Fundraising Blog
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The Fundraising Blog
Here at Firewalking International we want your Fundraising Adventure to be easy and fun. Organising a Charity Firewalk or a Charity Glass Walk can be made a lot easier by reading these posts.
The Fundraising Blog is crammed with useful knowledge, hints and ideas to make it easy for you and your Fundraising Event. We answer a lot of the common questions and misconceptions organisers have. And we share a lot of stories from previous events as a source of inspiration for you and your Fundraisers.
We update The Fundraising Blog on a weekly basis so be sure to check to check back. Or better still, subscribe to our newsletter and be kept uptodate on our current musings. And if you have a question, let us know. If you have thought it, someone will do too.
What are Empowerment Activities?
What are Empowerment Activities? So, Firewalking is Firewalking and Glass Walking is Glass Walking. But what on earth are High Impact Empowerment Activities? Have you heard of Empowerment Activities and wondered what they are? Or what about Breakthrough Activities? In...
Go Barefoot Day
Go Barefoot Day Friday 1st June is Barefoot Day, an annual event organised by Soles4Souls, a global charity trying to put shoes on the feet of 300 million underprivileged children. What a great cause! We love what these guys are doing and are 100% behind Barefoot Day....
Post Charity Firewalk Checklist
Post Charity Firewalk Checklist So, you’ve organised a Charity Firewalk and it was a remarkable success. The spectators loved it, the Firewalkers loved it and the Charity loved it. You raised a lot of money and awareness for the Charity and you are buzzing from what...
Will my venue get damaged if we host a Firewalk?
Will my venue get damaged if we host a Firewalk? So, you’ve decided to go ahead with your Charity Firewalk or Corporate Firewalk and you have a venue in mind. Your next step will be to approach the venue and ask them if they will host your Firewalk. It is good to know...
Can I get cut Glass Walking?
Can I get cut Glass Walking? People always ask, "Can I get cut Glass Walking?". As you might imagine, it's a common concern for people, and justifiably so. For some, the thought might not enter their head and for others it will be their first thought. Then...
Rewards of Organising a Charity Firewalk
Rewards of Organising a Charity Firewalk Every year, Firewalks are organised by Charities, Companies that want to give back and by individuals that want to support a Charity and make a difference. For these people there are many obvious rewards of...
Mental Health Awareness Week 2018
Mental Health Awareness Week 2018 Mental Health Awareness Week takes place in the UK from the 14th – 20th May 2018. Raising awareness about Mental Health is very important for us and through our events, retreats, and courses we do as much as we can to help...
Rooftop Firewalks
Rooftop Firewalks Every so often we are asked to provide rooftop Firewalks and they have always proved to be most interesting. We love the challenge of providing Firewalks in venues that are not the easiest to work in. In a previous post we discussed indoor Firewalks...
Charity Firewalk: Getting people to show up
Charity Firewalk: Getting people to show up Getting people to show up for your Charity Firewalk is going to be high on your agenda. And that applies for the Firewalk participants as well as the spectators and supporters. Communication is key to all of this and there...
Best Venues for Charity Firewalks
Best Venues for Charity Firewalks If you are organising a Charity Firewalk for the first time you will have lots of questions. That’s why we have created so many posts designed to help you organise a Charity Firewalks. This post is inspired by a very...
Do we actually walk on the Fire?
Do we actually walk on the Fire? “Do we actually walk on the Fire?” is a question we are asked often. It happens nearly all the time. We have lit the fire and are standing around the fire waiting for the participants to arrive. As the participants and spectators...
Who can or can’t Firewalk?
Who can or can't Firewalk? It might surprise you to know that we are often asked by organisers about who can and who can’t Firewalk. In a lot of the times this will be age related, as in, what is the youngest age someone must be to Firewalk. You can read...