# After Adoption tries to make fundraising a big picnic - Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2014/06/30/adoption-tries-make-fundraising-big-picnic/ - Published: 2014-06-30T08:12:24+01:00 - Author: Howard Lake **Adoption support charity After Adoption will this year run a week-long fundraising event called The Big Picnic. It is inviting businesses, schools, community groups and individuals to pack a picnic hamper and invite friends and family between 4 and 13 July.** The charity hopes to encourage as many fundraising picnics as possible during the week – at work, school or home – with guests buying tickets to attend or organisers collecting donations on the day. The charity is encouraging supporters to be creative and host a British, vintage or teddy-bear themed picnic. ![Cartoon illustration for After Adoption's The Big Picnic 2014 showing seven people( adults and children) and a dog walking to the right towards a picnic, holding an umbrella and a fishing rod.](https://wfay6x.infiniteuploads.cloud/2023/09/after- adoption-the-big-picnic.jpg) After Adoption’s The Big Picnic 2014   Siobhan Heffernan, fundraiser for [After Adoption](http://www.afteradoption.org.uk/picnic), said: ## Advertisement > “Wherever you plan to picnic, our fundraising pack is filled with inspiration > to help make your event a great success and make a huge difference to those affected > by adoption. > “People are picnicking in the park or their garden and we’ve even got one group > picnicking up a mountain!  Some groups are planning for traditional British Summer > weather and organising an indoor picnic.” ![The Big Picnic 2014 fundraising team (from left to right): Anna Quire, Rob Lennox, Rebekah Hayes, Nathan Bibbon](https://wfay6x.infiniteuploads.cloud/2023/09/after- adoption-the-big-picnic-fundraising-team.jpg) The Big Picnic 2014 fundraising team (from left to right): Anna Quire, Rob Lennox, Rebekah Hayes, Nathan Bibbon * **[After Adoption celebrates its 20th birthday by launching ‘£20k for 2010’](https://fundraising.co.uk/2010/01/27/after-adoption-celebrates-its-20th-birthday-launching-03920k-2010039/)( 21 January 2010)**