Your fundraising pack and challenge

The Summer100 is a fundraising challenge where you get to make your own mark. You can choose any activity of your choice whether that’s traditional fundraising like a bake sale or dress-down day, a physical challenge like walking 100k in a month or doing 100 squats a day, or something eco-friendly like picking 100 bags of litter in a month or giving up plastic for 100 days.   

The aim of the challenge is to raise at least £100 for nature, and in the process help more people connect with the wildlife and wild spaces around them.   

Summer100 launches on 10 June and lasts the whole summer, officially ending on September 22.    

Anywhere you like – just make sure you choose a safe place, and that you have the right permissions in place before you start, and that your challenge won’t impede the natural behaviours of wildlife.   

You could take on a challenge at home, in your garden, work, school, or in a public green space.   

Please note that actively fundraising on private or council property requires the authorisation of the landholder.   

Everyone can take on the Summer100 – whether you challenge yourself, a group of friends, or take on a challenge within your community.   

If you’re a school, you could challenge each class or year group to take part – they could join in with one big challenge or all take on different ones. And, if you’re in a workplace you could challenge each department to raise funds and take part and see who comes out on top.  

Yes! Teams of all sizes are welcome to take part. You could take on a team relay, host a used clothes sale, or get sponsored to create a wild garden in your community. If you plan to fundraise as part of a team, you can let us know on your registration form, or create a team Just Giving page here: (insert link). Alternatively, you can sign up individually but join forces to take on your challenge.   

The more people you can encourage to take part, the better!  

100 lucky winners will receive prizes drawn at random – to be in with a chance of winning all you need to do is raise at least £100 and have transferred those funds (or automatically sent them you’re your Just Giving page) by Monday 14 October. That gives you 3 weeks to collect your sponsorship money after completing your challenge. Prizes will be drawn on the following Monday 21 October and winners will be contacted after this date. Winners then have up to two weeks to claim their prize. Each prize is non-transferable. 

Everyone who complete the Summer100 will receive an editable certificate for taking part.  

The best way to raise money is by telling everyone that you’re taking part. You can share the reason why you’re taking on the Summer100, what you’re doing and update everyone as you progress. Use social media, and the assets you can download on this page to help you shout about it. You can download our handy poster and put it up at work, school or in your community and include one of the Summer100 sponsorship forms, or even make your downloadable donation box.   

You could ask friends and family to donate the price of their coffee, or even sell items you no longer want. You could even try offering to clean cars or cut grass in your neighbourhood in return for donations. The opportunities are endless!  

Not to worry, you’ll never be asked to make up the difference. We chose a £100 target because if every one of our members took part, we could raise over £3m! But every donation, no matter the size, helps us on our journey to restoring and protecting nature. Even if you can only raise £5 please do still take part, the actions you take and awareness you raise are just as important.  

You can either add this to your online fundraiser yourself, so your other sponsors can see how well you are doing, or you can pay it straight in to our bank account here:   

Account Name: Kent Wildlife Trust  

Bank: Barclays 

Sort Code: 20-76-63  

Account Number: 20549290  

Please do not send cash in the post. If you want to hand in cash in person please visit us at Tyland Barn, Sandling, Maidstone, ME14 3BD. To call ahead please contact 01622 662012.  

Keep your sponsors updated using social media channels, sharing your Just Giving page or by email. You can update them during and after your challenge, and don’t forget to share photos of you taking part too!  

Kent Wildlife Trust is a registered charity, established in 1958, with a mission to protect and restore wildlife and natural spaces.   

We’re the county’s leading conservation charity, with over 32,000 members and over 1000 registered volunteers. We manage and protect over 9000 acres of land across more than 90 different sites and nature reserves.  

We work closely with local communities, landowners and partners to protect and improve habitats in the countryside, coast and town for the benefit of the wildlife and people of Kent. We are working towards creating a better, more sustainable and wilder future. Together we can create a Wilder Kent.   

All the money you raise will go towards helping create a Wilder Kent. That means protecting and maintaining our current reserves, investing in vital equipment for use by our wardens and volunteers, caring for our conservation grazers, working with our community whether that’s landholders, farmer cluster groups or schools through our education programme, or in helping to reintroduce native species.   

Without your donations we wouldn’t be able to continue our vital work. That’s why every penny counts. Together, we can tackle the nature and climate crises, and together we can create a Wilder Kent.