how can I respond?
If you want to do something to make a difference and to take a stand against trafficking why not check out the 'what can you do?' or the 'fundraising ideas' page.fundraising ideas
Send in your old mobile phone - Simply send in your unused mobile phones!All day event - Ask your local pub or sports club if they can arrange a 24-hour sponsored event such as darts, squash or bridge.
Auction of Promises - Try to get people to donate a gift, the promise of their time or use of their belongings. You can even ask people to donate themselves as 'slaves for the day'!
Aerobics - If you enjoy keeping fit - or want to start - why not get people to sponsor you over a certain time?
Barbecue - Hold a charity barbecue and charge people to come to your party.
Book Sale - Dig out all those old books and have a book sale at home or at work.
Cake bake - Invite all your friends and charge them to gorge themselves
Car Boot Sale - Get all those unwanted items stashed in the back of cupboards or in your loft and sell them at a car boot sale.
Coffee Morning - Get all friends together and have a coffee morning, it's a great way to catch up on all the gossip!
Competition - Hold a competition at work, at home or at a club.
Dinner Dance - Have a band, good food, organise a raffle and/or an auction.
Disco - Organise a disco or 70's night - with fancy dress!
Dress Down Day - Ideal if you work in an office environment where your colleagues might be keen for an opportunity to work in jeans.
Fancy dress car wash - Ask everyone in your street if you can wash their car - dressing up in a zany outfit makes it more fun.
Football Tournament - Arrange a tournament and charge each team an entry fee. You could probably get the venue for free if you tell them it's for charity!
Greetings cards - You could make them and then sell them to friends and family.
Golf Match - Organise a charity golf day.
Jumble Sale - People love a good rummage and it's always a good fundraiser.
Karaoke Night - Get a local pub to donate a room for free and get people to pay to get their friends up to sing-along!
Murder Mystery Evening - Buy a Murder Mystery Party box and ask your guests to each bring a donation.
Masked Ball - Everyone wears a mask of his or her choice. Have a competition to guess who's who.
No Smoking - Get people to sponsor you for giving up cigarettes.
No Drinking - Revitalise your body and give up the bottle for a few weeks - ask people to sponsor you.
Office Mini Olympics - Get everyone at work involved in a mini-Olympic challenge. Think up some fun competitions – chair racing, hole punching, post-it note covering....
One day fast - Be sponsored to do a 24 hour fast
Open Day - If you have a colourful garden, let all those garden lovers come and admire, for a charge.
Photography Competition - Get people to pay to come and view them and invite someone prominent to come and decide on the winner.
Quiz Nights - always a favourite whether it is at home at work, in a club or in your local. Charge people to take part then the winners take half and half goes to unseen(uk)
Question of Sport - All you sports fanatics, make up your own questions and test your friends' knowledge.
Shave it!! - Get sponsored to get your head, chest, your armpits or even.......shaved.
Smarties Tube - Give them to your friends and family and once they have eaten them they need to fill the tubes with £1 coins and then return them when they are full
Snack attack - Everyone gets peckish in the middle of the morning, so hold a cake or biscuit sale.
Sponsored Events - Bike Ride, walk, silence, swim, slim, headshave.
Swap Shop - You may not like filing or doing those chores around the house. Ask your friends to pool the things they hate doing and get everyone to bid for the ones they would like to do.
S&*%@!! - Have a swear box at work £1 for every naughty word1
Treasure Hunt - A challenge event for people, and a fun way to raise big money.
Tombola - Get some raffle tickets and persuade your friends and colleagues to donate prizes.
University Challenge - Collect together teams who attend the same or nearby universities and hold a challenge to see which university comes top.
Wine Tasting - Invite people to taste wines or cocktails and charge £5 entry per person.
how to set up a justgiving page
If you are doing a fundraising event why not get people to sponsor you on Just Giving?How to set up your Just Giving Page
1. Visit www.justgiving.com/unseenuk/.
2. In the 'how you can help' section you will see 'Raise money'.
3. Just under that, click on the blue button that says 'Make your page'
4. Follow the instructions and create an account – don't forget to add a fun picture!
5. Email all your friends and tell them what you are doing and how they can sponsor