Fast Day in your Parish
Find everything you need to hold a Fast Day collection in your parish including all of our Fast Day resources .
Harvest Family Fast Day is on Friday 4 October.
Keep scrolling to find everything you need to support CAFOD this Family Fast Day at home, at school or in your parish.
“If God helps and this work expands, I can do greater things”
These are the hopeful words of Daniel, a 21-year-old carpenter from Goma, in the eastern region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
Daniel, like many young people in Goma, has faced big challenges. Ongoing instability in the DRC, and poor infrastructure, makes it difficult to get a good education or find work. But Daniel took an opportunity to participate in carpentry classes run by CAJED, CAFOD’s local partner in Goma. Thanks to the donations of CAFOD supporters like you, Daniel learned how to make furniture. He now has a small workshop and makes tables, chairs, and doors that he sells in his local community.
Daniel is carving out a better future for himself and his family, standing as a sign of hope for other young people in Goma. Give today so that people around the world can learn new skills and fulfil their God-given potential.
Harvest Fast Day
School fundraising
Your giving means we can reach more communities around the globe. Take a look at our current fundraisers or be inspired by our World Gifts!
Harvest prayer resources
Find prayer resources for all ages and pray with us this Harvest as we come together in hope of a brighter future.
Fundraising events
Community lunches
At home, at work or in your parish - share a simple lunch with your friends and family this Harvest with one of our delicious recipes from around the world!
Gather Together
Make CAFOD’s Fast Day a reason to get your parish community together this autumn. Build community and show our love for our global family.
A-Z of fundraising ideas
Our easy fundraising ideas include fun and quirky ways to raise money and can be done online, at home, in your parish, in school or on your own.
Contactless for CAFOD
Make donating as easy as tapping a card by signing up for a CAFOD contactless account.
Resources for families and schools
Fundraising tools and advice
CAFOD online shop
Visit our online shop to order fundraising resources like posters, collection boxes and lanyards.
Sponsorship form
Download your form, complete your event and raise those funds for CAFOD!
How to fundraise for us
Follow our handy step-by-step guidance for planning, promoting and hosting your fundraising event.
How to pay in your fundraising
Advice on how to send us the donations you worked so hard to raise using our website, or by post, phone or bank transfer.