Phil Spencer promotes Woolly Hat Day 2016 for homeless people
Howard Lake | 21 November 2015 | News
TV presenter and property expert Phil Spencer is supporting St Mungo’s Broadway by promoting the homeless people’s charity’s Woolly Hat Day 2016.
The event, now in its sixth year, involves thousands of people wearing beanies, baseball caps, berets and many other forms of headgear to help St Mungo’s Broadway raise money for its work supporting homeless men and women.
Spencer is a patron of the charity. He said:
“I’ll be joining a big group of generous celebrities on Woolly Hat Day and taking my hat off to help homeless people get ahead. We are hoping to raise £60,000 this year, so I’m urging everyone to head to woollyhatday.org to take part. “The cold winter weather really brings into focus the importance of helping people without a roof over their head at night. I’m supporting St Mungo’s Broadway because I believe that homeless people should have a place to call home and be able to fulfil their hopes and ambitions.”
Fundraising activities
Taking the plunge for Woolly Hat Day
Fundraising activities and ideas for Woolly Hat Day 2016 include:
• Online celebrity hat auction for a famous piece of headgear, from 23 Jan-31 Jan 2016
• Wearing hats for the day at school, college or university.
• Eating your hats: the charity is encouraging people to get baking with its Woolly Hat Day cupcake recipe
• Holding a hat party at work or home
• Making a text donation by texting WOOL06 £3 to 70070.
The celebrity hat auction has raised over £41,000 since it was launched in 2011 and has included donations from celebrities including Joanna Lumley, Sir Elton John and Benedict Cumberbatch.
Howard Sinclair, St Mungo’s Broadway Chief Executive, said of Woolly Hat Day:
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“It is a fun and friendly way to support our charity – there’s no running, hiking, swimming, trekking or jumping out of aircraft involved – we simply invite you to wear a hat to help us raise awareness or make a donation.”
About Howard Lake
Howard Lake is consultant editor of UK Fundraising. He founded the site in 1994 and successfully sold it in 2022. As director of Giving X Ltd he is exploring growing giving on a massive scale.
He is the founder of Fundraising Camp and co-founder of GoodJobs.