Prepare to unleash your inner elf

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1 Prepare to uleash your ier elf

2 It s fu. It s festive. Ad it s for a fatastic cause. Yes, 8 December is Elf Day, whe people across the atio uite i support of people affected by demetia. Hostig a Elf Day is a great way to get frieds, family or colleagues together to raise vital fuds for Alzheimer s Society ad have copious amouts of fu i the ru-up to Christmas. Takig part is ot oly fu, it s ridiculously easy. Here s how: 1 Pick a day ad tell the world Ca t do Friday 8 December? No problem. You ca host your Elf Day o ay date i December. Use the Elf Day poster iside this pack to help get the word out ad get the people i your world o board. 2 Make your day great. Express yourself! Whether you go elf from head to toe or host a elf-themed bake sale, there s a sledge load of differet ways to make it a day to remember check out the ideas i this pack. 3 Doate Oce the fu is doe ad you ve collected all your doatios, all that s left to do is pay them i full details at the back of your pack. Every little (ad ot-so-little) helper makes a big differece Demetia is set to be the 21st cetury s biggest killer, with someoe developig it every three miutes. It does t discrimiate, it devastates lives ad so may people are facig it aloe. But by uitig to uleash our ier elves, we ca beat demetia. O Elf Day you ll be helpig us get closer to a world without demetia. All the moey raised by your little ad ot-so-little helpers will go towards improvig diagosis, care ad treatmet, ad fidig a cure would pay for a carer of someoe with demetia to atted support sessios for a moth, where they ca share experieces ad practical tips with other carers ad, most importatly, kow they re ot aloe. would pay for a year s testig of drugs i a cliical trial, acceleratig the search for a effective treatmet for small vessel disease, a leadig cause of vascular demetia. 2 It all adds up. For every poud you raise, thak you. 3

3 Now this is what we call FUNdraisig! Some ideas for raisig moey o your day Go elf The easiest way to do Elf Day is to get everyoe to go elf. Ask all your frieds, family members ad colleagues to dress up i festive gear (for those who do t facy goig elf head to toe, just a hat is fie). Collect 2 from everyoe takig part, ad create categories ad prizes for the best dressed elves to spice thigs up. Sposored challege Tur your Elf Day ito a sposored challege. Ask people to sposor you to do your weekly shop, the school ru, or atted a big work meetig i your elf gear. Set a target ad let everyoe kow you ll oly go through with it if the target is met. Or how about a bit of elfy competitio? Ask your maagemet team, club members or a group of frieds to set up a Just Givig page for Alzheimer s Society. Set a deadlie: the perso with the lowest doatios by the deadlie has to dress up for the day. Go to justgivig.com/alzheimerssoc ow to set up your Elf Day page, ad use the poster i this pack to boost doatios. Bake up some elfy treats Host a Elf Day bake sale. Thik gigerbread, mice pies, cady caes ad aythig red ad gree. Britai loves bakig, so ecourage people to get creative i the kitche so you ca sell their elfy treats to raise fuds. You could also get a Christmas cake doated ad do a guess the weight competitio. Elves uite More FUNdraisig ideas Fu ad games Lay o some festive games o your Elf Day use the games i this pack, or try oe of the oes here Guess the cady caes i the box Buy some cady caes (or see if you ca get some doated) ad wrap them up i a ice Christmassy box. Ask people to pay 1 to guess how may cady caes i the box but o peekig, they ca oly rattle it! Give the closest guess a prize. Christmas bigo Yule love our festive bigo cards (sorry, oce the pus start we ca t stop!) Dowload the cards at alzheimers.org.uk/elfmaterials ad let the fu commece. Do t forget to ask everyoe takig part to doate, ad give the wier a prize. Elf Day pub quiz Dowload our Elf Day quiz sheet at alzheimers.org.uk/ elfmaterials ad host a festive pub quiz. Everyoe pays to eter ad there s a prize for the wiig team. Elf Olympics How quickly ca you decorate a Christmas tree? Who ca wrap up a preset fastest? Who ca create the logest paper chai i 10 miutes? These are just a few suggestios we re sure you ca thik of more. Everyoe pays to eter, ad the top Elf Olympia wis a prize. 4 5

4 Elf support We have lots of fabulously festive extra materials you ca dowload to help make your Elf Day a huge success: Butig Paper chais Elf mask Elf quiz sheets Just skip alog to alzheimers.org.uk/elfmaterials Have questios? Need support? Cocered about elf & safety? Team Elf at elfday@alzheimers.org.uk or call Uleash your ier elf 6 Elf Day ideas You ll fid them all here: alzheimers.org.uk/elfsupport Shop for Elf merchadise Elf-themed goodies for sale at alzheimers.org.uk/shop icludig t-shirts, hats, props ad glasses. Tell the world about your Elf Day As well as usig the poster i this pack, shout about your fudraisig by dowloadig our Facebook cover photo at alzheimers.org.uk/elfmaterials. Share your selfies ad Elf Day pics o social media usig #elfday ad let everyoe kow you re fudraisig Payig i the moey Set up a JustGivig page The easiest way to fudraise for Elf Day is with a JustGivig page. Ask frieds, family ad colleagues to doate directly via your page, ad these doatios will come to us automatically. Visit justgivig.com/alzheimerssoc to set up your JustGivig page ow. Pay i olie Pay i your doatios olie at Pay i by phoe Call to pay i your doatios usig a credit or debit card. Post us your doatios Use the doatio form ad FREEPOST evelope i this pack to pay i by cheque. 7

5 Thak you Visit alzheimers.org.uk Call Like us o Facebook facebook.com/alzheimerssocietyuk Follow us o Alzheimer s Society operates i Eglad, Wales ad Norther Irelad. Registered charity o