Thousands of children help DinoDay Challenge roar past halfway goal

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Tuesday 20 May 2025

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It’s been just a couple of weeks since registrations opened for this year’s DinoDay Challenge and we’re already well over halfway to our fundraising target of £25,000!

This year’s challenge has been off to a roaring start, with thousands of participating children raising over £15,000 in donations from more than 1,250 supporters.

In fact, DinoDay is now in the top 1% out of thousands of active fundraising campaigns on JustGiving!

If you still haven’t joined, don’t worry: there’s still plenty of time to get involved in our inclusive and family-friendly challenge this June.

How to join the DinoDay Challenge

Getting involved couldn’t be easier. Simply register for your child’s free DinoDay t-shirt and activity tracker, choose a fun challenge to take on (inspired by the number 19), and then set up your JustGiving fundraiser so friends and family can sponsor you.

We have detailed instructions on how to join the DinoDay Challenge on our website, as well as answers to almost any question you might have in our DinoDay FAQs.

Most families will be kicking off their challenge in June, but many couldn’t wait and decided to get started in May. It’s entirely up to you when to start, as long as you complete your challenge by the end of June.

There’s no fundraising target, but your child will get a digital certificate to mark their achievement if they raise more than £10 — and a special DinoDay medal for raising over £30!

Get inspired by this year’s participants

If you’d like some inspiration, parents in our special Dinoday Facebook group have been sharing all sorts of creative ideas of what to do for their challenge this year.

As well as the more popular choices like doing 19 acts of kindness and reading 19 books, we’ve also seen some unique ideas that we hadn’t come across before — such as completing 19 obstacle courses and cooking exotic new dishes from 19 different countries.

So far, this year’s superstar fundraiser has been 10-year-old Noah, who has been completing 19 laps on his new disability tricycle (and sharing brilliant updates of his adventures on his JustGiving page along the way).

Side-by-side photos of young boy in a green DinoDay shirt riding a disability tricycle

Noah has already raised more than £800 from nearly 50 donations in under two weeks. That’s almost as much as what last year’s top fundraiser raised in two months!

We couldn’t be prouder of all the amazing children who have been dedicating their time to completing the DinoDay Challenge so they can help raise vital funds for Contact’s life-saving services for families with disabled children.

Register to join them today and have a blast completing a roar-some challenge of your choice this summer!