Support children and young people with heart conditions and their families by going red this February with ECHO. Wearing red to school, work, or your weekly club is the easiest way to take part, but the world is your oyster when it comes to choosing an event. Whatever you do, make sure you register your fundraising using the form below to be part of the team!

Get involved by wearing red

It’s easy peasy – just follow these few simple steps…

• Decide where you’ll organise your Wear Red day: school, college, work, your weekly club… wherever you like!
• Speak to  your school, office, etc to tell them about National Heart Month, and ask if they’d be happy to choose a day in February where everyone wears red for ECHO and donates to the charity.
  – Choose how much people donate to Wear Red. We suggest a minimum donation of £2
  – Use the letter template below to support your ‘ask’
• Register your Wear Red day using the form
• Get ready to collect donations – remember to have a pot to collect cash donations!
  – For cash donations see details below
  – If you prefer, you can set up a JustGiving Fundraising page here: www.justgiving.com/campaign/echowearred2025 and direct people to donate there
• Check permissions for photos and sharing
  – Check if your school and parents are happy to be in a group photo wearing red
  – Take photos of those happy to have them taken and share with ECHO
• Dig out your red clothes – it could be a red t-shirt, jumper, dress, trousers, socks, shoes or a hat – just make it red! The redder the better. If you’re limited to office attire, why not try a red pair of socks or a tie?

Share on social media with #WearRed #NationalHeartMonth #RedForECHO

Fancy doing something else? The choice is yours but here are some ideas to get you started – just remember to register your event!

• Get baking! Hold your own bake sale, ask friends and family to bake too, and donate cakes and biscuits, then sell them to raise funds for ECHO
• Red raffle! Ask your local shops and businesses to donate something red, and then sell raffle tickets for ECHO
• Red themed quiz! You can do it online or choose a venue like your local pub or hall. Have a red themed round for bonus points!
• Sports tournament! Part of a sports league or do your children play? From footy to swimming, could you gather the troops for a fundraising tournament for ECHO?
• Get musical! How about a sponsored singathon? Or singing some red songs – think Simply Red and Lady in Red!

After the big day – sending us your fundraising

Well done and congratulations on organising your own fundraiser for ECHO! We hope you enjoyed it!

Do contact us and let us know how it all went, as now it’s time to send us your donations.

Here’s how:

Through JustGiving: if you set up a JustGiving fundraising page, your donations will come directly to ECHO

By cash: for any cash donations, pay the amount into your own bank account, and then send us the total by bank transfer, webpage donation, JustGiving or cheque.

By bank transfer:

Our bank details are

Account Name: Evelina Children’s Heart Organisation Limited

Account Number: 00089883

Sort Code: 40-52-40

Reference: Red and your surname (so we can easily identify you and that you’re taking part in National Heart Month)

Online through ECHO website: you can donate the total directly to ECHO

By cheque: please make the cheque payable to ‘ECHO’ and send to the Fundraising team at the address below. Please include a note with your name and contact details so that we can let you  know it has been received.

ECHO, Canterbury House, 1 Royal Street London, SE1 7LL

Your Heart Month Photo Gallery

Fundraising challenge ideas:

23 Mar

Hampton Court Palace Half Marathon

6 Apr

London Landmarks Half Marathon 2025

6 Apr

Brighton Marathon

Thank you

On behalf of our members, thank you for helping us to connect up the heart community and offer support which without your help would not be possible. If you have any questions you can contact the ECHO team.

If your family, friends, school or workplace take part in National Heart Month we would love to hear about it so please get in touch!

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