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MWH team at the mountain summit during WaterAid's Munro Challenge
Escape the office for the day for WaterAid!
Credit: MWH

Supporting WaterAid can be a great way to motivate employees, increase teamwork, help create a positive workplace atmosphere and give employees the opportunity to develop new skills. Why not mark World Water Day or World Toilet Day with one of the following fundraising ideas.

Water droplet graphicAuction of promises – Instead of goods, promises of people's time, labour or talents are auctioned off to the highest bidder.

Give an hour
Get everyone in the company to think about how much time they save having water on tap and donate an hour's pay to WaterAid. Find out more.

Water droplet graphicBe a sport – Make fundraising your goal with an It’s a knockout, five-a-side football, netball or golf tournament or even a traditional sports day.

Mobile money
Old phones = safe water. Donate your old mobile or organise a recycling collection. Find out more.


Water droplet graphicDress down day – Make a donation to WaterAid and avoid wearing your suit or uniform for the day! Tasteless Tie and Tack Earrings always go down well!

Water droplet graphicPhoto competition – Challenge everyone to take a photo on their holiday with a watery theme, and then hold a photographic exhibition in your canteen or reception area.

Taste for Life
Host a food event, invite your guests to make a donation and encourage them to host their own Taste for Life event! Find out more. 

Water droplet graphicSpend a penny – place a collection box by the toilets with a notice asking everyone using it to make a donation each time they spend a penny!


Water droplet graphicThe Big Splash – Get your revenge - put your manager in the stocks and charge to throw wet sponges at them.


Water droplet graphicTime for Tea – Hold a coffee and cake morning, bake sale or tea party for your colleagues.

Turn wine into water
Organise a wine-tasting competition in the lunch hour? (With buckets to spit out the wine, of course!)


Water droplet graphicWater quiz – Check out your employees' IQ by holding a water themed quiz night.

Drink More Water
Swap your usual tipple for water for a week and get sponsored for every drink of water you have instead of alcohol. Find out more.


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Guess the… number of sweets in the jar; amount of rain to fall in a month – guess anything for a donation!