FAQs

Click the 'Rise Up' button on the home page and select which way you want to Rise Up–Challenge Yourself, Donate Your Day, Get Creative or Host an Event.

Fill in the form and straight away you'll get access to your online fundraising page. 

If you can't think of a fundraiser you want to do, you can join someone else's by searching from this list.

Immediately after you sign up, you’ll get access to your personal fundraising web page where your supporters can make donations and you can track your fundraising progress. Within 1 week of signing up, you’ll also receive a Welcome Kit (via post) containing resources and tips that make fundraising both fun and easy!

There are 4 different ways to Rise Up:

1. Challenge Yourself: Choose this for any sort of challenge … run your first 5K, do a 30-day meditation challenge, climb Carrauntoohil or take 10,000 steps everyday for a month. If you feel like inspiring others to join you, you can make your challenge “public” which will allow others to sign up and do the same activity while fundraising on their own fundraising page. 
2. Donate Your Day: Donate your birthday, anniversary, wedding day, baby’s birth, even your pet’s birthday! Instead of gifts, ask friends and family to make a donation to your fundraising page. Celebrating has never been better!
3. Get Creative: You can turn any idea into a fundraiser….auction your artwork, do a bake sale, wash cars, sing in the streets, sell lemonade, paint silly portraits - anything goes!
4. Host an Event: Feel like organising a public event such as a community 5K walk, a pub quiz, golf tournament or concert? This is the option for you! A few important things to keep in mind:
   1. When you sign up as an event Host, you will get access to your event page where people can sign up for your event as well as make donations. When people sign up for the event, they will receive their own fundraising page so they can ask for donations from their personal networks. The total amount raised by all participants in your event will show up on your event page.
   2. You can designate a co-host during the signup process, if you wish.
   3. Instead of selling tickets to your event, we suggest you ask for a minimum donation amount. But, if ticket sales are necessary, then please contact us and we can set up an event page that can accommodate tickets. 

Group/Team fundraising is only available if you use the Challenge Yourself or Host an Event options.

When you sign up, you’ll be given the option to make your fundraiser “public”. 

The Welcome Kit contains a Rise Up wristband, a poster (which you can customise with your own message), a checklist (which also doubles as a tabletop sign) and some Rise Up stickers (which you can wear or give to your top supporters).

Welcome Kits are sent (via post) within a week of you signing up. If you haven’t received your kit within two weeks of signing up, please contact support@alustforlife.com.

Our team is here to help you be successful with your fundraiser. If you have a question or need help, please don’t hesitate to contact support@alustforlife.com.

Planning and producing the event or activity is the fundraisers sole responsibility. A Lust for Life can provide relevant fundraising resources as well as offering support and guidance regarding your fundraising.

What we cannot do:

• Provide onsite staff or volunteer support at your fundraising activity.
• Extend our tax exemption to you.
• Provide funding or reimbursement of supporter expenses, except under reasonable circumstances which is preapproved.
• Solicit sponsorship revenue or goods for your fundraising activity.
• Provide celebrities / ambassadors for your fundraising activity.
• Provide mailing lists of donors, medical staff, employees, volunteers or vendors.

What we can do:

• Offer advice and expertise on event planning, promotion and budgeting.
• Provide templates and other resources.
• Provide key campaign messages and social media handles and hashtags.
• Provide education materials about the work we do. Our team is here to help you plan a successful event. So, if you have a question or need help, please don’t hesitate to contact us.

Start by logging into your Dashboard to customise your fundraising page with your photo. Asking potential donors for support is more effective if they understand why you’re fundraising.  So, while you’re in your Dashboard, update the blog text with your personal connection to the cause of youth mental health.

Next, you can easily share your page directly from your Dashboard using the social share, WhatsApp or email buttons. (There’s text already pre-loaded…but feel free to make it your own!) You can also download a QR code poster from your Dashboard which you can hang in your office, school, clubhouse or community centre. (When supporters scan the QR code, it will send them directly to your fundraising page where they can donate!)

