Mary's Meals - A simple solution to world hunger that works

There are many ways someone can fundraise for Mary's Meals and we are constantly amazed at the generosity of supporters who fundraise for us.

Whether their endeavors raise £10 or £1000 the funds are welcome and vital to our work. You will find out the many ways you can fundraise for us here.

Organising an event?
If you want to organize an event to raise money we can provide; posters, leaflets, Mary’s Meals DVD's, T Shirts, speakers from Mary's Meals, sponsor forms etc. If you are interested in turning a celebration such as a birthday into a fundraising event you will find more information on Alternative Giving.

Taking part in a sponsored event? If you are organizing a sponsored event or an alternative giving celebration you can set up an online fundraising page through justgiving.com. This is easy to use and gives your supporters the opportunity to donate online.

Setting Up A Support Group
This can be as simple as you and a few friends getting together to promote or raise money for Mary’s Meals in your area. However we are beginning to hear of organized groups, so far all in parishes, who have set themselves up with the express purpose of supporting Mary’s Meals. They will get together to pray for the work but also undertake fundraising events.

Other ideas
Request a Mary’s Meals collection box and suggest friends and family do the same.Would your town support an Mary's Meals charity shop? Is that something you would be interested in becoming involved with? We usually open a shop where there is a group of people who have expressed a real interest in getting one up and running.

Give As You Earn (GAYE)
This is a way of donating to charity direct from your pre-tax wage. Sometimes an employer will match what is donated by their employees. Perhaps your place of work would consider Mary's Meals as the nominated charity.

Tell people about Mary’s Meals!
We cannot emphasize too strongly just how effective telling other people about Mary's Meals can be. You never know where that conversation can lead!

Mary's Meals Kitchen
Charlie Doherty aged 6 has already raised enough money to feed 100 children everyday over the past 2 years. Now he has set his sights on raising £6000 for a Mary's Meals kitchen...more>

'50 on 50 for 50' Tim Olsen
On August 31st, my 50th Birthday, I am leading a team who will walk 50 kilometers in one day to raise money for Mary's Meals....more>

Millport - The Wild West
Inspired by how horrible it would be to run 7 successive marathons in the desert, and the thought that we could raise some cash without having to do, erm, well, much...more>

Joan MacLellan runs the Marathon
I have been training for what seems like months and have found it pretty tough. At the moment I can't imagine being able to run the full 26.2 miles but I'm going to see soon enough...more>