Fundraising for Groups & Schools
Whether you're a teacher, student, parent, carer, or part of a local community group, there are so many meaningful ways you can get involved and raise money for Teesside Hospice.
Every cake sale, fun run, non-uniform day or talent show helps us continue our mission of helping our patients live as well as possible, for as long as possible.
We’ve put together plenty of fundraising ideas to inspire children, young people, and community groups of all kinds, helping you have fun, get creative and make a real difference to local hospice care in Teesside.
By fundraising for us, you’re helping to ensure people living with a terminal illness in your community can continue to receive the specialist care and support that they deserve at Teesside Hospice.
Ready to get involved? Explore our ideas and start your fundraiser today!
How can we start fundraising?
- Download your free Teesside Hospice fundraising pack and create your group Just Giving page
- Pick your fundraising activity & get your group together
- Start fundraising and support the care at Teesside Hospice
Get in touch
Our fundraising team can support you on whatever your group or school would like to do to make a difference to those living with a terminal illness and their families.
Contact us for more information at fundraising@teessidehospice.co.uk or call us on 01642 811145 to get started!
Fundraising for Community Groups
- Host a Tea for Teesside coffee morning
- Organise a sponsored group walk, why not dress up for it too!
- Host a quiz or bingo night in your local club
- Organise a fayre for your local community
- Community bake off with your group
Fundraising for Nurseries
- Teddy bear’s picnic: hold your version of a coffee morning, except children bring in their favourite teddy and have a picnic together!
- Go purple day: represent Teesside Hospice and grab everything purple in your wardrobe! Think purple t-shirts, purple headbands, or even purple face paint!
- Hold a dress up day and have the little one’s and teachers dress up as your favourite superhero, movie character, animal, or anything else that you can think of!
- Hold a bake sale and get the teachers, parents and pupils involved!
- Dance-a thon: get the children energised and host a music-filled dance party!
- Wacky hair day, there’s no limits to how crazy your hair can be!
Fundraising for Primary Schools
- Go purple day: represent Teesside Hospice and grab everything purple in your wardrobe! Think purple t-shirts, purple headbands, or even purple face paint!
- Hold a bake sale and get the whole school or just your class baking and raising money. The more treats the better!
- Dance-a thon: get the children energised and host a music-filled party or strictly style contest, why not invite the parents too? Go big or go home!
- Organise a parents sports day, and double up your sports day with a parents competition
- Hold a raffle with donated prizes and see how much you can raise!
- Read-a-thon: challenge students to get reading and sponsored for our hospice
- Wacky hair day, there’s no limits to how crazy your hair can be!
Fundraising for Secondary Schools & Colleges
- Go purple day: represent Teesside Hospice and grab everything purple in your wardrobe! Think purple t-shirts, purple headbands, or even purple face paint!
- Dress down day: keep it casual or have some fun and get dressed up.
- Hold a bake sale and get the whole school or just your class baking and raising money. The more treats the better!
- Hold a raffle with donated prizes and see how much you can raise!
- No tech day: The ultimate challenge. Have a whole day with no phones, iPads, laptops or any other technology and have the pupils be sponsored for taking part.
How your donation makes an impact.
- £10 could provide comforting essential oils for a relaxing complementary therapy session, or a memory box to cherish special moments with their loved ones forever.
- £20 can offer a soothing therapy session to a patient or carer, easing stress and pain, or provide a heat pad to patients.
- £50 can fund a bereavement counselling session, offering vital support to a grieving child, teenager, or adult navigating loss.
- £100 can provide 4 hours of expert nursing care, ensuring dignity, comfort, and personal support for our patients in our10-bed Inpatient Unit (IPU).
- £250 can help grieving children and young people throughout the year- giving them comforting books, Worry Monsters, Wish Strings, Pocket Hugs, and Jellycat toys.
- £300 can fund essential slide sheets for every bed in our IPU, making it easier to move patients gently and comfortably.
- £500 can provide specialist training for a hospice staff member, ensuring the best possible care and best practice.
- £1,000 can fund 40 hours of specialist nursing in our IPU, delivering compassionate, person-centred care- or purchase a vital syringe driver, ensuring patients remain comfortable and pain-free.
Stories
How donations are helping the people of Teesside
Lauren’s Fundraising Story
Earlier this year, Lauren’s mam passed away on the Inpatient Unit at our hospice. In honour of her mam, Lauren has raised an amazing £3,000+ to support the care we provide to so many families across Teesside like hers. Our team asked Lauren some questions about her experience at the hospice and what fundraising … Continued
Alice’s Story
Alice came to Teesside Hospice when she needed some additional care – and our kind, compassionate team were more than happy to offer this to her. Alice – who celebrated her 86th birthday while staying on our In-Patient Unit – is still living at home and being cared for by her four daughters to … Continued
Judy’s Story
We’re proud to provide care and compassion that changes lives across Teesside. Thank you to Judy, who has shared her story of how our In-Patient Unit had a life-changing impact for her and her family: “5 years ago, I got a diagnosis for rectum cancer, which resulted in me having major surgery to remove … Continued
Donna’s Story
Previously, when Donna thought of the word hospice, she thought of dying – but that association changed completely after she became a patient at Teesside Hospice. Donna shares how, in her words, a stay on our In-Patient Unit has given her 'so much confidence' and changed her misconceptions around hospice care: “I was … Continued
The hospice gave us the space, and allowed me to be a wife, and not just be a caregiver”
"Watching someone you love come to the end of their life is the most difficult thing I’ve ever experienced." Jen shared her experience at Teesside Hospice with us and how we made last Christmas so special for her and her family: "In November 2023, life was going to plan. As a family, we’d had … Continued
Kat and Mandy’s Story
Teesside Hospice is here to support patients and families at all stages of their journeys. From April 2024 to March 2025, over 30% of patients in our In-Patient Unit were discharged to their home or nursing home, with many coming to us for pain management and support with symptoms of life-limiting illnesses. This … Continued