Fundraising ideas for Wear Your SCARF Day

This toolkit of resources is designed to support Wear Your SCARF Day, which is on Friday 7 February, as part of Children's Mental Health Week, Feb 3-9 2025. You can, of course, choose to hold your special Wear Your SCARF Day at a time that best suits you, including using the event to raise funds for your chosen charity, or your SCARF package. Some of the activities will also help to embed SCARF values, even if you choose not to have a special event day or to fundraise.

 

SCARF Knitathon

In the run-up to the day, with the help of a knitter, children knit a square either at school or at home. On the day, sew or safety-pin the squares together to make one very long scarf. Turn this into a fundraiser having a competition about guessing the length of the scarf. Children pay to enter. This mindful and creative activity also promotes mental wellbeing during Children's Mental Health Week.

Sponsored SCARF read

Children can try to read as many books as possible relating to the SCARF values in a given time. Here are some suggested books to get you started with this and to add to those in your school or class library.

Give to Others

Promote the SCARF value of Caring by collecting for a local food bank. 

Being Well Bake-off!

At home or at school children could bake buns with emojis on them to show different segments of the Wellbeing wheel. (If done in school this can involve maths.)

Sell the buns during the school day - and even at the end of the day when parents/carers collect children, to encourage them to give money.

Design a SCARF

Children pay a small sum to take part in a Design a SCARF competition. The winning entry could be made.

Alternatively, provide the children with a template, such as the Joined-up SCARF downloadable sheet (in the Resources needed area).

Guess the SCARF's Length

Roll up a long scarf and put it in a big jar. Children pay a small amount to guess the length of the scarf.  The winner gets the scarf - or another prize!

Walk a SCARF mile

Organise a sponsored walk, run or skipathon around the school grounds or other suitable venue. Consider options for bad weather! Children wear their scarf when taking part in this, of course!