Fundraising & Events
The amazing support we receive from our fundraisers enables us to change lives across Lancashire.
For more information, please contact our Community Fundraiser, Nicola, who would be delighted to chat more about this or to work with you on any other ideas you may have.
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"Fundraising is a great way to support your local mental health charity, Lancashire Mind. All the money raised for Lancashire Mind stays in Lancashire. The amazing support we receive from our fundraisers means that we can change lives across Lancashire as we work towards our vision of Mental Wellbeing for All. Thank you!"
Fundraising Challenges
Fundraise for Lancashire Mind at sought after events!
Our fundraising events are a great way to raise money for Lancashire Mind whilst having fun and making a real difference.
We have lots of opportunities throughout the year for our fundraisers to get involved and we will support you all the way through your fundraising journey. #TeamLancsMind
Why Fundraising is so Important
£100
could deliver a whole school assembly on the five ways to wellbeing, helping children to look after their own wellbeing
£250
could provide a course of 1-to-1 coaching sessions for someone who is facing barriers to achieving good mental health
£500
could answer calls to up to 100 people, providing emotional support and signposting them to the help they need
Events for 2024
Skydive for Lancashire Mind 2024
Join us for a group skydive to raise funds and awareness for Mental Health Awareness Week 2024.
Saturday 11th May or Saturday 25th May
We have 50 places available for tandem skydives for Lancashire Mind either side of Mental Health Awareness Week 2024 and we want you to join us for our biggest challenge yet!
Book your place for just £40!
Join our team on Saturday 11th or Saturday 25th at Black Knights Skydive Centre in Lancaster where we will be to cheer you on all day!
What we need from you:
Commitment to raising a minimum of £385 (breakdown below):
£200 donation to Lancashire Mind
£185 to cover the remaining cost of your skydive
There are some medical reasons people are unable to take part in a skydive. Please take a look at the Black Knights website before you book where you will find a declaration and medical form with more details.
Please note: It is likely that you will be at the centre for at least 3-4 hours but you could be there all day.
For ticket and event updates please register your interest here:
Great Manchester 10k Run 2024
Manchester’s iconic event returns to the city’s streets in May 2024. If you’re going to do a run, make it the greatest.
Sunday 26th May
The AJ Bell Great Manchester Run is the city’s original and best-loved running event. With over 99% of Manchester runners say they’d recommend it to a friend and in true Mancunian style, it’s a party from start to finish, with a high-energy soundtrack, live music and entertainment zones at every turn – plus, some of the loudest and most enthusiastic local support we’ve seen anywhere in the UK. Go Manchester!
Book your place for just £25.
What we need from you:
Commitment to raising a minimum of £175 (breakdown below):
£149 donation to Lancashire Mind
£26 to cover the remaining cost of your run place
For ticket and event updates please register your interest here:
Great North Swim 2024
Dive into nature and join us at the UK’s biggest open water swimming event.
7th - 9th June
An exciting opportunity to take part in a 1 mile open water swim. Whether you’re looking to get fit, improve your time, soak up some nature or raise money for Lancashire Mind, you‘ll be part of an amazing collective experience - guaranteed. Dive into nature and join us at the UK’s biggest open water swimming event. So what do you say - see you on the shore?
Book your place for just £22.
What we need from you:
Commitment to raising a minimum of £175 (breakdown below):
£149 donation to Lancashire Mind
£22 to cover the remaining cost of your swim place
For ticket and event updates please register your interest here:
Cross Bay Walk 2024
Walk the Morecambe Bay Sands and raise funds for Lancashire Mind.
Sunday 30th June
An annual opportunity to experience the beautiful Morecambe Bay Sands through a guided walk provided by the The Guide over Sands Trust. The Trust is a charity which provides two guides, to offer safe passage across both Kent and Leven Estuaries. Dogs are welcome at a cost of £5 on the day.
£15 per person.
£10 will be donated to Lancashire Mind and £5 will be received by the The Guide over Sands Trust
For ticket and event updates please register your interest here:
Mental Elf 2024
Worden Park, Leyland.
Saturday 30th or Sunday 1st December (date TBC)
Our flagship fundraising event will move to Worden Park, Leyland in 2024. This is an exciting time for the 11th year of Mental Elf where we aim to link with the parks Christmas market day to bring something for everyone within the local community. We will have the option of a 2k, a 5k or a 10k route and lots of fun for all the family.
For ticket and event updates please register your interest here:
Holding Your Own Event? Share it with us!
Hold your own fundraising event. Tell us about your event and we'll send you a fundraising welcome email. We'll keep in touch throughout your fundraising and, once its all over, send you a thank you. #TeamLancsMind
Share your Event
Give in Memory
By supporting Lancashire Mind in memory of a loved one, we are able to support more people when they need it so no one has to face difficult times alone.
Make a Donation in Memory
Volunteer
Become a volunteer and join our team of Fundraising Champions. Our Champions raise funds for Lancashire Mind in all sorts of different ways. We'd love to hear your ideas.
Make a Donation in Memory
How Fundraising Helps
Donations from individuals, organisations and businesses allow us to invest in areas of work where we can see an immediate need, and where there is no other funding. Last year, this donation income allowed us to invest in new projects, that otherwise would not have happened, and expand our existing projects to help more children and adults.
Extending our offer of wellbeing coaching for children and young people, so that every young person in Lancashire who needs this service can access it, with minimal waiting time
Delivering Bounce Forward across schools in North Lancashire – this is a programme which helps young people build resilience at key points in their lives, such as the transition from primary to secondary school
An innovative programme to look at new ways of preventing homelessness and providing safe accommodation for people with long term mental health conditions
Adding a new engagement worker to reach people in communities across Lancashire and help them co-design solutions to wellbeing challenges and to influence decision makers in the NHS and local authorities
Fundraising Resources
Download our fundraising tools to use at your events or on your social media.
Fundraising Posters
Facebook and Instagram Posts
Twitter Post
Are Mind and Lancashire Mind the same?
Lancashire Mind is a local Mind organisation. We're an independent charity, run by local people for the people of Lancashire.
If you fundraise for Lancashire Mind, the money raised will stay in Lancashire and be used to provide support and services for people locally.
Mind, is a national mental health charity that campaigns for better mental health and provides support to the network of local Minds. If you fundraise for Mind, the money raised will be spent nationally to further the work of Mind across England and Wales. For information about fundraising for Mind, please visit their websitewww.mind.org.uk/get-involved/donate-or-fundraise/
Fundraising Regulator
Lancashire Mind is registered with the Fundraising Regulator, the independent regulator of charitable fundraising. Established following the 2015 cross-party review of fundraising self-regulation, it works to ensure that charities who raise money from the public do so appropriately. As a charity, Lancashire Mind follows the regulator’s Fundraising Code of Practice.