Fundraising FAQs
Do you have a question about how to get involved with fundraising or how to pay in your fundraising money? Take a look at our frequently asked questions answered below.
If you have decided to take on your own event, it's very easy to register with us to get all the support you may need on this page.
Looking for inspiration? We have put together a list of fundraising ideas to get you started here.
Yes, our volunteers are crucial, find out about our current volunteer roles.
Firstly, thank you so much for raising vital funds to support our RAF Family. Here is a list of options of how to pay in your money.
Our great team of community fundraisers are there to help you throughout your fundraising, please get in touch with your local fundraiser if you are struggling to reach your target. The team will be there to offer all the best tips and tricks to get your fundraising spot on. Find your local RAF Benevolent Fund fundraiser.
We ask each participant to make sure before they sign up that they are confident of raising the minimum sponsorship and have plans of how to do so. We ask for the full sponsorship amount to be in by six weeks after the event so you have plenty of time for your fundraising. If you have not raised the full amount, we do ask you to consider making up the shortfall yourself so the RAF Benevolent Fund can continue to support members of the RAF Family.
It is really easy to set up an online fundraising page, here are a few options.
You can download your branded posters, invites, quiz sheets, social media images and more to help you promote and run your fundraiser. Take a look at our fundraising resources.
The Royal Air Force Benevolent Fund supports current and former members of the RAF, their partners and families, providing practical, emotional and financial support, whenever they need us. We are committed to getting them through the toughest times, whatever life may send their way. From the youngest child to the oldest veteran, we’ll consider any request for assistance, however big or small, providing a tailor-made approach to each individual situation.
Your fundraising efforts play no small part in enabling the RAF Benevolent Fund to offer this support. Thank you.
Challenge Events FAQs
The Fund’s challenge events are open to anyone, whether you have any link to the RAF or not.
Please head to the specific event page and click on ‘sign up’. You will then be asked to complete a form with your personal details and pay your registration fee. A number of the events also have another form you need to complete for the organisers to confirm your place with them and you will be sent details separately of how to do this and the deadline by which to do it.
For each event, there is usually both a registration fee and a minimum sponsorship target. These vary from event to event so please check the specific event page for the full details.
The RAF Benevolent Fund incurs a cost in securing the challenge event places and so the registration fees are non-refundable to help us cover this cost.
We ask each participant to make sure before they sign up that they are confident of raising the minimum sponsorship and have plans of how to do so. We ask for the full sponsorship amount to be in by six weeks after the event so you have plenty of time for your fundraising. If you have not raised the full amount, we do ask you to consider making up the shortfall yourself so the RAF Benevolent Fund can continue to support members of the RAF Family.
If you can no longer take part, please let us know as soon as possible so that we can see if another supporter is able to take the place. For most events we are able to defer your place over to the following year but we cannot guarantee this.
Please contact us at challenge@rafbf.org.uk and we’ll be happy to help.