Small business fundraising
If you run a small business, you can help us support vision-impaired ex-Servicemen and women at the same time as benefitting your company.
Whether you run a local newsagent, hairdressers or bakery, you can get to know your local community, meet new customers and raise your profile while supporting a great cause.
Regardless of the size of your company, or your donation, you can help us to make a big difference. In return we will celebrate your success via press and social media where possible.
Request a collection box for your store counter or office reception or bring your team members together to organise or take part in one of our suggested activities or come up with their own.
Got an idea you'd like to discuss? Get in touch for advice and support.
Try out these activities with your staff or customers
Organise one of the following activities or sign your business up to be part of Armed Forces Month, Gift a Wreath or Planning to Remember.
Let them eat cake! Hold a break time or in-store bake sale.
Organise a sweepstake - an opportunity for a flutter and some fun while raising vital funds.
Pick a theme and a date to dress up or let everyone dress down for the day!
Specsavers bake sale
Team members at Specsavers in Dorking whipped up some delicious treats and ran a cake stall to raise money for our veterans. Nicky, who works at the store, says:
"We are a supporter of Blind Veterans UK both as a store, and as part of Specsavers as a whole. We were delighted to put our baking skills to use to do some local store based fundraising.
"We raised £387 on the day, a fair few people donated without even taking a cake."
The team approached their head office who kindly added to the funds they had raised, enabling them to donate a grand total of £1,000!
More fundraising ideas
- Walk – organise a sponsored walk around your local area for staff and customers. See if a local café or pub will lay on some grub at the end.
- Sports day – set up a sports day for your local area and charge people an entry fee for fun events like tug of war, sack races, and egg-and-spoon races.
- Give something up – ask your staff to abstain from something for 24 hours in exchange for sponsorship.
- Quiz night – flex your general knowledge muscles and set up a quiz night for your staff and customers. Ask players for a small entry fee, and see if other local businesses will donate prizes for the winners.
- Collection boxes – set up a collection box on your counter and ask customers if they'd like to contribute. Or donate £1 from the sale of a selected product or menu item to us.
- Raffle – donate some prizes and sell tickets to customers, family and friends, and other local businesses. Other business owners might even agree to donate prizes too.
"Blind Veterans UK brought me back to the world and put me back in touch with everything a normal able-bodied sighted person could do."
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