Fundraise to Stop Slavery and Violence with IJM

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IJM Champions and fundraisers around the world are taking on extraordinary challenges to help raise funds to bring children, women and men to safety from slavery. The best way to show your support is to engage your network of friends and family through fundraising. Create a fundraiser or join an existing one to get started.

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Fundraise with your workplace

Your workplace can be part of the movement helping bring people to safety from slavery and violence.

Here are a few ideas to get you started:

Host a bake sale
Run a dress-down day at the office
Hold a sponsored team walk or run
Give up coffee for a day and donate what you save
Organise an event and invite an IJM speaker

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Download this poster to print and put up in your workplace!

If you want to transform your salary for good, visit our Payroll Giving scheme or explore whether your workplace can match your gift and have a greater impact at no extra cost to you.

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Use your talents and hobbies to help bring an end to slavery and violence! How about starting with one of these ideas?

Organise your own event - from a barbeque to a bake-off!
Celebrate your birthday or big day by asking loved ones for donations instead of presents.
Take on a personal challenge, like shaving your hair or running 5km a day for a month!
Join one of our challenge events

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Are you ready to go? Just take these 3 simple steps:

Set a target. Did you know that people who set a target often raise almost 2x that amount?!
Upload a profile photo. People want to know it’s you they are supporting!
Share why you're doing this challenge. Do you have a personal connection to the cause or a reason why you care? Let people know!

Fundraise with your university

Fundraise with your friends and course-mates for freedom! Here are a few ideas:

Stand for Freedom: take a literal stand against slavery by standing for 24 hours and raising awareness in your city or community.
Freedom Night: host a dinner or screen an IJM film and invite your friends to join the movement.
Fashion for Freedom: organise a clothes swap and raise awareness of slavery in the fashion industry.

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Find info packs for how to run these events and more at IJMUK.org/students

Fundraise with your church

Join a global movement of churches fighting to end slavery and violence in our lifetime. Take a look at our ideas, or come up with your own!

IJM Freedom Church: partner with IJM through prayer, action and generosity. Learn more at IJMUK.org/churches
Invite an IJM speaker to your service or event: hear the latest stories and ways to get involved.
Become an IJM champion: advocate and use your time and resources to inspire your church.

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Find more resources here.

Fundraise with your school or youth group

School is a great place to fundraise for IJM, whether you're a teacher, youth leader, parent, or student!

You can run a Freedom Challenge event with your youth group or school. Order your resource from YouthScape now.

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Find more resources for your school or youth group here.

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Are you an aspiring baker? Or longing for an outdoorsy adventure? Whatever you're passionate about, you can use your skills to fundraise to help stop slavery and violence!

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Just Ride: Cycling Challenges

Choose a distance to cycle and fundraise for freedom.

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01. Get Started

Setting up your fundraising campaign is easy. Decide what you’re going to do and pick a campaign name. Then choose a photo and share a little bit about IJM on your page.

Top tip: Get personal―tell people what fundraising for IJM means to you and why you want to be part of ending slavery in a lifetime.

Make sure to download our fundraising guide below to kick start your fundraiser, then launch your page, here.

02. Share

Once your campaign is set up- you’re ready to share with friends and family!

Top tip: tag @IJMUK on social media so that we can see what you’re doing and like or share too.

03. See Freedom

The work of IJM is only possible because of supporters like you. Every single penny you raise will go towards the fight against slavery and injustice. Thank you for being a modern day abolitionist!

Top Tip: Share stories of impact with your supporters―show them how they’re making freedom possible.

See how others are fundraising!

Cat Rowed the Atlantic

Cat dreamt up her own challenge: to row the Atlantic, a 3,000 mile row between Tenerife and Antigua, to help IJM's work to end slavery. The challenge raised over £15,000!

Read her story here