Family and Friends Fundraising
Families supporting families. It’s what keeps our doors open and is how Mac House works. The phrase “we couldn’t do what we do without you” is the most accurate statement you will ever read or hear us say.
Our family and friends fundraising is the most crucial element of all our fundraising work. It costs £600,000 to run Mac House each year. The families who stay with us, recently and throughout the 25 years we have been open, understand the difference made by the charity and they and their extended families and friends often get together and raise funds to keep Mac House open. Our families know we are totally independent and must raise all our own funds and they set about doing that in a vast range of amazing ways.
What can you do to help raise funds for Mac House ? Well, pretty much anything as long as it’s legal, decent, safe and enjoyable! Some of the activities families have done to raise funds for us include:
- Sponosored walk – as a group locally or farther afield in a special event
- Sponsored run – maybe a half or full Marathon, others a 5k run or even a gentle stroll in the park
- Sponsored swim, a few laps or a mile or more in a local pool or open water challenges
- Sponsored cycle round the local park or from home to anywhere in the U.K.
- Sponsored dance-a-thon
- A trek up a mountain, along Hadrians Wall, across the Pennines or a famous parish walk on the Isle of Man
Can you help? Are you looking for inspiration and great ways to fundraise ? Please get in touch with the Fundraising team on 0151 252 5869 or email us: Gillian.Wilson@rmhliverpool.org.uk or Denise.Byrne@rmhliverpool.org.uk
Feel free to pop in to see us at Mac House at any time to chat about fundraising and ways to help.
Find out more abour Mac House HERE
For details of events organised by our fundraising team, which you can be part of, take a look at our facebook page, where events are regularly updated. We always have bag packing events that require volunteers. Your help would mean a lot!
Mac House supporters who raise £1000 or above can place a plaque with a personal message on our tree of life. We have several of these trees placed around Mac House with messages from our families and friends.
Some of our families continue fundraising for us long after they have stayed with us at Mac House. For families and supporters who raise £3500 or more, sponsorship of one of our rooms can be arranged with a personalised message.