Volunteering resources
Our BHF resources will help you through your volunteering journey. These include templates for risk assessments, planning templates, how-to guide, poster templates for your event and more.
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Keeping your events safe
Keeping your events safe and fun is integral to being a successful fundraiser.
We have essential guides to help you keep your events safe.
- Community venue event plan and checklist - long format (Word)
- Community venue event plan and checklist - short format (Word)
- Community venue fundraising event plan and checklist - short format (Word)
- Golf fundraising event plan and checklist - long format (Word)
- Golf fundraising event plan and checklist - short format (Word)
- Group walking event plan and checklist (Word)
- Hosting a stall at a public event - short format (Word)
- Organised cash collection event plan and checklist (Word)
Planning your events
Our templates makes planning your event quick and easy. They include annual calendar templates, single event templates and thank you letter templates for you to send out after your event.
- Annual activity calendar template (PDF)
- Collection request letter (PDF)
- Collection request letter NI (PDF)
- Collection request letter Scotland (PDF)
- Collection request letter Wales (PDF)
- Public and products liability (PDF)
- General thank you letter (Word)
Planning a tin collection
- Collection tin top tips (PDF)
- Collection tin volunteer guide (PDF)
- Location spreadsheet (Excel)
How to guides
Unsure on where to start, or what type of event to host? Take a look at our handy tips for hosting well known fundraising events.
- Afternoon tea party guide (Powerpoint)
- Golf day guide (Powerpoint)
- Quiz night guide (Powerpoint)
Matched funding
Matched funding forms are coming soon.
Promoting your event
Promoting your event is a great way to ensure it raises as much money as possible. Whether it’s a poster for your quiz, or a press release for your party, our templates make it easy for you to promote your event.
Poster templates
- Generic poster template (Powerpoint)
- Cake sale poster template (Powerpoint)
- Quiz poster template (Powerpoint)
- Golf poster template (Powerpoint)
- Coffee morning poster template (Powerpoint)
- Race night poster template (Powerpoint)
Pre-event press releases
- Pre-event press release (Word)
- Pre-event press release Scotland (Word)
- Pre-event press release Northern Ireland (Word)
- Pre-event press release Wales (Word)
Post event press releases
- Post-event press release (Word)
- Post-event press release Scotland (Word)
- Post-event press release Northern Ireland (Word)
- Post-event press release Wales (Word)
Regionalised letterhead paper
- BHF letterhead (Word)
- BHF letterhead: Scotland (Word)
- BHF letterhead: Northern Ireland (Word)
- BHF letterhead: Wales (Word)
Recruiting new members
- Join us poster (Powerpoint)
In memory resources
- Funeral director thank you letter (Word)
- Family in memory thank you letter with Gift Aid (Word)
- Family in memory thank you letter (Word)
Totaliser template
- Editable totaliser template (Powerpoint)
Our top tips for fundraising collections
Watch our short video to see tips on fundraising collections.
