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In partnership with
Everything your
company needs
to Make it Crisis
this Christmas
Virtual Christmas karaoke
Christmas
Christmas quiz
movie night
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Let’s Make it
Crisis this Christmas
Thank you so much for signing up to fundraise and
Make it Crisis this Christmas!
This kit is full of ideas and tips to make your festive fundraising
a triumph, whether it’s in small groups with friends and colleagues,
or with a bigger group online.
It also gives you lots of ways to talk about the work of Crisis,
including two success stories, and why it’s so important to end
homelessness.
Our fundraising team are here to help you every step of the way –
you will find their contact details on the back.
This Christmas, as restrictions ease, there are so many ways to
Make it Crisis. With every pound you raise, you will be helping
more people leave homelessness behind them, starting with a
Crisis at Christmas to remember.
Best of luck!
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What’s in
your kit?
• Christmas quiz
• Recipes to share
• Invitations and place name cards
• Crisis logo stencil, to decorate cakes
• Posters, banners and bunting
• Selfie frame, masks and decorations
• Sweepstake
• Paying-in form
• Backgrounds for online events
This year, your online fundraising kit includes handy
links to share your event and those little extras, like
selfie frames, Facebook profile filters and Zoom
backgrounds to download.
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How your festive
fundraising will
change lives
Thanks to incredible supporters like you, last Christmas we
provided support to 2,004 people experiencing homelessness.
We also gave 475 people somewhere safe to stay over
Christmas in hotel accommodation.
This Christmas, we need your help to keep the momentum
going. Your fundraising could make all the difference: helping
hundreds of people into safe accommodation and reaching
thousands more to make sure they’re not facing homelessness alone.
A gift of £29.06 to Crisis at Christmas could give someone
who’s homeless access to all this:
Hot meals and Christmas lunch
Help with a safe place to stay
Long-term personal case worker
Year-round support, including training and education
Advice on housing, employment, welfare and benefits
Companionship from volunteer befrienders
Phone and online support
Health and wellbeing programmes
The chance to leave homelessness behind for good.
Thanks to your support, our teams can really
make it feel like Christmas.
Top tip!
As always, you can donate raised funds via
www.crisis.org.uk/makeitcrisis, but to boost
your festive fundraising, simply head to
www.justgiving.com to set up your page.
Find out more on page 10.
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Christmas is only
the first step
Everyone should have a place to call home. Yet every day we see the devastating impact
homelessness has on people’s lives and our communities. Each year we work alongside
thousands of people, helping them rebuild their lives and leave homelessness behind.
We also campaign for the social changes that will end homelessness for good.
With decades of experience helping people rebuild their lives, we understand everyone
is different, and there are different reasons people are pushed into homelessness. We
treat each person with dignity and offer them the specific help they need to take their
first steps out of homelessness.
Em’s story
With a background of broken relationships and an
abusive childhood, Em ended up sleeping rough.
“I came to Crisis over Christmas when I had been
sleeping on buses. It was amazing to have a bed to
sleep in, and people who were helpful and kind.
“I was given a Crisis coach who gave me a huge
amount of support. I could trust her. She advised me
on benefits and housing, as well as being there to talk
to, which greatly helped my mental health.
“Then I met a lady who let me stay rent free. In
lockdown I ended up sleeping in her van. But it
started to leak and I was cold. My Crisis coach
alerted the council who put me in emergency
accommodation because of Covid.
“My coach has shown me how to keep hope alive,
keep faith alive. She saved my life.”
With help from her coach, Em is now renting in
a shared house, learning new skills and looking
to work in outreach or to teach people how to
grow food.
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It doesn’t stop at
Christmas
Thanks to you, Crisis at Christmas gives
countless people their first steps out of
homelessness. But our work doesn’t end there.
People who come to Crisis at Christmas are
connected to long-term support and our one to
one coaches are a vital part of this.
Each coach is an expert in helping people identify
their goals, as well as their strengths and how
they can use them in the future. They work with
people to build their resilience so they never
become homeless again.
By Making it Crisis this Christmas, you’ll be
supporting our year-round work to:
“I can look
• Help people leave temporary forward to
accommodation and secure a permanent
home
the future
• Provide advice and practical help to people
now, thanks
newly facing homelessness to Crisis.”
• Give people the support they need to
keep their homes – including their mental Henry
health, wellbeing, work and benefits
• Call for governments to commit to ensuring everyone has a safe and settled home
• Support local organisations to provide permanent housing through a grants
scheme.
We believe an end to homelessness is possible, but only if we work together to make it
happen. Every donation you raise, no matter the size, will help make sure there’s a home
for all. Thank you!
To find out more about Crisis Campaigning and how to get
involved visit crisis.org.uk/get-involved/campaign
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Your fundraising
could mean everything
to someone who’s
homeless
Lloyd’s story
Last winter during lockdown, with temperatures
falling and cases of coronavirus soaring, Lloyd
had nowhere to take shelter.
“It was raining and getting cold. With coronavirus
out there, I was even more anxious. My lung
condition made me more vulnerable. I wasn’t in a
good place.”
Then Lloyd heard about his local Crisis Skylight
centre.
“I made my way to the Skylight and it felt like a
huge weight was lifted. A Crisis coach explained
what they do and how they would get me off the
streets into somewhere safe. There was a light at
the end of the tunnel.”
Over Christmas, Lloyd was given his own room in
a hotel run by Crisis. He had good food and a smartphone to connect with Crisis for
advice on housing and benefits.
“I was so grateful for the roof over my head, the food, the hospitality, and the kindness.
But to get a knock on the door on Christmas morning and get a Christmas card and
a small present wrapped up. To have nothing, then be bombarded with love from
complete strangers, it was unbelievable!”
