Fundraising
Fundraising ideas
There are lots of ways you can raise funds for ActionAid Ireland. On your own, with friends through school or work - everything from coffee mornings, sporting events, to exhibitions, cake sales, car boot sales. The list is endless! Mostly people organise fundraisers around things they love doing.
Whether it's weird and wacky or quiet and serious - whatever you do, make sure you have fun doing it! Take a look at our A-Z of fundraising and get in touch.
It couldn't be easier or more secure to raise your funds online - simply create your own personal ActionAid Ireland fundraising page on mycharity.ie
Running Poverty into the ground
There are all sorts of running events all over Ireland for various abilities - from the Flora Women's Mini Marathon every June, to triathalons nationwide. Just get in touch and we'll send you out your race pack, which includes a sponsorship form, ActionAid t-shirt & cap, as well as give you lots of help and advice.
What to fundraise for?
Priority Projects
Four life changing ActionAid projects in vital need of funding. From safe water for schoolchildren in Uganda, school feeding and education programme in Malwai, worldwide support for children in conflict and disasters, and lastly providing healthcare for women living with HIV and Aids in Cambodia, this is your chance to support lasting change.
View our Priority Projects, request a pack and and make a real difference to some of the most vulnerable people in the world.
Are you a school looking for innovative ways to engage children in global issues?
School plays, art exhibitions, sports events - all work as excellent school fundraisers. We can send you out a schools pack which includes posters and materials to help promote your event. Our CEO, Olga McDonogh often goes to schools to talk to children about how they can help end poverty and injustice in the world.
If you are stuck for ideas call us on 01 8787 911 and we'll give you some advice on how to make your event a success.
And remember you can choose a theme or country to support, or one of our Priority Projects or, your class could sponsor a child.
Fund a specific project
‘ActionAid's approach of working directly with communities, ensuring delivery of the required training & infrastructure in a way that is sensitive and respectful, to the traditions of the people, had always impressed us' Aodan Clarke.
Aodan & Anne Clarke are ActionAid child sponsors. With strong family connections in Kenya for over 50 years, they wanted to fund a specific project that would make lasting change. With ActionAid, the perfect project for the Clarkes to fund was identified - a girls dormitory to provide girls with safe access to education.
On 17th March 2010, Aodan visited Kongelai to see construction of the dormitory, meet the school girls and community who will benefit, and tells why they chose to work with ActionAid Ireland. Watch his visit documented here.
If you would like to discuss opportunities to fund a specific project with ActionAid, please contact our CEO, Olga McDonogh on 01 8787 911.
We're here to help so please get in touch.