Fundraise for CDA
Raise funds. Support your local Deaf community. Make a real difference.
Whether you want to run, walk, bake, dress up, host an event or organise something completely different, fundraising for CDA helps us keep supporting Deaf people and people with hearing loss across Cambridgeshire.
You don’t need to be an expert fundraiser — we’ll help you get started.
Team CDAWays to fundraise
Six ways to raise money for CDA
Pick something that suits you, your workplace or your group. Every one of these has raised money for CDA before.
Take part in a CDA event
Join Team CDA at one of our fundraising events and raise money while taking on a personal challenge.
Create your own fundraiser
Host a bake sale, quiz night, raffle, coffee morning, sponsored walk, dress-down day, craft sale or workplace challenge.
Fundraise at work
Get colleagues involved through team challenges, office fundraising, payroll giving, match funding, or a Charity of the Year partnership.
Fundraise at school or with a group
Schools, clubs and community groups can raise funds while learning more about Deaf awareness and inclusion.
Celebrate for CDA
Mark a birthday, anniversary, retirement or special occasion by asking for donations to CDA instead of gifts.
Take on a challenge
Run, walk, cycle, swim, hike, or create your own challenge and ask friends, family and colleagues to sponsor you.
Join Team CDA
Take on a challenge with us
Take part in a challenge, raise funds for CDA, and help us keep supporting Deaf people and people with hearing loss across Cambridgeshire. You set your own target — we’re with you from the first training run to the finish line.
- Fundraising guidance from our team
- Social media wording and images
- A CDA running vest or event materials, where available
- Help setting up your fundraising page
- Encouragement all the way to the finish
Need ideas?
Not sure where to start?
Here are ideas that work well — simple to organise, and easy to adapt to whatever suits you.
Classic fundraisers
- Coffee morning
- Bake sale
- Quiz night
- Sponsored silence
- Sponsored walk
At work or school
- Dress-down day
- Office raffle
- Sweepstake
- Workplace tournament
- Team challenge
- A “learn a sign a day” challenge
In your community
- Car boot sale
- Craft sale
- Community lunch
- Fitness challenge
- Birthday fundraiser
Where your money goes
What your fundraising made possible last year
Every pound you raise goes towards supporting Deaf people and people with hearing loss across Cambridgeshire and Peterborough.
Your impact
What your fundraising pays for
- Advocacy and casework support
- Helping Deaf people and people with hearing loss access information and services
- Community activities and events across the county
- Hearing aid maintenance and hearing help
- Opportunities for Deaf people to connect, communicate and take part
- Projects such as Deaf sports, wellbeing activities and youth opportunities
We’re here to help
How we support you
Fundraising shouldn’t feel daunting. Here’s what we can do to make it easier.
What CDA can help you with
- Fundraising ideas to suit you or your group
- Setting up an online fundraising page
- Wording for social media
- CDA information to share with your supporters
- Collection buckets or materials, where available
- Advice on paying in the money you raise
- Support before and after your event
Paying in the money you’ve raised
Already raised money for CDA? Thank you.
The simplest way is through a JustGiving page, which sends your donations straight to us. If you’ve raised money another way, please contact us and we’ll help you pay it in safely and make sure it’s recorded correctly.
Fundraising safely and legally
We’ll talk you through anything you need to know — things like raffle rules, collecting in public places, food hygiene at bake sales, and keeping money safe. Just ask before you start and we’ll point you in the right direction.
Get in touch
Got a fundraising idea? We’d love to hear it.
Whether you already know exactly what you want to do or just need a bit of inspiration, get in touch and we’ll help you get started.
Email office@cambsdeaf.org
Phone 01223 246237