Celebrate your birthday with Retina UK
Find out how you can mark your special day while fundraising for people with inherited sight loss.
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Find out how you can mark your special day while fundraising for people with inherited sight loss.
This year, make your birthday extra special by asking for donations to Retina UK in lieu of gifts or cards. The money you raise will help support people affected by inherited sight loss to lead better lives today and accelerate the search for treatments for the future.
Thank you for wanting to celebrate with Retina UK. We’ve put together some fundraising tips to help you get started:
Fundraising on Facebook is a great way to support Retina UK if many of your family and friends already use this platform. You can quickly create a fundraising page so that people can mark your birthday with a donation.
If you’re not already logged into Facebook on your browser and use the app, click on the app menu, scroll down to ‘fundraisers’ and click ‘create a fundraiser’. On your page let your family and friends know why you’re supporting Retina UK, when your birthday is and how much you’re hoping to raise.
With JustGiving you can create a fundraising page to raise money for us. Update the story section to let your loved ones know why you’ve decided to support Retina UK for your birthday, add a photo so your family and friends know they’re on the right page and then share the link to your page.
Let everyone know that your supporting Retina UK for your birthday this year and share it on social media. As you do – don’t forget to tag us in your posts. You can find us on:
Whether you’ve got a question about setting up a fundraising page or have another idea in mind for celebrating your birthday, our fundraising team is here to help. Either email us at fundraising@RetinaUK.org.uk or call Simon, Community and Events Fundraising Manager, on 07736 925174.
“Mum was celebrating her 80th birthday and decided that she already had enough possessions to last a lifetime! … We asked family and friends for donations in lieu of any gifts. With a fundraising page, it was super easy to do… you can include the link on your party invitation. We kept celebrating our total as we went along – it encouraged anyone who may have forgotten to contribute too. We raised £993.75 – Mum and the whole family are delighted!” Megan
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