The 118 Challenge: let’s change lives!
Last year, 118,134 young people went to their council presenting themselves as homeless or at risk of homelessness.
The 118 Challenge aims to raise awareness around the staggering number of 118,134 young people affected by homelessness and to raise funds for our crisis-preventing services for children and young people.
Together, we can help make a difference for young people living in Sussex and Surrey. Take on the 118 Challenge and together we can change lives!
118,000 reasons to get involved
118,134
16-24 year olds were homeless or at risk of homelessness.
One in 62
young people are homeless or at risk of homelessness.
10,002
young people in the Southeast of England are homeless or at risk of homelessness.
Getting involved is easy! Just register your interest through this form and we will send you our fundraising pack where you will find some ideas and instructions on how to set up a Just Giving page.
Once you have set up your Just Giving page, let us know and we will send you some things you can share on your socials. Also, do let us know if you need anything else for your challenge.
Decide what challenge you’re going to take on and from there you can work out how best to raise money;
- Doing a physical activity? Ask for sponsorship.
- Doing a bake sale or raffle? Sell cake/tickets for £1.18.
- Host a dinner party and ask guests to donate £11.80.
See more ideas here.
There are lots of ways you can show your support.
- Tell a friend about the challenge!
- Share our posts on your own social media account.
- Sign up to our newsletter
- Make a one off donation
Fundraise for The 118 Challenge in four easy steps
Pick your challenge
What will you do?
You could go for a challenge like a skydive or a marathon, or hold an event or an activity such as a bake sale. You can do fundraising on your own or as a team.
Book your event
Now book your place or pick the date for your event!
Whether you are taking part in an organised event or arranging your own, please let us know what you’re planning so we can help in any way we can.
Let us know
Once you have decided what to do (on your own or as part of a group), let us know.
We will send you our fundraising pack with everything you need to get started such as T-shirts or collection tins.
And fundraise!
Create your online fundraising page and you're all set.
Your fundraising pack will give you some fundraising tips and guide you in setting up your fundraising page and sharing it with everyone you know!
Ideas
- bake 118 treats and sell them
- learn to juggle for 118 seconds straight
- cycle/run/swim/walk 118km in a month
- walk 118,000 steps in a week
- run 11.8 miles
- swim 118 lengths of a pool
- host a dinner party and charge £11.80/person
- do 118 keepy-uppies in a row
- hold a raffle and sell tickets for £1.18
- host a second hand book sale and charge £1.18/book
- play 1 round of golf, 18 holes
- compliment 118 people throughout the month
- pick up 118 bits of litter
- sell pieces of your art/creations for £1.18/£11.80
- 11hr8m danceathon, walk, other activity
Mix it up...
- 1 bake sale, learn 1 new skill, swim 8km
- 1 run, 1 cycle, 8 walks
Your support helps young people in Sussex and Surrey
Dani’s story
Dani’s life had been chaotic and unstable. Her social worker referred her to YMCA DownsLink Group, and, with the help of her YMCA WiSE project worker, she began to make better decisions around relationships and her future.
