About Raise'24

Well, this is exciting! In partnership with B4’s charity members, Raise'24 started as the seed of an idea which has now grown to be one of Oxfordshire’s largest fundraising events of the year!

Charity at heart

B4 has always had charity at heart, having organised and competed in bike rides from Paris and Edinburgh Castle to Blenheim Palace as well as numerous London Marathon appearances and Blenheim Triathlons. But this event has the potential to be HUGE, and we’re so lucky to be supporting some absolutely amazing local charities, who are all so important to our local community and need our support now more than ever. We could have named hundreds of charities, but have carefully selected ten, with one more to be announced.

An annual ambition

The ambition is for this to be an annual event, so hopefully with the support of our amazing B4 community and businesses beyond, we can all make this ambition become a reality.

At B4 we run lots of events that stimulate collaboration and partnerships between our members, but this event, taking place on Friday 13th December at Keble College in the heart of Oxford, will provide us all with a fantastic opportunity to work together and support those less fortunate than ourselves.

How will it work?

The format for the day

We’ll begin the day with breakfast at 9am in the Great Hall, Keble College, followed by a motivational speech at 9.30am to get teams in the mood to hit the phones and laptops until 12pm to get their donations in, most of which should have been pre-pledged before the event. During the fundraising we’ve got lots of entertainment planned, and with everyone in Christmas themed outfits, it promises to be a glorious, colour-filled festive spectacle!

Before the Awards are handed out and the final grand total is announced, everyone will enjoy a pre-lunch drink in the college bar at 12pm before sitting down to a sumptuous three course Christmas lunch back in the Great Hall at 12.45pm. The event is scheduled to end around 3pm.

100 fundraisers, 25 teams

A maximum of 25 teams each made up of four individuals will pledge to raise at least £500 per person, so £2,000 per team or a massive £50,000 in total. Up to100% of the target can be fundraised during the year through other activities and teams can use December 13th to tie up loose ends or raise more funds.

This could be the perfect alternative to your office Christmas party, or you can enter as an individual, or create a team with people from multiple organisations.

find out who's signed up so far

Funds raised

The final total will be split six ways, with each of our Gold charities receiving 1/6th of the final amount raised, and the six Silver charities sharing the final 1/6th.

Funds raised will be held by Oxfordshire Community Foundation (OCF) in a dedicated B4 Raise Fund, which will allow Gift Aid to be added where relevant. OCF will then distribute funds to the beneficiary charities as grants in 2025.

Get involved now!

ANY business can submit a team.

Please see more information in the SUPPORT section about team entry and sponsorship packages. For all other enquiries please contact our fantastic Events Manager, Tina at tina@b4-business.com.

Sign your team up now or become a sponsor for the event

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