The new year is here and now is the best time to get planning, so we are sharing some of the upcoming opportunities for you to help raise funds for local young people’s mental health!
Fundraising events you can take part in this year:
Reading Half Marathon – March
Date: 22nd March 2025
Ever considered taking on the Reading Half Marathon or want to challenge yourself to beat last years’ time? Why not sign up and fundraise for No5 this year?
With a minimum commitment to raise £250, we’ll provide a Marathon place, No5 running top and all the fundraising material you need.
More details about the event can be found on the Reading Half Marathon website here.
Mental Health Awareness Week – May
Date: 11th – 17th May
Mental Health Awareness Week is the perfect opportunity to show your support for young people’s mental health and fundraise for No5.
Take a look at our ‘Get Involved’ page for ideas or get in touch with our team using the form below.
We’ll support you and provide fundraising materials and promote it on our social media and monthly newsletter.
Francis Construction Charity Golf Day – June
Join us at Francis Construction’s Charity Golf Day on Thursday 25th June!
Get together a team with your golfing friends and colleagues and enjoy a day on the green whilst raising funds for No5.
For more information please contact us on fundraising@no5.org.uk
#BePurpleDay – October
Date: 10th October 2025
#BePurpleDay will be back this World Mental Health Day for its fourth year!
On the 10th October, join us in wearing a pop of purple to help show local young people that their mental health matters and that they aren’t alone.
You can also turn your #BePurpleDay plans into a fundraiser for No5 so we can continue to support local young people through our 1:1 counselling and outreach support! Got an idea or looking for some inspiration? Get in touch with the team here!
Keep an eye out on our #BePurpleDay page for updates!
Reading Santa Run – December
Date: TBC- December
This family-friendly fundraising event is a great way to get in the festive spirit and raise vital funds for No5! Find out more here: https://www.santarun.co.uk/
If you aren’t local to Reading but still want to support No5, there may be a similar event in your area and we will send your running top and help set up your fundraising page!
Big Give #ChristmasChallenge 2026 – Match Funding Campaign – December
Date: 1st – 8th December
We are excited to be taking part in the Big Give #ChristmasChallenge again this year!
The #ChristmasChallenge is a match funded campaign which gives you the chance for your donation to make twice the difference to local young people’s mental health.
Our 2025 campaign raised over £43,000 and funded the delivery of over 800 free, confidential counselling sessions for local young people. This would possible thanks to our local community pledgers; Francis Construction, Fink Street Food, Fox Payne Associates , Green Girls Foundation and John Allen Trust, and KBN Accountants for providing £14,000 of match funds alongside a further £7,000 from our Champion Pledger, Shanly Foundation.
We received donations totaling £21,050 from over 40 supporters, including those who raised funds for us on #BePurpleDay, entry fees from our Santa Runners and various other fundraising events.
As look towards this years challenge, we would like to invite you to join us a pledger or a supporter and get involved in making twice a difference to local young people’s mental health!
Find out more about this year’s challenge here!
Ongoing ways to support us throughout the year:
You don’t have to take part in a fundraising event to support us, check out the list below for ways you can support us in your day-to-day life – including raising funds at no cost to you!
Give As You Live Online
Love shopping online and want to support us? Register for free at Give as You Live, shop via your high street retailer links, and we’ll receive a donation at no cost to you!
Reading Community Lottery
Buy tickets and choose No5 as your local charity in the Reading Community Lottery. There is a draw every Saturday night. Tickets cost £1 per week.
The important bit! From every £1 ticket sold as your chosen cause, No5 will receive 50p of the 60p (the remaining 10p will be distributed to other local good causes). To put this in perspective when you play the National Lottery 25% goes to good causes – so this is more than double the ticket percentage to good causes.
Every ticket has a 1 in 50 chance of winning a prize. Each ticket has six numbers and each number is between 0 and 9. Every Saturday night draw a six-digit winning combination will be picked. Prizes will be given to players with tickets that match the first or last 2 to 6 numbers from the winning combination. Match all six and you win the jackpot of £25K!
Utility Warehouse
We are delighted to share that we’ve teamed up with Utility Warehouse to help save you money on your home services!
Utility Warehouse helps families all over the UK save time and save money on your Energy, Mobile, Broadband and Insurance, by bundling them together in one simple monthly bill helping to take the hassle out of household bills. With their cashback card, you can also receive cashback on all purchases, saving you even more money everyday!
No5 will receive a small commission (not paid by you, the customer) for anyone who switches to Utility Warehouse and only if you can save money by doing so. We will use this to support the delivery of our services.
If you are interested in finding out more, please complete this form and Simon Richards our trusted Utility Warehouse Partner will get in touch with you to explore the services they can offer you and carry out a free bill audit. It’s quick and easy and there is no obligation to do anything other than save money.
Not Just Travel
Looking at booking a holiday – have you thought about using a travel agent?
We have partnered up with Alex Harding from Not Just Travel and he can help you plan your ideal trip whilst raising free funds for No5 at no extra cost to you!
Find out more about our partnership and how to get in touch with Alex here
Get in touch with us using the form below if you would like to take part in one of our upcoming fundraising events or have an idea of your own!
