What is ‘Fundraise with Purpose’?
Fundraise with Purpose is the community fundraising stream of Giving Day.
It’s a simple, flexible way for staff, patients, families and community supporters to get involved in a way that feels meaningful and achievable.
There is no set challenge and no right way to fundraise. However you choose to take part, your fundraising will make a real difference.
Your fundraising will support patient care projects and life-saving research across RBWH and STARS. Each year, our hospitals care for around 600,000 patients, and Giving Day helps make that possible. Fundraise with Purpose is about turning everyday actions into real outcomes for patients and families.
All donations made to Fundraise with Purpose pages are being matched between 1st May – 10th June, meaning every dollar raised will go twice as far.
How It Works
Step 1: Register
Choose 'Your Way' to fundraise for Giving Day and register your page.
Step 2: Make It Personal
Choose a title for your fundraiser and a fundraising goal.
Step 3: Share and Raise Funds!
Share your page with your friends, family and colleagues and start fundraising!
Ways to get involved
Fundraise with Purpose is about choosing what works for you. Whether you want to get moving, bring people together, or do something completely your own, every action helps create impact. Your way. Your purpose. Here are a few ideas to get started.
Your Way, Your Purpose
- Host a bake sale, BBQ or morning tea.
- Organise a small workplace or team fundraiser.
- Fundraise together with friends, family or colleagues.
Move with Purpose
Step up for Giving Day and get active in a way that suits you.
- Take on 600,000 steps in 30 days with your team.
- Do 6km your way, walking, running, swimming, or rolling.
- Create your own movement challenge and invite others to support you.
Past Fundraisers
Looking for some fundraising inspiration? Check out some of the ways our current and past supporters have rallied their friends and family to support their fundraising activities.
Annie’s Aneurysm High-Tea
At the age of 21, Annie Barnett was left fighting for her life, after a rupture of two brain aneurysms and a stroke. What followed was a lengthy recovery period and numerous surgeries.
Thankfully, Annie is now thriving - back to living her life to the fullest and eternally grateful to the team of doctors and nurses at RBWH that saved her life.
To show her appreciation, Annie held a high-tea to raise awareness of her condition and to raise almost $6,000 for the RBWH Foundation to support patient care and medical research.
Rally for the Royal
In 2014, Reece’s life changed in an instant when he was hit by a car while riding a motor scooter home from work. The amazing neurosurgical team at the RBWH not only saved his life but inspired a career change. Reece is now a Physiotherapy Assistant at RBWH and one of our most committed fundraisers.
At one stage, Reece thought he may never walk again, now he has found a passion for running and fitness, and uses his fundraising page to clock up generous donations from his network of supporters.
Recently commemorating 10 years since his accident, Reece (with support from his RBWH colleagues), completed 3,650 push-ups in under 30 minutes, raising $1,937 for the Foundation.
OT Grilling for Good
In support of the 2024 RBWH Foundation Giving Day, the Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital (RBWH) Occupational Therapy team headed to Newstead Bunnings where they donned their aprons and ran the famous Bunnings sausage sizzle for the weekend.
Cooking up a storm, they went through over 700 sausages, 25kg of onions and 40 loaves of bread in order to raise an mpressive $3,383.90 for the RBWH Foundation. And, thanks to our Giving Day matching donors, this resulted in a total of $6,767.80 raised for Giving Day!
Banchory 100km Challenge
In Oct 2022, Scottish tourists Morag, her husband Martin, and their children were doing a once-in-a-lifetime trip around Australia when she was suddenly struct down with encephalitis - an inflammation of the active tissues of the brain caused by an infection or an autoimmune response. She was taken to RBWH and when she woke, she couldn't talk and was paralysed down one side.
Over the next six weeks, Morag received care at RBWH, before being transferred back home to Aberdeen, Scotland, for further care.
To thank RBWH and all the other doctors and clinicians who looked after Morag during her recover, her husband Martin and 7 of his mates decided to walk 100 kilometres over the scottish mountains of Aberdeen in 24 hours, raising over 11,000 pounds and donating over $4,000 to the RBWH Foundation.
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Tips and Tools
Still haven't found what you're looking for? Check out our free fundraising resources and frequently asked questions via the links below. Or for more information contact our friendly community fundraising team via fundraise@rbwhfoundation.com.au.
