5 tips to help plan your Afternoon Tea

This August, we’re baking, buying and brewing to change the future. So everyone with breast cancer lives and lives well.  

Here's 5 tips to help you plan your day:

1. Set a date early on 

Setting a date will give you and your guests something to look forward to! Once you’ve picked a date, let us know. 

Let us know your date

Then you can download or order invitations to send to guests, so they can save the date. The countdown to your change-making tea will then be on, how exciting! 

2. Make donating as easy as one click

With JustGiving, you can create your own unique fundraising page. Making it easy for your friends and family to donate online by debit card, Apple Pay or Google Pay. And the money comes straight to us.

Set up a page

Need help setting up a page? See our handy blog on how to set up your JustGiving page.

Prefer to collect cash?

That’s absolutely no problem! If you’re collecting money, simply pop your donation box and Gift Aid form out. Then watch them fill up with donations! 

With Gift Aid, your eligible guests can increase the value of their donation by 25% without spending another penny. 

Both materials can be found in your fabulous fundraising kit, but you can order more boxes and download more forms if you need them.  

3. Think about your menu 

Love to bake it? Prefer to fake it? Whatever your style, you can help us be here for everyone who needs us. Start to think about your menu and how you’ll be raising funds on the day.

When selling bakes, we recommend you ask for a suggested donation instead of a set price, this is because we can only claim Gift Aid on voluntary donations.

Star-baker worthy tips:

• Take a look at our scrumptious recipes
• Order cake cards to label your food and cake flags to decorate your bakes
• Read the gov guidance on food safety and labelling

4. Put the 'fun' in fundraising

There are lots of fun activities you can organise, like having a raffle, playing games or having a baking competition.

Take a look at our 7 fun activities to boost your fundraising blog and browse our pre-made games.

If you raised £20 playing games, it could keep our forum running for one day. Thousands of people affected by breast cancer use our online forum. It’s a safe space to share experiences, find information and talk with others. At any hour of the day.

5. Talk to other hosts

Join the Afternoon Tea communi-tea today!

We have a Facebook group which is a great for chatting to other incredible fundraisers. You can ask questions and see what everyone’s getting up to.

Join the group

Thank you!

We’re so grateful for all the time and hard work you’re putting into organising your Afternoon Tea.

The money you raise will help us get closer to our vision – that by 2050, everyone with breast cancer will live and live well. We can’t do it without you.