Host Your Own Sunset Event

Host a Sunset Event to raise much needed funds and support the fantastic work of St Gemma’s Hospice. Invite your friends and family to get together at sunset to enjoy some food, drink and make memories whilst supporting an amazing cause.

Plan your event

1. Pick a date – Throw your party any time in May or June that works for you and your friends/family
2. Invite people – Use our downloadable invites to invite your friends and family and make sure they know you’re raising money for St Gemma’s.
3. Add some sunsets – Think about how you could bring the sunset colours into it. Could you bake some cakes and ice them with with red and yellow icing or work out a fruit punch in those colours. If you’ve got some great ideas, make sure you share them around.

Think about raising money

There’s lots of ways you could raise money with your event including:

• Setting up a Justgiving page that people can donate to – St Gemma’s Hospice – JustGiving
• Asking people for donations on the night. Get in touch if you’d like a bucket or two that you could use for storing those donations.
• Thinking about a potential fundraiser on the night. Could you do a quiz or a decorating competition?

Enjoy the event

Find some friends who might help you with the event to make sure it’s a real success.

Have lots of fun on the night and take some pictures of the sunsets and the celebrations and don’t forget to share them with us.

Thank people and bank the money

Don’t forget to send out thank you messages or notes the days after to remind people how grateful you are for their support.

And if you’ve got cash donations, please do send them to the Hospice.

Got some questions about your plans?

Call the fundraising team on 0113 218 5565 or email us at fundraising@st-gemma.co.uk