Fundraising and Challenge FAQs
Getting Started
Where and when is this challenge?
This is a virtual challenge for everyone so you can do this at the best time for you. You can do this together with your friends and family.
How do I sign up?
To sign up to the challenge, register here.
When you register, your fundraising page will be automatically set up for you.
Is there an entry fee?
There is no entry fee for this challenge but we do however ask you to fundraise as part of your challenge.
Using the fundraising page set up for you when you register is the easiest way to collect sponsorship.
Fundraising
Is there a fundraising target?
We have no minimum or maximum amount that we would like you to raise. From our point of view, no matter how much money you raise, it will go towards supporting bereaved families across the UK.
Can I just raise money offline with a sponsorship form?
Absolutely. You can collect sponsorship in any way you like. We simply recommend creating a fundraising page for this challenge as they’re easy and hassle-free, but if you’d like a sponsorship form, you can download one here. Your fundraising page is automatically created for you.
Don't worry about filling in the serial number on the form.
After the challenge ends, do scan and email this to us at challenge@sands.org.uk so we claim any gift aid. If you’re not able to scan or send us a clear photograph, drop us an email anyway and we can let you know where to send your form to via the post.
You can either add your cash donations as a self donation to your online fundraising page or you can add them via the Sands website by clicking here. Make sure to add in the description that this is your sponsorship donations for your Rainbow Walk challenge.
Please do not send cash in the post.
Match Giving - My business/employer want to donate/match fund my fundraising. How do they do this?
How do I pay in my fundraising?
If you’ve collected offline sponsorship, the easiest way to pay this to Sands is by donating on your fundraising page.
If you would like to pay your fundraising another way, you can donate via our website here: www.sands.org.uk/donate. Make sure to say that your money is for your Rainbow Walk challenge so that we can make sure it is added to your total.
If you’ve completed a sponsorship form, do scan and email this to us at challenge@sands.org.uk so we claim any gift aid, and then pay it into your fundraising page on the sponsors behalf. If you’re not able to scan or send us a clear photograph, drop us an email anyway and we can let you know where to send your form via the post
How do I sign up?
To sign up to the challenge, register here.
When you register, your fundraising page will be automatically set up for you.
