Your Community Champion journey starts here
Create your fundraising page in 60 seconds and start making a difference locally.
Make an impact in 3 easy steps
Create
Complete the registration form to set up your fundraising page.
Personalise
Add your profile image and your story then share your page with family, friends and others.
Share
Use our Community Champions Tool Kit to bring your ideas to life, fully supported by our regional fundraising team.
Fundraising for a great cause in your own community
When you become a Community Champion, every pound you raise helps people living with mental illness in your community. Youll be supporting vital support groups and helping us to create new ones right where you live— safe, welcoming spaces that bring people together to connect, share experiences, and find hope together.
Many of these groups are run by volunteers with lived experience, offering understanding that only comes from those who’ve been there. They’re lifelines for many — places of comfort, friendship, and recovery there at the point of need no long waiting lists.
We receive no government funding for this vital work. That means your fundraising — whether it’s a bake sale, fun run, or quiz night — directly keeps these liflines open and helps new ones grow in communities across England.
By fundraising locally, you’re giving people in your community a reason to hope and a place to belong.
Get Involved
We will provide you with everything you need to make a difference in your local community and get your fundraising off the ground.
Web page
Your own personal fundraising page
Fundraising Hub
Access to the Community Champions Fundraising Hub — packed with ideas, resources and support to bring your ideas to life.
T-shirt
Recieve a free Rethink Community Champion T-shirt (once you reach £50)
Dedicated fundraising support
Our expert fundraising team are here to support you all the way.
Ready to start making an impact
"There was a lot of hope"
Andrews Story
Andrew has been attending our Wiltshire Hearing Voices group after struggling with voice-hearing and unusual beliefs. He shares how the group’s welcoming and supportive environment has helped him to live a more peaceful life.
Need Some Inspiration?
Host an Event
Plan a quiz night, coffee morning, or an event. Bring people together and make a difference.
Get Moving
Walk, run, cycle, or dance-every step you take helps improve mental health support in your community.
Get Baking
Cupcakes, cookies, or artisan breads. Sell your creations and raise funds while filling hearts (and bellies).
Sell Something
Clear out your cupboards or get creative, from vintage clothes to handmade crafts, your sales can save lives.
Physical Challenge
Take on something epic-climb a mountain, swim a mile, or join an organised race for mental health.
Celebrate Something
Turn your birthday, wedding, or anniversary into a fundraiser by asking for donations instead of gifts.
Ready to champion mental health in your local community?
Your journey to making a difference starts here.
"How peer support groups changed our lives."
Peter and Janine's Story
Rethink Mental Illness - Surrey Support After Suicide Group: Provided vital suport to Peter and Janine, here their story in their own words
About Rethink
Community Services and Groups
Our community Groups and Services keep people living with mental illness safe and well in the community, prevent their needs from escalating, and help them live independently,
Support groups
Our network of over 140 local support groups offers a welcoming, non-judgemental space to talk about your experience and get peer support.
Community Mental Health
Rethink Mental Illness has established a Community Mental Health Unit to transform community mental health care. We believe this is not a task for the NHS alone, but for communities
Community Champions in Action
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