Retrak is committed to enabling vulnerable children find a permanent home away from the street. But we can’t do it on our own – we rely on ordinary people spending a few hours of their time to help raise funds for our projects in Africa.
If you are interested in raising funds for Retrak, this webpage will help you get started – you can read about ways people have fundraised for us in the past and download our Fundraising Pack containing loads of ideas, hints and tips.
Check out our EVENTS page here to see what we have going on at the moment!
Scrap your car for Retrak
If you have an unwanted car which you’re planning to scrap, why not donate it to Retrak and help us to raise funds whilst limiting the environmental impact?
Giveacar.co.uk is a social enterprise that raises money for charities by accepting donations of unwanted cars. Giveacar arranges the collection of your vehicle for free, and every car is either recycled to high environmental standards or sold at auction. The profits of each sale are then directed to a charity of your choice – so please support Retrak by donating your unwanted car to us through Giveacar!
Working in conjunction with a nationwide salvage operator Giveacar is able to collect any car or vehicle from anywhere in the UK, at no cost to you. Giveacar also cares for the environment, and cars that are not auctionable are de-polluted, recycled and disposed of in accordance with DVLA and Environmental Agency guidelines. Figures from the DVLA
show that every year, approximately two million vehicles are taken off the road, yet only 50% of these cars are disposed of in an environmentally-friendly way.
Giveacar only uses authorised treatment facilities, and a minimum of 85% of the weight of your car is recycled. Each car donated through Giveacar raises an average of £80 for charity. Last month alone, generous donations of unwanted cars raised over £20,000 for registered charities in the UK. Telling your friends and family about Retrak’s partnership with
Giveacar will help us to tap into this new source of revenue that can make a huge
difference.
For more information click to visit the Giveacar websiteShop for Retrak! 
We've now signed up with Causeback which allows you to raise money for Retrak by shopping online with the UK's top retailers including Marks & Spencer, Sainsbury’s, Amazon and many more! Special offers for Causeback customers are also available.
Click here to learn more & remember we'll receive a donation EVERY time you connect via Causeback.
Here are a few examples of how our supporters have raised loads of money for us.
Download our Fundraising Pack for more information and a full A-Z of ideas.
- Alison from Bristol did a tandem Skydive and raised £1,400
- Volunteers in Washington did a 'Yard Sale' and raised over $4,000 dollars.
- Helen Glasspoole walked 191 miles for Retrak and raised over £1,000.
- A team from Laing O'Rourke climbed the Three Yorkshire Peaks and raised £1,400 for Retrak.
- Children in Brussels took part in a 'fun run' and raised 1,000 Euros.
- David cycled from London to Paris and raised over £2,000 for Retrak.
If you are planning to put on a fundraising event, we’d love to hear about it! Please email mailbox@retrak.org or call (0161) 486 5104 – we’ll be very happy to help with any aspect of your fundraising such as posting leaflets, helping to organise or promote you event.
Thank you for supporting Retrak!
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Retrak is delighted to announce a new partnership and support from the Australian Government Aid Program for our work in Ethiopia helping street children return home to their families and communities through healthcare (focus on HIV/AIDS), education, training, skills development and economic support.
Retrak is equally delighted to receive support from the Japanese Embassy in Ethiopia for our work in Addis Ababa. This support will allow Retrak to create a duel location service support centre for street children in Ethiopia and refurbish a new, larger, service centre to accomodate more children and increase Retrak’s capacity to help the children move away from the street. The current Retrak drop in centre will also be refurbished in order to provide emergency refuge to the most vulnerable children at night and create addtional training space for income generation and micro business support. This will allow Retrak to offer services to double the number of children.