The Cause
Three ways to fund the cause, none of them mid-party
The Bali Nyonga family in Europe gives with dignity and in daylight. Fundraising moves out of the party and into the year, and the Gala is a celebration again, not a collection exercise.
See the challenge events
How we give
Giving all year, not only at the Gala
Challenge events across the year
A step challenge with chapter leaderboards, a health walk, a race and a heritage hike. Members ask friends and colleagues to sponsor them; nobody is asked for money in the room.
At the convention, in daylight
Bazaar stalls on Friday at midday share part of their takings with the cause. The auction of Bali craft and donated items. Convention merchandise and sponsorship of the children's Lela Olympiad.
Year-round named campaigns
The Giving House on LelaHub: one named project at a time, a live total, and every pound reported by the charity partner. Matched giving from patrons, standing orders and business pledges.
Raised so far
The total, in the open
We update this total from the charity partner's figures. Every pound is reported through them.
Chosen with care, announced soon
The cause and our charity partner
The cause and the charity partner who will hold and report every pound will be announced once they are agreed. We will publish what the money does, how it is governed and the charity's registration number here.
Raised so far£0
Our target will be announced with the cause.
Giving opens when the cause is announced.
Charity partner to be announced.
Challenge events
Get moving for the cause
Pick a challenge, ask the people who know you to sponsor you, and see your chapter climb the leaderboard.
Step challenge
Dates to be announced
Count your steps with your chapter and climb the chapter leaderboards. Friends and colleagues sponsor you; nobody is asked for money in the room.
Diabetes-awareness health walk
Dates to be announced
A walk together to raise awareness of diabetes, sponsored by the people who know and love you.
5k or 10k race
Dates to be announced
Run, jog or walk 5 or 10 kilometres and ask friends and colleagues to sponsor you.
Sponsored heritage hike
Dates to be announced
A longer hike for those who like a challenge, sponsored step by step.
At the convention
In daylight, and one hour at the Gala
Friday midday
Bazaar and auction
Bazaar stalls with a cultural slant share part of their takings with the cause. Bali craft and donated items go under the hammer.
During the weekend
Prize draw and merchandise
Convention merchandise and a prize draw. The details of any prize draw will be published once they have been checked against the rules that apply.
Saturday, at the Gala
One hour of digital giving
For one hour only, you can give on the app, with a live total on the screen. Then the party. No call-outs from the floor, no pledges by name.
Convention money and cause money never mix
The convention's accounts stand alone. Every pound for the cause sits entirely outside them and is reported through the charity partner.
How the convention is run