Fundraising 

Do you want to help children take small steps out of poverty?

If you would like to fundraise for us we reccommend that can create you own fundraising pagehere Just Giving, that way all your UK donations from UK taxpayers will recieve an extra 20% 

For further information or to let us know what fundraising activity you are doing contact hannahsmallsteps@gmail.com we can help promote your activity and post updates and photos on this page. 

Here are some inspirational small steps that individuals, organisations, schools and children have taken to raise funds, so that Small Steps Project can help children on rubbish dumps all over the world.

 

Trekfest July 2013

Katie Watts and Richard Bell this year will be embarking on a 27 mile trek through the Peak District in just 12 hours.  Help them reach their goal and donate to them here and send them some encouragement while they are no doubt training through the cold months.

Recycling AND raising money

Mother and daughter team, Jools and Elie, aged 8, have set up a website where Elie will recycle old and unused toys and clothes.  The website is linked to EBay and Amazon across the world.  We think it's a great idea!  Check it out Elie's Shop here and Jool's E-shops 4 Kids here.
Elie's shop has been designed to sell unwanted toys and clothes, some will be used and some will be new, all used toys are in excellent condition.  Elie's shop is an excellent way to recycle unwanted items and at the same time promote the charity and raise money.  It is also making children aware of recycling, business and saving money as well as doing something great for charity, so Elie's shop is a form of education!  
Elie has also been keeping busy fundraising with a cake sale and raising £120!  Here she is with the Mayor who was very impressed with all the work she has been doing.

Help Paula reach her target!

Check out Paula's blog here.  Paula has done a huge amount of work for Small Steps, starting out as a volunteer in London and being a core member of the Celebrity Shoe team and even buying a pair of shoes belonging to one of her favourite celebs - Simon Pegg!  Paula has been in Cambodia helping set up nurseries for the children and distributing shoes in Siem Reap and Sihanoukville and she has done an incredible job.  Help her reach her target, dig deep and donate here.

Angkor Bike Challenge

In December, Jake Corke completed the Angkor Bike Challenge; a 100km cycle around the Angkor Wat temples.  He completed it in 4 hours and 15 mins and raised £798!  I think you'll agree this is an amazing feat so well done Jake and thanks for all your hard work and training!

 

Sponsor our volunteer, Jen!

Jen joined Small Steps in 2010.  She has worked on projects in Cambodia, Timor Leste and India and will be starting her Vodafone World of Difference placement in March 2012.  Jen has travelled all over the world for the charity and ran the City2Surf fundraising run in Australia in August 2011 to raise money.  So far she has raised £4,660!  You can keep giving, here.

Brighton Marathon 2012

Julie Piper ran the Brighton marathon in 4 hours and 50 minutes - an amazing acheivement.  She raised £530 for Small Steps.  Here's a photo of Julie passed the finishing line.

 

Global Art Club Primary School

The children at the Global Art Club Primary School braved the rain and did a great job selling home made lemonade, cakes and cookies and ice creams. They also sold items they had made out of recycled goods such as newspaper bags, coasters made from old magazines and decorated candle holders from recycled glass, they held a clothes swap and raised money through penalty shoot outs and archery.  A very impressive fundraiser raising a total of £123.00!

Huge thanks to the all the teachers and children who were involved.  Here are a few photos from the day.

 

 

In May 2011 solicitors from across the UK left England to walk barefoot across the beaches of Normandy. The idea? To raise awareness and funds for the Small Steps Project.

The project is a charity that provides much needed support for children living on dumping sites across the world. Their aim is to both raise awareness and provide much needed footwear to protect from harm and disease.
Along with Shift Studios, three legal staff from Wosskow Brown Solicitors in Sheffield, trudged the 23 miles from Ouistreham to the village of Paisty-Vert across two days."  They raised an enormous £5,000 for Small Steps.

Watch their video here.

Should you wish, there's still time to donate through Just Giving.
Sound track taken from Toy Train by Pocket Satallite

Sponsored climb of Ben Nevis

Meera, Kay and Sascha successfully climbed Ben Nevis in Scotland in 4 and a half hours!  They endured bad weather conditions; snow and gale force winds but they made it all the way to the top and raised £1,185 for Small Steps.  Many thanks to the girls and everyone who supported them and donated.  Congratulations! 

Charity bike ride, London to Paris

Yvonne raised 2,700 euros when she cycled 337km from London to Paris!

From East Coker to Land's End on foot

Karen, Andy and Peter walked 250 miles and raised £370 for us to use to buy shoes to distribute to the children living on rubbish dumps.  Well done guys!

St Olaves Primary school have an Entrepeneurs challenge and raised money for Small Steps Project

St Olaves primary school in New Eltham, Kent set a challenge to each of the classes to set up a mini business. The class that made the most profit was crowned the 'Entrepreneurs 2011'.  All profits then went to the chairty chosen by the winning class and the winning class raised £165.44 by selling badges to children, teachers and parents.  this means a total of £600 will be donated to Small Steps!  Here's a photo of some of the winning team.  A huge thank you to St Olaves school!

Club night charity fundraiser - 17th September 2011 

Michelle Appleyard and her husband Ben hosted an event at Eight members club in Bank in September 2011 and raised £1,400 for Small Steps!!  Thanks so much to them both, it looks like it was a lot of fun!

Arts and Crafts at Carshalton Park, London - August 2011 

Volunteers, Priti and Amber, have run not 1 but 2 fundraising events!  The first was a private shoe decorating event and then on Monday 29th August they had a t-shirt painting stall at Carshalton Park in Croydon.  Check out the photos from the day here

These are just some of our fantastic fundraiser's stories. If you have done your own fundraising for Small Steps please email us your photos and details of the event and we'll get them up on this page. 

A huge thanks to everyone for all your hard work.  We couldn't do these projects or reach so many children without your help!