Fundraising FAQs

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If you have any queries or need any tips please drop us a line at [email protected]

Mental Health UK brings together over 40 years of expertise from four national founding charity partners to improve understanding and provide vital care. Individually we are mental health experts in our respective nations. Together we are an even stronger team. Our way of collaborating allows more people across the UK to access support for their own mental health as well as friends, family members and carers.

Living with a mental health condition can affect many aspects of daily life, from your physical health to your home, your work and ability to manage money. Every year we provide thousands of people across the UK with practical advice and information to help understand and manage their mental health.

Your generous donations help Mental Health UK reach more people affected by poor mental health with advice, support and information.

Here’s how your donation could help

£5 could keep online resources up-to-date, so that people living with poor mental health who need support with legal problems can access our online letter templates.

£10 could print and distribute up to 30 copies of Mental Health UK’s information guide, helping young people to learn about mental health problems and where to find help.

£20 could hire a room for 2 hours, giving a new support group the chance to meet for the first time.

£30 could pay for a specialist adviser to answer a call from someone living with mental health problems and offer them personalised support and advice.

£50 could provide art materials to a support group, helping members participate in a creative activity while building new networks with their peers.

Please contact the team at [email protected] advising when/where you would like to hold your collection. Please note it is illegal to carry out a public collection without a valid licence from the local authority. We can provide you with a letter for you to send them to apply for this authorisation.

If you are collecting on private land, you must have the owner’s permission.

Please contact the team at [email protected] advising when/where you would like to hold your collection. Please note it is illegal to carry out a public collection without a valid licence from the local authority. We can provide you with a letter for you to send them to apply for this authorisation.

If you are collecting on private land, you must have the owner’s permission.

We’ve put together a handy fundraising guide to help you get the most from your sponsored event

Click to download our Fundraising Guide

We also have a some downloadable templates you can print at home or at work including:

Printable Bunting

Sponsorship form

And printable fundraising poster templates for:

Sports and adventure challenges

Bake sales

Craft events

Office events

You can also request

  • Collection tins/buckets
  • Mental Health UK t-shirts

Contact the team at [email protected] if you would like to request these.

You can find the list of events Mental Health UK have limited charity places in, and registration fees here

View our events page

For any other events that are not listed on our website, you will be responsible for paying the registration fee and registering directly with the event organisers.

You cannot use our main Mental Health UK logo on your own materials, but we do have an “In support of” logo to show you are fundraising in aid of us.

If you have any questions email us at [email protected]

Download our 'In support of' Logo

As long as you are a UK taxpayer and have paid the equivalent in income tax then yes. There are some exceptions: if you are paying on behalf of someone else e.g. it is a collection, or it is payment for an event ticket, raffle or auction entry, or where you are receiving something in return.

Unfortunately we don’t have this functionality at the moment. Please donate via our website, your Justgiving page, or email [email protected] and we’ll call you to take your donation.

If you have questions about our door-to-door campaign, please visit our door-to-door FAQs.

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