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YOUR FUNDRAISING PACK
Are you ready to show the world your silly side?
This pack’s full of ideas to help you plan
for Save the Children’s Christmas Jumper Day.
Some of it’s silly. Some of it’s serious. All of it’s
very useful.
Save the Children
Photo: Kate Stanworth/
Get all your pupils to wear a festive
woolly on Friday 16 December.
There’s no need for everyone to splash
out on snazzy new knits – just help them
spruce up some old sweaters with tinsel,
baubles and pompoms.
SHOUT ABOUT IT
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Put up loads of posters around your school,
write it in the school calendar, send letters
home to parents… basically do whatever
it takes to make sure everyone knows that
Friday 16 December is Save the Children’s
Christmas Jumper Day. Can’t do 16 December?
Don’t worry – just pick a date that suits you.
This part’s very important. By donating
£1 each, your pupils will save children’s
lives. Simple as that. Organise a bit of
extra end-of-term silliness using the ace
fundraising ideas in this pack and they
could help even more children.
£1 could buy
a raincoat to help
protect a child
refugee from the
elements.
Photo: Anna Pantelia/Sa
ve the Children
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STICK ON YOUR
SWEATERS
(THE SILLY BIT)
To get you started, here’s a handy three-step
guide to taking part.
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Photo: Louis Leeson/Sav
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LET THE SILLINESS
COMMENCE!
DONATE
(THE SERIOUS BIT)
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Photo: CJ Clarke/Save the Children
MAKING A SERIOUS
DIFFERENCE
By taking part in Save the Children’s Christmas
Jumper Day, your pupils will be helping give the
world’s forgotten children a brighter future.
They’ll be helping sort out real matters of life and death, like
global inequality, poverty and hunger. And they’ll be doing all
this while wearing some very silly sweaters.
Saja* is 11 years old and comes from
Iraq. Armed conflict forced her family
to leave the home they shared. After
a difficult journey they arrived at the
Khanaqeen camp, where they’ve now
lived for over a year.
“I like coming here,” says Saja.
“It is like my home and everyone
plays together.
“Me and my friends are like sisters.
We play different games here like
hide and seek, tug of war and running.
“When we first came to the camp my
children refused to leave the tent,” says
Saja’s mum, Sumaya.
Photo: CJ Clarke/Save the Children
Photo: CJ Clarke/Save the Children
SAJA’S STORY
“There are a lot of toys and the
teachers take care of us.
“I want to be a vet,” she reveals.
“Birds don’t have doctors to give
them treatment or anyone to take
care of them. I want to heal them
and I want to be a vet, to take care
of them.”
“There was nothing for them to do in
the camp except play around the tents
and get into mischief.”
But now Saja has started going to a
space run by Save the Children, where
she gets the chance to play, learn and
recover from everything she’s been
through.
* Name changed to protect identity
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JUMPER THE TEACHERS
Teachers get sponsored to wear a silly
sweater which is decorated by students.
The more money students raise, the
dafter the teacher’s jumper.
Photo: Louis Leeson/Save the Children
WOOLY WONDERFUL
FUNDRAISING IDEAS
As well as wearing your favourite festive knits, you
and your pupils could help change even more lives
by trying out these fab fundraising ideas.
BAKE SALE
JUMPER JUMBLE
Give the teachers a chance to get in
on the jumper fun. Set up a staffroom
sweepstake using the poster in this pack
and give the winner something special.
CHRISTMAS MOVIE DAY
Screen a Christmas film in your school
hall. Offer popcorn, sweets and drinks
in exchange for donations. Pick a festive
classic that features excellent knitwear.
CHRISTMAS CAROL-OKE
Invite grown-ups along to enjoy a
concert of Christmassy classics. Why
not sell mince pies and raise some
extra money by asking parents to turn
up in woollies and donate?
Photo: Kate Stanworth/Save the Children
SWEEPSTAKE
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Ask everyone to bring in old
jumpers and decorations. Hold
a Chrismas Jumper Day
decorating party and collect
donations for each item.
Photo: Louis Leeson/Save the Children
Get everyone to bring in festive cakes and
biscuits to sell.You’ll find recipes for
ball of yarn cupcakes and ginger Christmas
jumper cake at christmasjumperday.
org/schools-pack as well as posters to
jumper up your stall.
