Do fundraising your way!

Students at St Edmund’s Catholic Academy, Wolverhampton, selling samosas on Family Fast Day

At CAFOD, we are blessed with having incredible supporters who always find innovative ways to raise funds for our work around the world. We’re giving the spotlight to some of these supporters, to tell you about the challenges they are taking on or events they have organised in their communities.

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What is leadership?

Marchers holding a wide banner and carrying flags
Israeli Arab and Jewish workers march together on Women’s International Day. Their banner says “Women demand fair employment and social justice”.

Neil Thorns is our Director of Advocacy, Communications and Education at CAFOD. He shares some reflections and thoughts on the role we can play in the challenging, uncertain times.

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Running with purpose: TeamCAFOD triumphs at the Royal Parks Half-Marathon

This Sunday, among 16,000 other runners, TeamCAFOD lined up at the Royal Parks Half Marathon. With the weather being just as glorious as our team, and the crowds cheering loud, it was truly a perfect day! 

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Cheer on CAFOD’s runners at the Royal Parks Half Marathon

On Sunday 8 October TeamCAFOD’s runners will be taking on the Royal Parks Half Marathon. Originally set up to promote the conservation of London’s eight royal parks, the event has now raised over £60 million across 1,200 charities of all sizes and missions.

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Gather together this Harvest with your parish

Make CAFOD’s Fast Day a reason to get your parish community together this autumn. Build community and show love for our global family.

Get social and raise money for CAFOD. See if you can get all the generations in your parish involved, especially young people!

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TeamCAFOD at the Great North Run

Among the 60,000 people taking part in the world-famous Great North Run were 13 incredible TeamCAFOD runners. This year our runners faced scorching heat and heavy rainfall towards the end of the event, making completing this run no easy feat!

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Doing The Big Lent Walk

This year, we invited schools to take on a challenge like no other – CAFOD’s Big Lent Walk, and we were immediately bowled over by the number of schools that signed up and pledged to support their global family.

As we enter a new academic year, we reflect on the success of CAFOD’s Big Lent Walk and how children and young people came together to raise money and tackle poverty in communities around the world.

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From campaigning to prayer: Six ways to show solidarity

It’s only thanks to your generous donations that we can reach out to people with the love and care they need. But there are other ways you can work alongside communities around the world! In this blog we share six alternative ways to give that can make a real difference.

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