We also have a full library of graphics you can post to your social media or send via text or Whatsapp to your supporters. Just be sure to include a link to your fundraising page so people know where to donate.

There is no required level of fundraising. Remember that every euro makes a difference!

We encourage you to aim high with your fundraising goal and raise as much as possible. On average, people have raised around €500…so that’s why we suggest that as a target…but the sky is the limit!

You can always increase your fundraising goal in your Dashboard. (Most people do!)

The more you raise, the more digital badges and fundraising rewards you will earn! When you reach €500, you’ll also end up on our Wall of Fame!

1 in 5 children in Ireland live with anxiety. That’s not childhood. That’s a crisis. Our Rise Up fundraisers are helping us change it.

At A Lust for Life, we believe that mental health education is a right, not a privilege. Through our schools programme, we give children the skills to manage emotions, build resilience, and navigate life’s challenges, before a crisis hits. All funds you raise will directly support our mission to empower and educate all young people in Ireland through early preventative mental health programmes. Your support allows us to continue this important work and respond where the need is greatest. Learn more about our mission and our work here.

Your online fundraising dashboard is your own website where you can easily manage your fundraising. You can personalise your page with your own story (blog) and photos; as well as send out emails and social media posts to collect donations and thank your donors.

On your Dashboard you can see a list of your donors, the total amount you’ve raised towards your goal and also a button to increase your goal. (A great idea if you’re getting close to your target!)

You will also see the badges you can earn by completing simple fundraising tasks and hitting milestones.

You can add or change photos by clicking on the ‘Edit My Page’ tab. Follow the prompts and ensure you save your changes. Click the ‘view’ link above your fundraising information to see your changes.

You can change your page name and personal message by clicking on the ‘Edit My Page’ tab. Follow the prompts and ensure you save your changes. Click the ‘view’ link above your fundraising information to see your changes.

You can easily share your fundraising page supporters directly from your Dashboard using the social share, WhatsApp or email buttons. (There’s text already pre-loaded…but feel free to make it your own!)

You can also download a QR code poster from your Dashboard which you can hang in your office, school, clubhouse or community center. (When supporters scan the QR code, it will send them directly to your fundraising page where they can donate!)

We also have a full library of graphics you can post to your social media or send via text or Whatsapp to your supporters. Just be sure to include a link to your fundraising page so people know where to donate.

You'll find this in your registration email. You can also try searching for your fundraiser here. If you can't track it down, please contact us and we'll find it for you.

Double-check that you're entering your username and password correctly. Remember, your password is case sensitive. Did you forget your password? No problem. Once you click login, you'll see a prompt if you've forgotten your details. We'll send you an email with a reminder of your username and a link to reset your password. Please contact us if you continue to have trouble.

Double-check to make sure that the photo is a jpg file and no larger than 4 MB. All uploaded images will be resized to fit in a 300-x-400-pixel space.

Customise your team and individual fundraising pages by sharing your story and why you’re raising money for youth mental health. This helps boost your fundraising success, showing potential donors why this cause is important to you.

If you plan to include personal information about other people on your fundraising page, including family members or friends, please be sure to consult with them first in case they have concerns about seeing such information made public.

Check with the person or group that has asked you for a donation…they can provide you with a link to their personal fundraising page. You can also click here to search for the individual, group or team you wish to support. Once you find them, you can donate directly on their page.

You can make a secure online donation using a credit card, debit card, Google Pay, Apple Pay or Paypal. If you wish to make a donation some other way, please contact us.

A receipt will automatically be sent to the email address you provided when you make your donation. If for some reason you didn’t receive one, please contact us and one of our team members will be able to help you.

Online gifts supporting A Lust for Life (including Rise Up donations) will appear as “A Lust for Life" on your credit card, debit card, or Paypal statement.