# 5 spook-tacular 2016 Halloween fundraising events

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2016/10/27/5-spook-tacular-2016-halloween-fundraising-events/
- Published: 2016-10-27T09:40:03+01:00
- Author: Melanie May

**Trick or treating, pumpkin carving, more witches and vampires than you can shake
a stick at… yes, it’s Halloween, so what spooky fundraising spectaculars are going
on this year? Here are five frighteningly fun events that have passed our diabolically
demanding tests…**
 

![SKFF Halloween](https://wfay6x.infiniteuploads.cloud/2022/01/sick-kids-foundation-
trick-and-treat.webp)

SKFF Halloween

#### 1) The Sick Kids Friends Foundation Trick & Treat campaign

The [Sick Kids Friends Foundation](https://www.edinburghsickkids.org/) (SKFF), which
supports the Royal Hospital for Sick Children in Edinburgh, has launched its Trick&
Treat campaign. The activity asks people to share their favourite Halloween themed
joke on the Edinburgh Sick Kids Facebook page, which will then be told to the kids
on the 31st to give them a spook-tacular night to remember.

SKFF is also asking people to donate by text. SKFF has also organised ghostly storytelling
with Flotsam and Jetsam, Bats, Cats and Spiders with SKFF’s Art Cart drama with 
Fizzgig Theatre, a Halloween movie special with Pix in the Stix, a magic show with
Tricky Ricky and of course Trick or Treating on the wards.
 

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> Oxfam to open Halloween-themed pop up in Shoreditch [https://t.co/xfouh8tekB](https://t.co/xfouh8tekB)
> [pic.twitter.com/LB3NLwMh5z](https://t.co/LB3NLwMh5z)
> — Oxfam Fashion (@OxfamFashion) [October 13, 2016](https://twitter.com/OxfamFashion/status/786494133380624389?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

#### 2) Oxfam pop-up Halloween shop

[Oxfam](http://www.oxfam.org.uk/en) has opened a pop-up charity shop in London’s@
BOXPARK Shoreditch, selling a range of items inspired by Victoriana and Gothic fashion
for Halloween and the festive party season. Vintage wedding gowns, lace-trimmed 
blouses and wool suit blazers are among the items that will be on offer during the
week-long pop-up shop.

Items on sale have been handpicked by garment sorters at Wastesaver, Oxfam’s Northern
textile recycling hub and funds raised by the temporary shop will go towards Oxfam’s
work with the refugee crisis affecting Syria, Jordan and Lebanon.

![Vampire-like cat. Photo: Pixabay.com](https://wfay6x.infiniteuploads.cloud/2016/
10/vampire-cat-pixabay.jpgpeg.jpeg)

Scary cat. Photo: Pixabay

#### 3) Battersea Dogs and Cats Home Scaredy Cat evening

[Battersea Dogs and Cats Home](https://www.battersea.org.uk/) held a Scaredy Cat
rehoming evening at its Brands Hatch centre this week to encourage people to come
and meet some of the cats that need rehoming. The event included spooky Halloween
treats and refreshments, a Name that Cat competition, freaky face painting, a terrifying
tombola, and cat mask making.

![Diabetes UK Dress Diabolical campaign](https://wfay6x.infiniteuploads.cloud/2022/
01/diabetes-uk-dress-diabolical-campaign.webp)

Diabetes UK Dress Diabolical campaign

#### 4) Diabetes UK Dress Diabolical

[Diabetes UK](https://dressdiabolical.diabetes.org.uk/) is asking people to Dress
Diabolical this Halloween to raise funds for the charity. The campaign, which was
[introduced last year](https://fundraising.co.uk/2015/10/22/diabetes-uks-introduces-fancy-dress-halloween-fundraising-event/),
encourages people to dress up in their best Halloween outfit and have some fun at
school, work, or at home. It costs £5 to sign up, and an online fundraising toolkit
is on offer to inspire participants who would also like fundraise as part of the
event.

All funds raised will go towards supporting the charity’s work in the UK.

[Diabetes UK shared what it learned](https://fundraising.co.uk/2015/12/10/three-takeaways-from-diabetes-uks-launch-year-of-dress-diabolical/)
from last year’s inaugural event on UK Fundraising.
 

> Whatever you do this Halloween, make it green! [https://t.co/UDmXXQsNCG](https://t.co/UDmXXQsNCG)
> [#GoGreenForHalloween](https://twitter.com/hashtag/GoGreenForHalloween?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
> [pic.twitter.com/acP8lRniPE](https://t.co/acP8lRniPE)
> — NSPCC (@NSPCC) [October 24, 2016](https://twitter.com/NSPCC/status/790561226719985665?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

#### 5) NSPCC Go Green for Halloween

The [NSPCC](https://www.nspcc.org.uk/what-you-can-do/events/go-green-halloween/)
doesn’t care what you do or wear, as long as it’s green with its Go Green for Halloween
campaign. It’s asking people to raise funds to support its work by getting together
with friends, family or colleagues and baking freaky cakes, dressing up in ghoulish
green, or taking on a chilling challenge. It’s even offering a free personality 
quiz on its site to help people work out what activity they might most enjoy.
 And
there are many more Halloween-themed fundraising activities of course. Including…

 * World Vision’s fourth annual ‘[Carve a Heart](https://rileyscuisine.com/2016/10/28/covent-garden-pumpkin-patch/)‘
   at Covent Garden’s Pumpkin Patch.
 * RSPCA’s Rehome a Pumpkin Pet:

 
 _Main image: Battersea Dogs and Cats Home, Brands Hatch_