Be a part of Red for Heart

How to get involved in Red for Heart

We've got plenty of red ideas, fundraising tips, materials and advice to help you raise vital funds for us.

Download a fundraising kit

Take a look at our Red for Heart Randometer on Facebook for some funny fundraising ideas. All you need to do is pull the lever and wait. You can share the results with friends and encourage them to join in the fun.

We've also got Red for Heart fundraising ideas for you, no matter where you are!

At work

At school

At home

In your community

National Wear Red Day

Join thousands of others in workplaces, schools and across communities on Friday 24 February and show your support for Red for Heart by wearing red. Be as creative or as subtle as you like - anything goes as long as it's red! Get everyone at work, college, uni or school to wear as much or as little red as they like for a donation.

Download a poster to encourage your colleagues to join in with National Wear Red Day

Contact us

If you need any more support or help with your event, contact the Red for Heart Team on 0300 330 0645 or email us.

Fundraising at work

• Red letter day - Sponsor the boss to deliver the post, work in the canteen at lunchtime, or make the tea. Or organise a team-building red letter day, with everyone making a donation.

• Sweepstake - Why not use one of our sweepstake posters as an easy way to raise some money? Charge people to enter and arrange a prize for the winner.

• Red, not blue -  A few swear boxes placed around the office should raise plenty of money. You decide on how much to charge per naughty word.

• Guess the Red - Fill a jar with lots of red treats, such as dried cranberries or juicy strawberries, and ask people to donate £1 to guess the number in the jar. The winner takes the jar of goodies home.

• Get baking - Why not have an office bake-off? Challenge your colleagues to make the best red cake then sell them in your office. You can order our heart-shaped cookie cutters from our online shop

• Red olympics - 2012 is the year the Olympics come to the UK. Get everyone ready by challenging your colleagues to a tournament where everyone pays to enter - you could even enter as teams and each person could have their own event. Think egg and spoon races, hula hooping, office chair races, or even come up with your own version of curling!

Fundraising at school

• Red faces - Arrange a face-painting event at your local school, nursery or youth club. Let your creativity run wild.

• Red snack time - Make some healthy red treats such as red smoothies, red fruit kebabs and strawberry scones and sell them in your canteen or tuck shop at school.

• Red football - Love football? Arrange a red football tournament for everyone. Have classes compete against each other and get friends and family to sponsor everyone to enter - you could even hold it after school so they can come and watch - better still, get them playing too!

• Red for Heart art - Whether it's with paints, pastels, pencils, plaster of paris or potoatoes, get crafty in the classroom and create some "works of heart". Put together an exhibition and charge people to come and see your creations. You could even have a sale or an auction once the exhibition's over!

• Red catwalk - Dig out your finest, fanciest or funniest red gear and strut your stuff on a catwalk! Get everyone in school involved (even the teachers) and have some fashionable fun whilst raising money. Everyone pays to enter and you could even have an X Factor style judging panel to pick their favourite outfits. The redder the better!

Fundraising at home

• Become a redhead - Get sponsored to be a redhead for the day. Dye your hair red, or cheat and wear a red wig.

• Wine tasting - Like to know your Shiraz from your Claret? Then invite your friends round for a (red) wine tasting. You could ask them to make a donation to attend, or have a collection box to hand. Get some help with your red wine tasting evening.

• Come dine red with me - Invite your friends round and get each of them to bring a red dish. Everyone should be wearing red of course and you can ask people to pay a suggested donation. Let us help with some red recipe ideas.

Fundraising in your community

• Red sing song - Singalong to 'Lady in Red', 'Red Red Wine' or the Red Hot Chili Peppers - you can purchase our red song playlist to enhance your red event.

• BHF Bingo - Eyes down for our BHF Bingo game. Rules, cards and a game board are available to download. 
  
• Red for Heart party - If they're not wearing red, they're not coming in! Throw a party with a red dress code, red decorations, red food, red drinks and don't let your guests in unless they've made a donation, then have a raffle or whatever you want to do to raise money. You can get your essential red party products from our online shop, or pop down to your local BHF shop to see what they've got to help you on your way.
  

Download Red for Heart materials

We have a range of materials for you to download and help you with your fundraising!

Who took the leap of love?

Our partners at Land Securities offered one lucky lady the opportunity to propose on via London's Piccadilly Lights on Wednesday 29 February. The competition closed on 14 February and the winner will be announced on 29 February. For more information about the competition visit our love notes page.