Get your school involved


There are lots of fantastic fundraising ideas your school can use all year round to support Children on the Edge. Whether you want to support us with a one-off event or activity, or as part of year-round fundraising; you can help to restore the ingredients of a full childhood forgotten children around the world by generating hope, life, colour and fun.
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Here’s some ideas to get you started:
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  • Mufti day – pupils and staff pay a pound and come to school in their own clothes or fancy dress
  • ​Sports day – combine fundraising with your school’s sports day. You could charge friends and family to watch or sell refreshments to boost your fundraising total
  • Cake sales – ask your star bakers to make their favourite cakes and hold a cake sale for pupils, staff, parents at break time
  • School disco – sell tickets, have fun and raise money as you dance the night away
  • Sports day – combine fundraising with your school’s sports day. You could charge friends and family to watch or sell refreshments to boost your fundraising total
  • Talent show – sing, dance and share your talents, use the school hall and sell tickets to family and friends
  • A quiz  – get your brains working and organise a quiz, charging teams a small amount to enter
  • School disco – sell tickets, have fun and raise money as you dance the night away
  • A sponsored walk - get your class mates together for a sponsored walk and see who can raise the most from their family and friends

​Get in touch​

If you'd like to fundraise for Children on the Edge or would like to incorporate our work into your school's curriculum please get in touch with our Fundraising Team fundraising@childrenontheedge.org or 01243 538530.

 
​Need more help?

Children on the Edge works alongside many wonderful schools all over the UK. Through fundraising for Children on the Edge, students, staff and parents can not only learn about the issues we work on, but develop valuable life skills in organising fundraising activities.

Read about the schools who have raised money for our work over the years.

School resources

Whether or not your school chooses to fundraise for us, teachers are free to use our educational resources. These help to link themes of children’s rights, poverty and charity awareness into the curriculum. 

Many of the schools we have teamed up with in the past have been working towards their International Schools Award with the British Council.  Partnering with Children on the Edge and using these resources will help you to bolster your ISA accreditation.
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Schools Pack (PDF 7.5Mb) 
For ages 4-11, the pack includes lessons, activities and assemblies that link themes of children’s rights, poverty and charity awareness into the curriculum.  
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Schools Resource Pack (PDF 4.9Mb)
The perfect accompaniment to the schools pack, containing all the toolkit bits you'll need.
School speakers
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If your school is fundraising for Children on the Edge (and is within reasonable travel distance to Chichester, West Sussex) then we’d be delighted to visit you if we can.

We are happy to speak with staff and students in an assembly or individual lesson. Please contact us to make arrangements. Email our Fundraising Team fundraising@childrenontheedge.org or call us 01243 538530

​ “The children have had huge amounts of fun but have also come to realise how children across the world do not always have safe places to live and play, clean water, the chance to go to school and often do not have the loving care of a family”. 
 
​Janet White - Dorset House School

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