Gaming for charity
Interested in gaming for charity? Take on one of our timed gaming challenges and help make sure no young person has to face cancer alone.
- location:
- Virtual
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Endurance, Extreme, Gaming, Virtual,
- Difficulty:
- Moderate
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How much gamers like you have raised so far!
- Start
- £0
- Raised
- £43,363
- Target
- £65,000
Timed challenges
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How gaming for charity helps
Join Aidan and start gaming for charity
I’m Aidan, when I was 15, I was diagnosed with leukaemia. While being treated at a Teenage Cancer Trust ward, the staff arranged for two of my friends to visit me in hospital, so I was able to play FIFA with them. Teenage Cancer Trust were there for me.
Take on a gaming challenge to help young people going through cancer.
Resources
Rewards
Offering incentives for donations is a great way to boost your fundraising. It could be a shout out during your livestream or naming in-game characters after those who donate.
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Polls
People who include polls on their fundraiser often raise twice as much as those who don’t.
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Milestones
Setting fundraising milestones can really help inspire people to help you get to the next big target.
Create some content to drum up some hype with your friends and followers. Ask them to support your gaming fundraiser – you could even start a charity stream team!
Check out graphics and overlays to help you promote your challenge - you can view all the assets on Google Drive. You’ll also find key stats and talking points for you to share during your gaming challenge.
On the day
- Take on a 6, 12 or 24 hour gaming marathon
- Or choose any other time you like, 10 hours, 14 hours - it’s your pick!
- Get together with your mates for a FIFA face off or stream an epic solo gaming session
Whatever you choose, every minute of your gaming challenge can help change the future for young people like Aidan.
Remember you don’t need to do your challenge all in one go. You can split up the time over a few days or weeks!
Check out our gaming for charity fundraiser tips from other Teenage Cancer Trust gamers:
- Take plenty of regular breaks from the computer - give your eyes a break away from the screen, at least for a few minutes every hour
- Stay hydrated - drink plenty of water
- Eat well - make sure you have some healthy snacks to eat throughout.
- Get up, stretch and move around – we advise every hour!
- Be sensible with your challenge length – if you’re going solo, you could split your timed-challenge across a few days, or share the challenge with others.
- If you’re not feeling well, stop the challenge – even if you’ve committed to more hours, stop the challenge and look after yourself.
Please pick any time and day that suits you.
Whether you’re a casual PC gamer, Switch gamer, a board game player or anything in between - you can still play games for good!
Gaming brings people together and when you’re a teenager going through cancer – gaming can mean so much more!
You don’t need to stream to get involved - get together with your mates to see how many board games you can get through in 24 hours, or choose your own challenge.
More about gaming for us
Set up your gaming fundraising page
Teenage Cancer Trust have partnered up with Tilitfy to make it easy for you to fundraise straight on your gaming challenge. It’s a fundraising platform made especially for gamers and creators.
Choose your challenge
Pick a date for your gaming fundraiser, whenever works for you!
Choose one of our gaming for charity challenges or set your own.
- Take on a 6, 12 or 24 hour gaming marathon
- Or choose any other time you like, 10 hours, 14 hours - it’s your pick!
- Get together with your mates for a FIFA face off or stream an epic solo gaming session
Once you have chosen, connect your stream to your fundraising page if you are planning on livestreaming your challenge.
Remember you don’t need to do your challenge all in one go. You can split up the time over a few days or weeks!
Raise the hype of your gaming fundraiser
Create some content to drum up some hype with your friends and followers. Ask them to support your gaming fundraiser – you could even start a charity stream team!
Check out graphics and overlays to help you promote your challenge - you can view all the assets on Google Drive. You’ll also find key stats and talking points for you to share during your charity stream.
Start your gaming challenge!
Every £ you raise adds up! Every donation, no matter the size, makes a difference.
So, whether you raise £5 or £500 through your gaming fundraiser, you’re supporting our mission to reach every young person going through cancer.