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Fundraising is a huge part of our Pathway Project, we rely heavily on your fundraising efforts throughout the year. Without the kindness of others to keep us going year after year we wouldn’t still be here. We can confidently say that every pound you fundraise goes straight back into helping adults and children escape abuse. Whether you’re having a domestic abuse awareness coffee morning or perhaps you’re running a marathon it all can make a direct impact on a small local charity like Pathway Project.
🌟 Mile a Day in May – Are You In?
A whole month. One simple challenge. Endless ways to get moving… and get creative!
This May, we’re inviting schools, shops, businesses, gyms, teams, families, friends – literally anyone – to join us for a challenge that’s easy, fun, and guaranteed to put a smile on your face:
👉 Travel one mile a day.
👉 In any way you like.
👉 Have a laugh doing it.
👉 Raise funds for Pathway Project.
Simple.
🎉 How you do your mile is entirely up to you
This is NOT your average “go for a walk” challenge. Oh no. We want weird. We want wonderful. We want the most creative mile you can dream up.
Your mile could be:
🚶 A walking mile
🏃 A running mile
🚴 A cycling mile
🏊 A swimming mile
🐇 A bunny-hopping mile
🥞 A pancake-flipping mile
🤹 A juggling mile
🔄 A backward mile
🩰 A tip-toe mile
🤡 A unicycle mile
🛴 A scooter mile
😅 A “I saw it on TikTok and I’m going to regret this” mile
Break your mile into bits if you want…half in the morning, half later. A mile is a mile. We’re not judging… yet.
👥 Take part solo or as a team
Make it your own challenge or rope in your teammates!
A class can do it
A whole school can do it
A shop team can do it
An office can do it
A group of friends can do it
A gym class can do it
Teams can even rotate – for example, seven colleagues can each take one day of the week.
If you move one mile as a team, it counts.
If it raises funds – we love you.
If it’s funny – even better.
🎁 We WILL reward ridiculous creativity
We’re giving a prize for Most Creative or Innovative Mile completed in May.
Want to win?
Think outside the box.
Or climb inside a box and do your mile that way.
We’re not here to limit your imagination.
📸 Share Your Mile and Tag Us!
This is where the fun happens:
- Take a selfie or short video of your mile
- Post it on Instagram
- Tag @PathwayProject
On 1st July, we’ll gather every post and choose our champion of creative mile-travel.
✅ What You Need To Do Next (No admin from us – you can do it all yourself!)
To make this challenge as easy as possible, here’s everything you need to do to get started:
1️⃣ Announce You’re Taking Part
Put a post on Instagram or Facebook saying you’re joining Mile a Day in May and tag @PathwayProject so we can see it and celebrate you.
(We’ll track participation this way AND it helps spread the word!)
2️⃣ Set Up Your Fundraising Page (if you’re fundraising online)
Choose your platform:
🌐 https://www.gofundme.com/
🌐 https://www.justgiving.com/
Create a fundraising page explaining your challenge and select Pathway Project as your charity – all funds will come straight to us.
3️⃣ Share Your Fundraising Link
Post your link on social media and tag us so we can cheer you on throughout the month!
4️⃣ Enjoy Your Month of Movement & Creativity
Be as imaginative as you can.
Have fun with it.
Share your progress as you go.
At the end of May, be super proud of what you’ve achieved and the difference you’ve made. 💛
💛 Why it matters
Every mile and every donation helps Pathway Project continue supporting women, children, and families affected by domestic abuse. Your one mile a day makes a difference.
A BIG one.
🙌 Ready to join in?
Let’s make May a month of movement, laughter, teamwork, creativity and genuine impact.
We can’t wait to see what you come up with.
(Seriously… we’re already bracing ourselves.)
❓ Need help?
If you have any problems or queries, contact us:
📧 talktoeve@pathway-project-co.uk
📞 01543 442610
Need some ideas?
Bake sale
A bake sale? Don’t mind if we choux. Channel your inner Mary Berry and host a charity bake sale at your workplace, school, college, or university.