These fundraising tips and hints should set you off in the
right direction, but we’d love to hear any new ideas. And if you
share any school snaps* on Twitter, Facebook or Instagram,
don’t forget the hashtag #christmasjumperday
* Make sure you have permission from parents before sharing any images of children.
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Photo: Louis Leeson/Save the Children
RED-NOSED
REINDEER
Draw a reindeer shape and
a big bright nose. For the
antlers, fold a piece of white
paper or felt in half and cut out
an antler shape. Unfold it and
you’ll have an identical pair.
MR SNOWMAN
Create two large circles
from white felt or paper.
Use black felt or paper
for the eyes and mouth,
and make a cone out of
orange card for the nose.
Photo: Louis Leeson/Save the Children
Download detailed tips
and templates at
christmasjumperday.org/
schools-pack
Photo: Louis Leeson/Sav
e the Children
You can download some cracking tips
and templates to help design your
jumpers – but here are some easy ideas
to get you started.
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There’s no need for everyone
to splash out on brand new
sweaters. Just ask your
children to bring in an old
unwanted jumper, then
have fun crafting Christmas
masterpieces from paper,
glue and glitter.
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Photo: Louis Leeson/Sav
LOOK THE PART
MAKE LIKE A TREE
Cut a large tree shape from
green felt or paper, then
decorate it with glitter or strips
of tinsel. Don’t forget to put
a star on the top!
£300 could
provide safe
drinking water for
60 schoolchildren
for a month.
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WOOLLY AWARDS
Whose jumper demonstrates a serious
dedication to silliness? And who’s gone that
extra mile with their fundraising? Hold a special
ceremony at school and download our crown
template to make sure your sweater stars get
the recognition they deserve.
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After the day, don’t forget
to send us all your hardearned fundraising. However
much you’ve raised, there’s
a quick and simple way to
get it to us.
4. Get children to bring in
tinsel and baubles to decorate
their jumpers
/Save the Children
Photo: Louis Leeson
1. Circle Friday 16 December
in your diary (or whichever
date you choose)
2. Find extra fundraising
resources, posters
and other goodies at
christmasjumperday.org/
schools-pack
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5. Take pictures!* And
share them with us using
#christmasjumperday
6. Collect and pay in your
life-changing funds – just
follow the instructions on the
following page
£124
could buy
a teacher kit with the
supplies to continue
providing children
with lessons at a
school in Syria
Photo: Ahmad Baroudi/Save the Children
3. Ask everyone who’s wearing
a woolly to bring £1 and plan
extra fundraising activities
When paying in your
fundraising online, by cheque
or by cash, please include your
unique Christmas Jumper Day
reference number so we know
how much you raised and can
send you a certificate.You
can find your 12-character
reference number on the
letter that came with this
pack (it begins “CJD16”).
* Make sure you have permission from parents before sharing any images of children.
/Save the Children
PAYING IN
Photo: Louis Leeson
YOUR CHRISTMAS
JUMPER DAY CHECKLIST
PAYING IN AT THE BANK
Take your money and the giro slip that
came with your letter to your bank
or to any NatWest branch.
Unfortunately these slips can’t be paid in
at the Post Office.
PAYING IN ONLINE
PAYING IN BY POST
Go to christmasjumperday.org on
or after 16 December to make a quick,
secure payment. Give the reference
number from the letter that came with
your pack.
Send your giro slip, with a cheque
payable to ‘Save the Children’, in the
envelope provided.
Please don’t send cash in the post.
The sooner you pay in your money, the sooner it can start making a
difference to children’s lives. Please pay in by 23 December if you can.
Get in touch on 0808 281 1031 or email
[email protected]
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Photo: CJ Clarke/Save the Children
THANK YOU!
By joining in on Christmas Jumper Day,
you are helping to save children’s lives.
It sounds silly, but just by dressing up in festive knits for the day and
donating, you really will help us solve some very serious problems –
and change the lives of children like Saja (above).
Your support means we can bring vital things like food,
medicine and shelter to children who urgently need them.
christmasjumperday.org
0808 281 1031
[email protected]
#christmasjumperday
Cover photo: Louis Lesson/Save the Children. Registered charity England and Wales (213890) Scotland (SC039570)