Create a fundraising page with gofundme and increase the impact of your swim by asking friends, family and colleagues to support your #bravethecold challenge.
Almost 50% of the funds raised at the Christmas Swim are from fundraising! Fundraising is easy. You can create a fundraising page, then ask friends, family, and colleagues to sponsor your #BravetheCOLD challenge.
€100
Could pay for essential support services for school aged children living in refuge or long term emergency accommodation.
€300
Could provide home help and befriending for older people confined to home who are at risk of isolation.
€500
Could help a family move into their forever home after living in emergency accommodation, buying bed linens, kitchen appliances and furniture.
Every euro you raise go directly towards keeping these vital services operating.
Christmas can be a magical time, but for the families, men and women we support, it can be challenging and lonely.
When you fundraise, you make it possible for our frontline services to offer vital support, shelter, kindness and hope during the Christmas season, and throughout the year.
Our domestic abuse refuge will be open. Our helplines will be answered. Our emergency homeless services will be operating. We will cook and deliver nutritious meals. We will pack and deliver food hampers and gifts. We will make calls and visits to people in our community who might otherwise go without.
At COPE Galway, we are dedicated to achieving the highest standards of best practice in fundraising. We are fully committed to achieving the standards contained within the Guidelines for Charitable Organisations on Fundraising from the Public. We will continually improve our fundraising practices and welcome feedback on our performance and how we might improve further.