and selling handmade Christmas cards and decorations is a brilliant way to raise money on Christmas Jumper Day. You could even host a bauble decorating event and then all sell your creations.
3. Organise games and activities
On Christmas Jumper Day, why not spread the cheer even further by organising festive games and activities? Think of something appropriate for your audience – in work for example you could do a Christmas bingo, or a Christmas disco for children at your child’s school.
4. Host a Christmas dinner
Another fundraising idea on Christmas Jumper Day could be to host a Christmas Dinner pre the big day itself for your family and friends. Ask people to bring a dish or give a small donation and get together for some festive cheer.
5. Christmas-themed quiz
Who doesn’t love the competitive spirit of a good old fashioned quiz? Do this, but make it Christmas themed. Quizzes are a brilliant way of bringing people together – so get everyone you know in one place and teamed up, with the promise of fun and silly festive prizes.
6. Santa fun run or walk
Sponsored walks or runs are a mainstay of fundraising. And it’s easy to make them festive-themed, meaning you get some exercise out in the fresh air in winter and also get to raise money for a good cause. The Santa Runs are an example of a brilliant organised festive run – get everyone to get their jumpers and santa hats on and get out there. You can adapt your walk or run to suit many abilities too, meaning children can take part.
Start your Christmas Jumper Day fundraiser with GoFundMe
So if you’ve decided that fundraising for Christmas Jumper Day is for you, start your free GoFundMe and get fundraising. GoFundMe is a custom built crowdfunding platform, meaning all the tools and resources you need are right in front of you to see the donations really rolling in. Good luck, merry Christmas and happy fundraising!