Make more of your event at school

Teachers, pupils, parents – anyone can organise a Coffee Morning at school. It’s a great way to get the whole school community together for a fun, fuss-free event. And what’s more, the money you raise will help improve the lives of people affected by cancer. 

Here are some handy resources to help you create a buzz.

Spread the word...

Pick a time and a place that works for you and start creating a buzz wherever you can.

Be.mac posterCreate your own|

Create your own posters and tickets for your World’s Biggest Coffee Morning event on our be.Macmillan website|

 

A services poster for promoting your coffee morningPosters|

Pop up our invite poster to let your colleagues know where and when to come. What’s more, it doubles up as a thank you poster too so you can share how much you’ve raised after the event .



An e-invite

E-invites|

Why not use our fun e-invites| to invite along your friends and family.
 

Invites to use for your World's Biggest Coffee MorningInvitations|

Invite friends, family, colleagues and anyone else you can think of to your event. If they can’t make it, they can still make a donation. 

 

Make more of yours...

Gift aid

Gift aid

Gift Aid turns four hours of Macmillan time into five without costing your guests an extra penny. Request our Gift Aid form| or tailor your own online| then encourage your guests to fill in their details and tick the Gift Aid box to make their donations worth even more.

Show how much the money matters

Use the We are Macmillan – and so is your school DVD found within your Coffee Morning Kit and find out how your money helps. Remind pupils and guests of how they are helping Macmillan by putting up our handy poster|.

Get learning

Help pupils understand what it’s all for with these engaging assembly plans, available for primary| and secondary pupils|. And take the learning into the classroom with these primary| and secondary| activity sheets.

ASDANYou can also use Coffee Morning to support several ASDAN (Award Scheme Development and Accreditation Network) programmes and qualifications. Find out more about the linking the event with ASDAN courses|.

Get talking about cancer

Help your pupils get the facts about cancer. Our free Talking about cancer toolkit for teachers contains everything you need to talk to 9-11 year olds about cancer – including a DVD, curriculum based lesson plans and classroom posters. Order your pack on our Macmillan schools page| or call 0845 601 1716 .

No uniform day 

Charge £1 or £2 for students to come in to school in no uniform. You could even do a ‘Go Green’ day especially for Macmillan. Check out our poster|.

Make your Coffee Morning look pretty

Shop window

Make your Coffee Morning look amazing with our bunting and you can even decorate your baking treats with our cake cards|. Or check out Coffee Shop| to buy some gorgeous products and make your event look amazing.

Tea stirring

Lyn and Bowes School students
Children from year 6 helped take orders and serve biscuits to the parents and staff. As you can see, the children look very smart in their Bowes Primary aprons as waiters and waitresses for the day.  bgblockquoteend
 Lyn Hobbs, Bowes Primary School
Coffee Morning is really inspiring and there are lots of opportunities to weave it into the school’s needs. 

I love to see children really coming to understand that looking after other people, and bringing kindness into the world really matters. And I love to see their cheeks bulging with cake for a treat! All in all, it’s time really well spent.  bgblockquoteend
Vicky Keen, Head Teacher