Sponsored silence
When we lost our main funding contract back in 2018 our MH & DA Worker Charlie held a sponsored 24-hour silence to raise vital funds for our service. Charlie was not known for her silence so this was a mammoth task for her. She completed the silence and raised over £300 for us.
Why not follow in Charlie’s footsteps and get a chatty colleague to do the same in your office?
Go Pink for Pathway
Don your favourite item of pink clothing, or go head to toe! Wearing Pink for Pathway is all about raising awareness for domestic abuse in the area. You could host a non-uniform day at your school perhaps? Or maybe even a pink-themed dress-down day at the workplace? Just wear pink and raise some awareness around domestic abuse and the Pathway Project.
You could even charge £1-£2 to raise funds as well as raise awareness.
Running? Swimming? Cycling?
For those sporty folk out there, you may want to take part in a marathon. A 10k? A swimathon? On our behalf – perfect! We can’t promise to run alongside you, but we can say we will cheer you on from the sidelines!
These are just a few ideas for you to consider. The list of fundraising ideas goes on and on.
Please let us know if you are doing a fundraising event for us, we can help promote it via our social media.
Our brilliant fundraising team are always on hand for any help or advice you may need.
You can email talktoeve@pathway-project.co.uk or cantact by telephone at 01543 442 610 and we’ll be more than happy to help.
Fundraising tips to get you started
1. Getting started
Create your own online sponsorship page via our Enthuse page, Justgiving, Easyfundraising etc for easy fundraising in minutes.
Be sure to personalise your page with photos and say why you’re supporting Pathway Project to inspire people to sponsor you.
Set a target – It’s proven that pages with targets do a great deal better than those without.
2. Start promoting
Once your page is good to go, spread the word on social media, email and text friends, family and colleagues to let them know what you’re doing and why you’re doing it.
If you’re passionate about fundraising for Pathway Project, it will let people know that their money really is making a difference to us. If you need facts, figures or statistics to use then email Amanda at amandab@pathway-project.co.uk and she will be able to help you.
3. Take it further
Remember to Gift Aid it!
If you are a UK taxpayer, Pathway Project can claim 28% of your donation back from the tax people.
Encourage your sponsors to tick the Gift Aid box.
4. After the event
Collect any outstanding donations and report back to your donors by thanking them for their support; tell them how you got on and how much money you raised.
Gifts in kind
Gifts in kind also referred to as in-kind donations, is a kind of charitable giving in which, instead of giving money to buy needed goods and services, the goods and services themselves are given.
In the past various businesses have been able to provide a wide range of services, from legal advice, design and print, and IT support, to refreshments for our events via the gifts-in-kind method.
If this is something that interests you please get in touch with Djemillah at djemillahmp@pathway-project.co.uk
Amazon wish-list.
Our Amazon wish list started around Christmas of 2018 and has carried on each year since. It’s a great way of receiving the presents the children have asked for and also a lovely way for people to give back over the festive period.
We now have a list on our Amazon page of items we need in our refuges and also items we need for our groups.
All items you buy come straight to us at the Hope Centre. It’s a great way of donating something to us that you know we need
Corporate Donations
At Pathway Project, we rely on the generosity of corporate partners to ensure that every person experiencing domestic abuse can access safety, specialist support, and the opportunity to rebuild their lives. By standing with us, your organisation becomes a powerful force for change—helping to deliver life‑saving services such as refuge accommodation, counselling, advocacy, and prevention programmes.
We believe in the strength of collaboration, and we welcome partnerships that bring businesses, employees, and communities together to create safer, more supportive environments for all. By choosing us as your Charity of Choice, your organisation can demonstrate a long‑term commitment to tackling domestic abuse while empowering your workforce to make a meaningful and lasting impact.
There are many ways your team can help raise vital funds: organisations can host their own charity events within the workplace—such as themed fundraising days, awareness‑raising lunches, team challenges, workplace competitions, seasonal campaigns, or special in‑house events that bring staff together around a shared purpose. Payroll giving, matched funding, and offering employees the opportunity to volunteer their time or skills can further deepen the impact of your support.
Together, through shared purpose and partnership, we can break the cycle of abuse and build stronger, safer communities where every survivor has the opportunity to thrive.