Staff fundraising

FUNDRAISING for your hospitals

The UHBW hospitals are full of fundraising heroes who go above and beyond to raise extra funds for their wards and departments.

Recent fundraising from hospital staff includes Noby Paul from ICU, who embarked on an epic journey driving from England to India to raise funds for the BRI, and the team of Jr Doctors who organised a Consultants vs Jr Doctors rounders match, raising over £600 in support of Bristol & Weston Hospitals Charity.

If you want to fundraise for your hospitals, here are some of the ways you can get involved and resources to help you get started...

QUICK WINS

Here are some quick and easy ways to support your official hospital charity.

Play OUR CHARITY lottery

guaranteed winner every week

Every week you could be in with a chance of winning a jackpot prize of £1,000 or other cash prizes.

For just £1 a ticket, not only could you win big, but every single entry helps to fund amazing things at your hospitals to benefit you and your patients.

As a thank you for playing our lottery, we’ll enter you into a seasonal prize draw for a chance to win an even bigger jackpot of £5,000 at no additional cost to you. So what are you waiting for?

DONATE THE PENNIES FROM YOUR PAY

Using Microhive, you can donate the extra pennies from your pay every month.

So if your monthly pay comes to £1,744.38, you can donate the 38p to help your hospitals. The most you'll donate each month is just 99p.

And the best part? UHBW will then match-fund anything raised to go towards staff wellbeing initiatives.

Just think how much we could raise if every member of UHBW staff donated the pennies from their pay each month!

Shop using easyfundraising

By shopping at major retailers using easyfundraising, you can rack up donations to Bristol & Weston Hospitals Charity - at no extra cost to you.

From Amazon to Traineline and Pets at Home to Dunelm, there’s 7,000 retailers available and donations can be up to 15% of your total spend.

Simply sign up for an account and select us as your charity of your choice. You can download the app or add a donation reminder to your browser to make it as simple as possible to raise money for you and your patients.

TEAM FUNDRAISING IDEAS

Fundraising with your colleagues is not only a great for team building, it’s great for your patients too. Here are some ideas to kickstart your fundraising, all things you can do as a team and in your ward/office.

EVENTS

Walking, running, cycling, swimming… bog snorkelling! Challenge yourself by taking on an event such as the Bristol 10k, Bristol Half Marathon or the Big Bristol Abseil. You can also create your own ‘virtual’ challenge by committing to a summer of Park Runs or to swimming 100 miles in a month.

Explore our UPCOMING events

Host a ward raffle

Ask a local business to donate some prizes, pick a draw date and then get selling your tickets. We can provide you with the raffle tickets, and we may even have some prizes to get you started!

Download a poster for your raffle.

Bake sale

It’s a piece of cake – and who doesn’t love cake?

Sweepstake

From sports competitions to reality shows – anything can be a sweepstake! Charge people £2 to take part, with half going to the winner and half to the charity.

Honesty box shop

Put together a little snack station in your staff room for your hardworking colleagues and ask for donations.

Step challenge

You’re probably not surprised to hear that nurses average almost 60,000 steps every week! Turn those paces into pounds by challenging your colleagues or another ward to see who can walk the most steps in a week. Charge people to take part, with half to the winner and half to the charity.

Collection tin

Collect loose change with a collection tin on the reception desk of your ward.

National Elf Service Day

Join our annual Christmas dress-up day on the first Thursday of December and go straight to the top of the list. It’s a great way to spread some festive cheer to your patients. Here are your colleagues elfing around on previous years. Check out our events page to request your elf day materials.

Whatever you come up with, we’ll be there to support you with materials, guidance on setting up an online fundraising page and, most importantly, loads of enthusiasm! If you already have a place at a challenge event and would like to fundraise for your hospitals, please fill in our 'I have my own place' form and the team will get in touch to support your fundraising!

TRACEY ARTHUR

CHARITY CHAMPION AND STAFF FUNDRAISER since 2005

"I love getting involved in the whole range of challenges the charity offers. My biggest love is the cake sale that I do at BHOC, we have a bit of a reputation for them now!

I have also been so fortunate to have cycled from Bristol to Paris twice, London to Amsterdam, sky dives, walks, runs. I have been very proud of how much money I have raised, at the last count it’s over £20,000 it’s crazy.

Definitely recommend it get involved in the charity that supports your hospitals, it’s great fun." Read more...

Fundraising materials and resources

Our fundraising team is here to help you get the most out of your fundraising. We have plenty of collection tins and buckets, t-shirts and vests, banners and props to help you promote your fundraising and collect money securely. Get in touch with the team on [email protected] for more information and to request materials.

Find out how to set-up a Just Giving fundraising page to get your fundraising started and download your fundraising materials here.