Cooking or Baking Challenge

Unleash your inner chef and cook for a cause! The Cooking or Baking Challenge invites you to try new recipes, themed cooking nights, or signature dishes, all while raising funds for people in need.

What Is the Challenge?

Choose a recipe (or several!) you’ve never tried before. Cook or bake them over a set number of days and share your culinary creations with family, friends, and supporters.

Why Take Part?

• Promote healthy eating and creativity
• Enjoy fun meals with family or friends
• Raise funds while doing something you love
• Inspire others to get involved

 How to Take Part

1. Sign up and pick your timeframe
2. Choose your recipes or themes
3. Cook or bake your dishes
4. Share photos and your fundraising link
5. Invite others to support or join you

 Take It Further

• Host a themed dinner night
• Sell your baked goods for charity
• Share cooking tutorials or livestreams

1. Challenge Brief & Rules

This delicious challenge invites you to try new recipes or themed cooking nights to raise funds. Choose one day, or a full week, to create dishes you’ve never tried before. You can cook savoury meals, bake treats, or follow cultural/seasonal themes. The rules are simple: choose your recipes, prepare them safely, and share your creations with supporters. No pre-made meals everything must be homemade! Pick any day(s) you like and commit to completing your selected dishes.

2. Printable “I’m Cooking for a Cause” Poster

Your poster explains that you're cooking or baking today to raise funds. Display it in your kitchen, stall, classroom, or workplace. It reads: “Meals that Matter – Cooking for a Cause”

3. Fundraising Tips

Create a Launch Good page and ask people to sponsor each dish you cook. Set goals like “£5 per recipe” or “£50 for completing today’s menu”. You can also sell portions of your food or bake extras for neighbours. Include sample donation messages and recipe previews.

4. Social Media Guide

Post before/after photos of your dishes, share recipe snippets, or post timelapse videos. Use hashtags like #CookingForACause. Encourage supporters to vote on what you should cook next.

5. Parental/Teacher Letter Template

If you're under 18, this letter explains the challenge, food safety guidelines, and how teachers or parents can support you—such as by allowing participation during food tech classes or at home.

6. Silent Activities (Here: “What to Do During the Challenge”)

• Try a themed cuisine night.
• Cook with family
• Decorate cookies or cupcakes
• Meal prep for the week
• Create a mini cooking vlog (optional)

7. Reflection Sheet

Reflect on what you learnt: Was cooking harder than expected? What did you learn about food prep, budgeting, or sharing meals with others? How did raising funds through your cooking feel?

Read-a-thon Challenge

Turn pages to change lives. In the Read-a-thon Challenge, you commit to reading a set number of books or hours, and get sponsored for every completed milestone.

What Is the Challenge?

Choose a reading goal (hours, pages, or books). Read at your own pace over a chosen timeframe while raising funds.

 Why Take Part?

• Encourages learning and literacy
• Great for schools, youth clubs, and individuals
• Easy, flexible, and fun
• Helps inspire a love for reading

 How to Take Part

1. Pick your reading goal
2. Set up your fundraising page
3. Read daily and track progress
4. Share updates online
5. Celebrate finishing each book

 Make It Unique

• Genre-themed days
• Read with friends or family
• Host a book discussion online

1. Challenge Brief & Rules

Set a reading goal, number of pages, books, or hours, and complete it within your chosen timeframe. You must read only books, not audiobooks or videos. Pick any genres you like and stick to your reading schedule.

2. Printable “I’m Reading for a Cause” Poster

Reads:
“Books for Better Lives – Charity Read-a-thon”

3. Fundraising Tips

Ask people to sponsor each hour or book you read. Set goals like “£1 per 10 pages.” Share your reading list so supporters feel connected.

4. Social Media Guide

Post book covers, reading updates, page milestones, and reflections. Use hashtags like #ReadForACause.

5. Parental/Teacher Letter Template

Explains participation and may ask teachers to allow quiet reading time or track pages.

6. Activity Ideas

• Create a reading nook
• Join a library for the day
• Read outside
• Take reading breaks to write reviews

7. Reflection Sheet

Reflect on what stories taught you, how reading made you feel, and what you learnt about the cause you're supporting.