This year's Harvest Family Fast Day will be on Friday 4th October and you can find everything your parish needs to support Fast Day right here.
From links and videos, to all of our printed and downloadable materials and much, much more!
Read Daniel's story for an example of how your parish's support will be helping communities overcome poverty.
Your Fast Day checklist
Handy tips for how you can support Family Fast Day in your parish this Harvest
Arrange to give our short talk at Mass (a talk can double donations!)
Place a notice in your parish newsletter
Include our Family Fast Day bidding prayers in your prayers of intercession
Share a post on Facebook, parish WhatsApp groups or other parish social media pages
Wear your volunteer lanyard at Mass - you can order one here
Don't forget to give out the collection envelopes to parishioners as they come into church!
New this Fast Day!
Try our new virtual envelope which allows you to make your Fast Day donation online and link it to your parish. Share the link cafod.org.uk/envelope in your parish newsletter or on social media so parishioners who no longer carry cash can still make their Fast Day donation.
We also have a new poster featuring a large QR code. Place them by entrances and exits to the church for parishioners to scan and they will be taken to the virtual envelope where they can make their Fast Day donation.
Fast Day resources for your parish
Visit the CAFOD shop to order posters, prayer cards and collection envelopes or you can download resources straight onto your computer below.
Download our Harvest prayer video to share with your parish.
Downloadable Fast Day resources
Fast Day Checklist - Harvest 2024
Newsletter notice for parishes - Harvest 2024
Parish Appeal Poster - Harvest 2024
Welsh Parish Appeal Poster - Harvest 2024
Prayer Card - Harvest 2024
Short talk - Harvest 2024
Short Talk - Alternative story-led version - Harvest 2024
QR code poster - Harvest 2024
Facebook or Website Post for parishes - Harvest 2024
Contactless for CAFOD
Make donating as easy as tapping a card by signing up for a contactless account with CAFOD. Order a card reader device now or give it a try first with the new 'Tap to Pay' function. You can be set up in minutes and start collecting donations straight away using just your phone!
Find out more by visiting our contactless webpage or get in touch with us at contactless@cafod.org.uk for additional questions and support.
Other ways your parish can get involved
Simple community lunch
Come together as a parish community. Share a simple lunch and raise vital funds for communities living in poverty around the world.
Fundraise for a World Gift
Join together with your family or parish to fundraise for a World Gift and help to transform the lives of families experiencing poverty.
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.
Our A-Z of fundraising ideas
Our fundraising ideas include fun and quirky ways to raise money and can be done online, at home, with family and friends, or on your own.
Fundraising tools and advice
CAFOD online shop
Visit our online shop to order fundraising resources like posters, collection boxes and lanyards.
Summer of Hope
Get active this summer and take on a fundraising challenge for CAFOD!
Event sponsorship form
Download your form, complete your event and raise those funds for CAFOD!
How to organise your event
Follow our handy step-by-step guide for everything you need to plan 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.