When is shave for a cure

They could have marked themselves as private, so they don't come up in the search results. Check your spelling - you can just put a few letters in the search boxes to widen your search. However, please note we cannot make your donation anonymous from the participant. They will be able to see the name and amount you give from their secure fundraising dashboard. If you lose your tax receipt, we can issue a duplicate.

When you reach the donation page, select "Make a business donation" and enter the Company name. Many businesses will match monies raised or donated by staff for occasions such as World's Greatest Shave. Start by asking your manager, or if you have further questions, please contact us.

Yes, you can sponsor a team. Search for the group using the team name or the name of the team captain. A tax-deductible receipt is sent by email directly to you. And your sponsorship goes towards the team total without sponsoring any specific member of the team.

You will receive a receipt via email, but you'll need to check with your financial advisor about whether the donation is tax-deductible outside Australia. Please check that the card number and expiry date you are entering are correct. Confirm that there are sufficient funds available, and the card is valid.

We send you an email when you made a donation and attach your tax receipt as a PDF document. Or you may have requested privacy while you were making your donation.

Sign up online! Click the sign up button at the top, right-hand corner of our website. Sign up here ; we'd love to have you on board. There is no age limit to participating. Please download our Under 18 Consent Form. Please keep for your records as proof that you have permission to participate. Many students do not shave or colour during term times as it can be against school policy — and choose instead to shave at the end of the year, so they are shaved during the holidays, and it has time to grow back before the start of the new school year.

If you would like a physical kit, give us a call on Don't forget there are plenty of fundraising tips available on our Useful Resources page too! If you requested a physical kit, the delivery should take working days to reach you.

If it has not arrived, call us on and we will get it sorted for you. No, you can cut, colour, wax, or wear a wig for the day.

If you colour, use a temporary colour spray or coloured hair wax. Some people mostly men also shave or wax another part of their body, for example, a beard, moustache, legs, chest or back. You could also rock rainbow locks, a mullet or a bowl cut as you count down to your buzz cut. These are all excellently Instagram-able moments!

Many women opt for No. Many of the ponytails snipped from those taking part can be turned into wigs for those with cancer, while shorter hair clippings can be transformed into compost and even floating booms to absorb oil spills at sea.

You can place ponytails that are a minimum of 20cm, dry, tied at the top, plaited in the middle and tied at the bottom coloured is okay in a zip lock bag. Please ensure you apply the correct amount for postage.

You can use a prepaid satchel take careful notice of the weight restrictions on the pouch or take your ponytails in the envelope into the Post Office for the customer service representative to process for you. We encourage you to take part in a team of friends, workmates, or classmates if you can.

Start a team and nominate yourself as the team captain. Team captains can recruit more team members and keep the enthusiasm going in the lead up to the day when everyone shaves or colours their hair.

Team captains can log in to the website and send an email to invite people to join their team. The email contains a link which invitees can click on to take them through and register. Once they complete registration, they will be part of your team.

If you signed up as an individual and other people want to join you, you can upgrade to a team. Easy peasy. Brush the clipper blades between each shave and wipe the edges with a cloth and a few drops of hospital grade disinfectant available from all supermarkets. Every two or three shaves, you may also need to put a couple of drops of clipper oil on the blades. Make sure you wipe this off before shaving the next person. If colouring hair we recommend temporary coloured hair spray.

Always cover people's eyes when spraying their hair — a small piece of cardboard or plastic is best for this. Asking professional hairdressers to help at your private shave event if safe to do so is a good idea as they deal with the safety and comfort of clients every day.

Shavers, sprayers and sweeper-uppers should all wear disposable gloves during your private shave event. Read all the safety tips by logging into your fundraising dashboard and looking under the Policies and Safety tab on your home page. No, please do not use any of your fundraising money to buy hair spray.

