Barnardos Christmas Jumper Day
Get ready to don your favourite festive jumper and show off your festive style! We’re excited to continue our newest holiday tradition, Barnardos Christmas Jumper Day, and we are asking you to join in the fun!
By coming together with colleagues, friends, family, or classmates to wear your most fabulous, silliest, most outrageous, or most stylish Christmas jumper, you can help us provide support where it’s needed most, ensuring vulnerable children receive the care, warmth, and security they deserve. Christmas is a time for joy and togetherness, but for many families, it can be a challenging time.
There are so many families who rely on Barnardos each Christmas. We really do need your help, we can’t let them down.
Every euro raised will go directly towards supporting our services, including nutritious meals at our Breakfast Clubs and After-School Clubs; essential practical supplies like food parcels and fuel vouchers; and emotional support for families facing difficult times. Together we can really make a difference to the life of children we work with- Because Childhood Lasts A Lifetime.
How it works
Step 2: Choose your Christmas Jumper Day date
Step 3: Wear your jumper and spread the word!
Step 4: Return your funds
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Tips to make your fundraising raffle a success
- Make it an event! – Host your Christmas Jumper Day alongside a festive bake sale, coffee or hot chocolate morning, or organisations part to raise even more. Can’t get together in person? Set up a virtual Christmas Jumper Day on a video call!
- Add some friendly competition! – Split everyone into teams to design and decorate a festive jumper or t-shirt. Use fabric paint, glitter, baubles, lights, or other Christmassy things you can get your hands on
- Matching Gift Schemes – Ask your workplace if they offer a matching gift program – many employers will match your fundraising efforts, doubling your impact!
- Share your fun – Encourage people to take photos in their jumpers and share them on social media, tagging #barnardos_irl and using the hashtag #ChristmasJumperDay.
- Most importantly, spread the word – Share details of your Christmas Jumper Day via email, in messaging groups, or on your social media channels, and encourage those you know to show their support
Frequently Asked Questions
Barnardos Christmas Jumper Day is a festive fundraising event where participants wear their favourite Christmas jumper and raising vital funds to support vulnerable children and families across Ireland
Anyone! Whether you’re at work, school, club, or gathering with friends or family, all are welcome to join in and help us spread joy while supporting Barnardos
Signing up is quick and easy! Simply visit here to register.
You must sign up to receive your fundraising pack, which includes everything you need to get started. Your fundraising pack will be sent shortly after you register. Please allow a few days for delivery.
No, you don’t have to buy a new Christmas jumper. You can wear any festive jumper you already own, upcycle an old one, or great creative and make your own!
After your event, you can send in your donations online through here or by sending them to Barnardos directly.
You can collect donations directly through your fundraising page set up when you register. If you have donations after your event you can add them to your fundraising page, send your donations online by sending them to Barnardos directly.
We encourage participants to reuse jumpers they already have or get creative by upcycling an old one. The goal is to have fun while making a difference, not to buy something new. Feel free to craft your own or swap with friends to keep the event as eco-friendly as possible!
Yes, absolutely! You can easily set up your own fundraising page through iDonate
Simple click on this link:
Click on “Start Fundraising” to create your own page
This allows you to collect donations from anyone directly online. Once your page is live, you can share the link, making it easier for everyone to support your event.
Online fundraising is a great way to track your progress and encourage more people to donate, even if they cannot attend your event in person. It is also secure and convenient.
Get in touch
Need help getting started or setting up your online fundraising page? Our Christmas elf, Michelle. is here to help!
Contact Michelle at [email protected]