FAQs

Do it for the Cause is a simple way that you can fundraise with Islamic Relief this Ramadan. You can choose to fundraise for any one of the ten causes listed.

All projects are Zakat eligible, and have zakat eligible components.

You can fundraise for any number of causes but you can only select one cause per page. To fundraise for multiple causes, you can create a new page for each one using a different email address.

Sign up and share your page with all your friends and family. You can find additional resources here to help you in your fundraising or you can contact your local fundraising staff here.

You can set your own target for how much you would like to raise this Ramadan. Don’t forget you can increase it as you continue to fundraise over the course of the month.

If you feel that you might not be able to reach your goal, please don't worry - we appreciate that you are taking part and helping to raise funds this Ramadan. We know any good deed done in this blessed month is multiplied!

Yes! Please share your news and successes on your favourite social media site and hashtag #DIFTC so we can share your post!

You'll be able to see how the other supporters are doing too. You can also visit our Islamic Relief UK Facebook/Instagram/Twitter/

You can begin fundraising from the moment you create your page.

The pages will remain open until December 2025 so you can continue fundraising through the year.

Fundraisers who donate to their own page raise on average 42% more! Dipping into your own wallet and donating to your own page isn’t cheating - it’s the best way to get started on reaching your fundraising target. Your friends and family will soon follow suit.

No, you can fundraise offline, https://www.islamic-relief.org.uk/bank-details/ for different ways to donate. Please remember to reference your name and “DIFTC2025” when making any deposits or transfers.

You can edit your target under your page settings.

Yes, you can access more information on the projects, case studies, download pictures and a lot more in the resources section found here.

Gift Aid adds 25p to every £1 donated, at no extra cost to the donor. It’s a Government scheme that enables charities to claim this ‘extra money’ from tax that people have already paid. To allow us to claim Gift Aid, the donor has to be a UK taxpayer and have paid sufficient Income Tax and/or Capital Gains Tax to cover the amount to Islamic Relief will reclaim in the tax year. If you are fundraising offline, please make sure you send your sponsorship form to us so we can claim it.

The easiest and most cost-efficient way to collect donations is by asking your supporters to donate online through your own fundraiser page. You can also deposit any cash you've raised by card using our pay-in link: https://pay-in.islamic-relief.org.uk/

Yes, you can take on any personal challenge to help you with your fundraising - whether it's a fitness challenge or a sponsored silence - the choice is yours!

You can get in touch with us by emailing iruk.fundraising@islamic-relief.org.uk or contact your local fundraising staff here.

If you’re having problems with your page or account, don’t worry, just get in touch with the JustGiving support team by emailing help@justgiving.com.

Israel has been besieging the Gaza strip, allowing only a very small amount of food, medicine, water and other vital supplies from entering. It is needed to keep hospitals, bakeries and water plants running. Islamic Relief, working with two local partner organisations, is distributing supplies that are available within Gaza–either from the limited stocks still available on markets or contingency stocks that we had put in place through our Disaster Preparedness Plan.

Islamic Relief is partnering with the UN World Food Programme to bring emergency food supplies into Gaza. 

Currently we’re cooking hot meals daily for over 175,000 people who have fled their homes, are now living in overcrowded shelters and are in desperate need of food. So far, with WFP we’ve cooked over 58 million ready-to-eat meals since the start of the escalation.

Yes, the project is Zakat eligible

Since October 20, 2024, escalating clashes between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in Al Jazirah state.

Heavy rainfall and subsequent flooding also affected the Red Sea, North Darfur, South Darfur, River Nile, Central Darfur, West Darfur, and Kassala states.

Despite the challenges Islamic Relief has delivered vital aid to more than 1,038,606 people all over the country, including distributing food and cash, supporting health facilities and providing hygiene and dignity kits. But much more is needed as the violence spreads.

Yes, the project is Zakat eligible

Since the collapse of the previous regime, many refugees and internally displaced people are considering returning home, and thousands of people are now arriving from neighbouring countries every day – but after almost 14 years of violence, many have little or nothing to return to.

Public services like healthcare and education are in ruins, with 38% of hospitals and 47% of primary healthcare centres non-functional while over 5,200 schools are destroyed. Many schools are now sheltering displaced families. 

Our emergency response is focusing on providing emergency medicine and disposables to hospitals, health clinics and dialysis centres, supplying flour to bakeries so they can keep baking bread, Improving roads and drainage works in critical locations and ensuring IR’s Mobile Emergency Units are ready to be mobilised to the newly accessible areas with no access to surgical rooms.