With ongoing support from Crisis, Lloyd moved into a permanent home.
“Crisis was a lifeline I never knew existed,
a godsend. Every morning I give thanks
for what I have now”
Every £29.06 you raise could give warmth, food and safety, plus a whole
new start for someone who’s homeless7 this Christmas.
Our top fundraising
ideas to help end
homelessness Top tip!
However you’re celebrating Christmas, you can turn Whatever activity you
it into a Crisis fundraiser to help end homelessness. organise, boost your
Here are some of our favourite ideas for how you fundraising by asking
can Make it Crisis this Christmas with your friends people to take part in
and colleagues. a festive sweepstake.
Advent Walkathon
Get colleagues to sponsor you to walk a set distance
each day during Advent. A JustGiving page is the perfect
place to raise support.
Christmas memory Secret Santa
Anonymously share your favourite Christmas memory with your
colleagues by email, and then compete to see if you can guess
whose memory is whose, with a prize for the winner and a donation
to Crisis to enter.
Lunchtime Christmas movie
You and your colleagues could enjoy a socially-distanced Christmas
movie at lunch or meet online one evening, starting the same film at
the same time in each home, so you’re enjoying it together, and all make
a small donation to Crisis. Why not order a Papa John’s Festive Meal Deal
to enjoy during the movie?
Christmas window dressing showdown
Invite colleagues and teams to compete for the best window dressing
display – or perhaps a desk dressing contest at work or home online,
and post entries to the Make it Crisis Facebook Page. Donate to enter
or to vote for a winner.
Christmas jingle contest
For the musically inclined, start the ball rolling by making up a Christmas
jingle or short video of you singing your favourite carol – post it online
(if you’re brave enough) and invite others to top your contribution with
their own, for a small donation of course.
Christmas cupcake tutorial
You could hold a cupcake decorating tutorial on your favourite social
media platform – Zoom or Facebook perhaps. The tutorial could be for
the cupcakes and icing or just the decorating, Christmas themed. Ask for
a donation from every colleague who joins in.
8A gingerbread house Bake-off
Propose a festive bake-o¬ with colleagues – baking a
gingerbread house at home and messaging the results
to everyone taking part. Charge an entry fee that goes
to Crisis or you could setup a JustGiving page to make
things easy.
Keepy Uppy competition
How about a footie challenge with colleagues? Did you know?
Have a Keepy Uppy competition for the best Crisis has some of its own
score or best trick. Dress up in your team’s
member poets.
colours and have a mini league.
For inspiration, go online
and search
Crisis Christmas Karaoke
Challenge colleagues to a Christmas Karaoke “Crisis everybody in”
– either online or at work. Everyone selects or visit crisis.org.uk/
a song on advance and votes for the winner. everybodyinpoem
Entries for a donation to Crisis.
Crisis Christmas quiz
Test your knowledge with a festive quiz on Zoom or Microsoft Teams.
One example: Which famous George Michael song did Chris Martin
perform at a Crisis centre last Christmas?
The selfie event of the year
Ask everyone in your workplace to post selfies to the Make it Crisis Facebook
page and declare a winner for the best or funniest of them.
Whatever you do to
Make it Crisis this
Christmas, don’t
forget to order your
Papa John’s Festive
Meal Deal – with a
donation from every
purchase going to
Crisis. Whether you’re
preparing, holding
or relaxing after your
event, it’s a perfect
accompaniment!
9Your fundraising
checklist
Here are a few simple steps to help turn your festive
idea into an amazing fundraiser: Top tip!
To boost your
Choose something fun – online or off – something you’ll fundraising, ask if
enjoy organising too. your company might
match the funds you
Choose a date. When will work best for your friends and
and colleagues raise
colleagues.
through your Make it
Invite colleagues to join in. WhatsApp groups are perfect Crisis event!
for organising an event and there are invitations and posters
to download for free.
Decorate your event using bunting, banners and posters. Or download the
handy online backgrounds we’ve created for online events.
Don’t forget to send the link to join you on Zoom, Facebook Live or any other
platform you decide to use. Once it’s set up, send them your JustGiving link too.
Pay in your hard-raised cash. Use the paying-in form and prepaid envelope in your
pack, or go to crisis.org.uk/makeitcrisis
Start your festive fundraising with JustGiving.
Find your very own, personalised JustGiving page in your confirmation email.
Simply click the link and sign into your account. Don’t have one? You’ll be
prompted to set one up.
Share the web page with friends, family, and colleagues. Spread the message far
and wide that you’re Making it Crisis this Christmas!
You’re all set and ready to fundraise. Any questions? Email mic@crisis.org.uk and
we’ll be happy to help.
10Thank you!
Your fundraising could help someone at the most crucial time of the year.
You’ll bring warmth, kindness and support into their lives. And through our
year-round services you’ll help them leave homelessness behind for good.
Any questions? We are here to help. You can find contact details for your
area’s fundraising team on the back cover of this guide. Simply email us!
One final top tip: Make it Crisis this Christmas on Facebook, Instagram,
Twitter and LinkedIn – it’s a great way to advertise your event or idea.
Say hello to your fellow festive fundraisers who are also Making it Crisis this
Christmas! Share your activities, read stories from across the UK and help
each other raise vital funds to end homelessness.
Visit facebook.com/MakeItCrisis
11For tips, ideas and more materials,
visit crisis.org.uk/makeitcrisis or contact
our fundraising team by emailing mic@crisis.org.uk
You can find the latest news and stories
from events around the country by visiting
facebook.com/MakeItCrisis
MakeitCrisis #MakeitCrisis
Crisis UK (trading as Crisis). Registered Charity Numbers:
E&W1082947, SC040094. Company Number: 4024938.
Crisis UK is a company limited by guarantee registered in
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