Your sponsors have donated money, believing it will go towards the charity, so you must give it directly to the Leukaemia Foundation. If you need a receipt for donated goods, please contact the Leukaemia Foundation. Please note, Tax Office rules do not allow receipts to be written for donated services.

Generally, participants choose to colour their hair using brightly coloured, non-permanent, spray-on colour. Non-permanent hair colour sprays are available in many leading pharmacies and large retail chains. Your local hairdresser can also offer advice about colouring your hair with non-permanent coloured hairsprays and waxes. We recommend you go to your local pharmacy, large retail chain or hairdresser and purchase non-permanent coloured hairsprays. All sprays and chemicals could cause an asthma attack.

Of course, it will. How quickly that happens varies from person to person. Please take a look at our useful resources. If you still require our logo, email us or call on When you sign up choose 'Outside Australia' as your location. When completing your address details, please select your country FIRST so that our system will accept your non-Australian address.

We suggest you log in to our website and do as much fundraising as you can online. Your online donors will still receive a receipt, but they'll need to check with their financial advisor about whether the donation is tax-deductible if they live outside Australia. If you raise any funds in cash, bank that money in your account and donate through our website for the same amount using a credit card.

This year, shaves will take place in backyards, workplaces, hair salons and lounge rooms across the country. We ask anyone holding their private shave event to comply with up-to-date state COVID regulations. If anyone involved in the private shave event becomes unwell — we ask that you postpone your event or take it online using tools like Facebook or Instagram Live and Zoom.

Planning a virtual shave event means people can tune in and join you no matter where they are in a safe, fun way. Check out this cool resource. Click here to log in.

Yes, spread the word! Tell your local media about your shave or colour. Click here for contact details. Often the best place to start is your local hairdresser. Then check with others in your suburb or town. Do you have any friends that might own clippers? Due to social distancing restrictions in place to keep our communities safe, the Leukaemia Foundation encourages participants to shave at home.

The safety of the blood cancer community is always our highest priority. For the best tips and ideas, check out this cool resource. Leukaemia Foundation staff must take reasonable care for their health and safety and to not adversely affect the health and safety of others.

Our team will always practice hygiene and other measures to protect against infections, including:. When you sign up, we'll give you your very own fundraising page where you can upload photos, post videos to your timeline, choose a goal and tell your story. From within your fundraising dashboard, you can send emails asking for sponsorship. The email will contain a link to your fundraising page, where people can sponsor you with their credit card — easy! Start asking for sponsorship as early as possible.

Remember that by asking someone to sponsor you, you are allowing them to support an extremely worthwhile cause. Look at our fundraising tips! When you share your fundraising page onto social media for friends and family to support you, Facebook may prompt you to set up a fundraiser through them too.

Facebook is an excellent way to fundraise. We love following your journey and celebrating your massive efforts alongside you, which is why we recommend that you use your official World's Greatest Shave fundraising page. It's not always a safe or profitable thing to do. You can run a small raffle or trade promotion in aid of a charity, but the rules can be complicated and vary from state to state.

It depends on how valuable the prizes are and whether you are selling tickets or giving a free access in return for a donation. Click here to find yours. Fundraising after you've shaved your head is significant too, as everyone can already see the incredible sacrifice you've made and how committed you are to the cause.

Spread the word and fundraise online, or get creative and raise money at work, school and in your community. Check out our fundraising tips! Ask your sponsors to visit www. A tax-deductible receipt is sent by email directly to your sponsor. Yes, you can. The Do It For Cancer team is here to help. We can provide one-to-one support to guide you along the way. Not sure what you want to do yet? Not a problem. Give one of our fundraising experts a call at 65 65 85 or reach out via the Contact Us section.

Get started. She told us: "I have always thought about what it would be like if he was still around. Grandpa missed out on seeing me graduate from primary school, which made me really sad. Sophie pledged to shave her hair "to find cures for those suffering so that other families can spend more time with the people they love.

ABN 51 Shave, cut or colour to help free the future from cancer I'll make a hairy sacrifice!