Fundraise for Lifeline Northern Beaches
By fundraising for Lifeline Northern Beaches, you will be making a life-saving difference in your community.
Since 1968, Lifeline Northern Beaches has worked to prevent suicide and support mental health in our own backyard. To date we have answered over 1,000,000 crisis calls, and helped reduce the drivers of distress via thousands of counselling sessions.
By Fundraising for us, you’ll increase Lifeline Northern Beaches’ capacity to provide life-saving crisis support services to people right here in our community. Every dollar raised directly supports our core services: suicide prevention, counselling, financial counselling and support groups.
CHOOSE HOW TO FUNDRAISE
Your Way
Whether you're into fitness, cooking, or getting crafty, there are endless ways to raise funds and support our services.
Fitness Challenges
Challenge yourself and combine personal goals with fundraising goals or join one of our events.
In Celebration
Dedicate your big day, like birthdays, weddings, anniversaries and Christmas by asking for donations instead of gifts.
At Work
Bring your workplace together to make a real difference by fundraising for Lifeline Northern Beaches
At School
Whether you're a student, teacher, or parent, organizing a school fundraiser is a fantastic way to support mental health.
In Memory
Create a Tribute Page where friends and family can donate to Lifeline Northern Beaches in memory of your loved one.
How it works
Register in 3 quick and easy steps:
1. Create Page
Choose what type of fundraiser you would like to do and click the link to create a personal or team page.
2. Share Page
Share your page easily with friends, family and colleagues via email and links for social media.
3. Fundraise
Collect donations through your fundraising page. All donations over $2 are tax deductible.
GET INVOLVED: UPCOMING EVENTS
The Lifeline Classic
This November 17th at Queenscliff Beach, we’re holding the seventh annual Lifeline Classic surf comp, to raise much-needed funds for Lifeline Northern Beaches.
Register a team, and compete to see who can raise the most funds for Lifeline in the lead-up to the comp. All 20 teams who are fundraising will get to hit the waves in a super-fun tag team surf event – joined by some of the best pros on the circuit!
More than just a day of surfing, the Classic is a celebration of our strength as a community.
Run the scenic "Sun Run" for Lifeline Northern Beaches
Saturday, 01 Feb 2025
Get ready to challenge yourself to a 7km or 10km fun run along the spectacular Northern Beaches coastline from Dee Why Beach to Manly Beach.
Take part in the "Cole Classic" - world's biggest ocean swim
Sunday, 02 Feb 2025
Choose from the 1km, 2km, or 5km swim options from Shelley Beach to Manly Beach and make a splash for Lifeline Northern Beaches.
Local support,
supporting locals
"For five years, Cunninghams has been a big supporter of the Lifeline Classic event. From entering a team to having Cunninghams team members selling merchandise and raffle tickets at the event, we are dedicated to not just financial support but also hands-on involvement.
Through our partnership with LocalKind and touring the Lifeline call centre in Balgowlah, we know how vital Lifeline’s work is in supporting the most vulnerable in our community
Since participating in the Lifeline Classic in 2018, we’ve raised over $40,000, and we’re thrilled to be part of it again this year, raising crucial funds for this essential service."
-CUNNINGHAMS
Your support makes a big impact
Demand for our services is more critical than ever. Donations are vital to funding these critical services. In the last year we have:
51,000
Answered more than 51,000 crisis calls.
2,000
Held more than 2,000 face to face counselling sessions.
160
Over 160 new financial counselling clients.
FAQs
Where do the funds go?
While the name ‘Lifeline’ is national, Lifeline centres (like Lifeline Northern Beaches) are locally run. Funds raised directly support the mental health of the northern beaches.
Funds raised are used in our local crisis support and suicide prevention services right here on Sydney’s Northern Beaches.
Lifeline Northern Beaches provides local face-to-face services including counselling, support groups, suicide bereavement support, financial counselling, social support for the aged, and emergency response to community events across the Mosman Council and Northern Beaches Council areas.
Are donations tax deductible? Will donors get a receipt?
Donations of $2 or more are tax deductible. Anyone who donates $2 or more will automatically be emailed a tax deductible receipt.
What messaging can I use to talk about Lifeline Northern Beaches and the work that they do?
We have prepared key messaging when talking about Lifeline and Lifeline Northern Beaches in our fundraising tool-kit HERE
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