Event, Happening 23 May 2025

#WearPurpleForJIA

Thank you so much to everyone who supported our #WearPurpleForJIA day on Friday 23rd May 2025! For those who weren’t able to, there is still time to get involved! #WearPurpleForJIA is an annual campaign dedicated to raising awareness and funds for the benefit of those living with JIA.

When
23 May 2025

Purple Gunge Challenge – FREE Gunge Giveaway – extended to 30th Sept 2025!

Thank you so much to all the Schools, Nurseries, Workplaces, Healthcare Teams, and Mums & Dads who have taken on the Purple Gunge Challenge for us and the 10,000+ children living with arthritis.

Our Purple Gunge Challenge has proved to be so popular, we’ve extended the sign-up date to 30th September 2025! So, what are you waiting for? Sign up to receive your FREE Purple Gunge today and get involved! Who will YOU choose to be in the Gunge-Seat?! Your favourite teachers, your rheumatology team or your work colleagues?

To take on the Purple Gunge Challenge, all you need do is:

1. Order your FREE Purple Gunge* and Wear Purple Pack via the link below!

2. Persuade 2 (or more!) people to sit in the Gunge-Seat

3. Collect donations for each of the people online via JustGiving or in jam jars!

4. Gunge Day! – the Person with the most donations gets GUNGED on a day that suits you before 30th Sept 2025!

*We have 25 FREE PACKS of purple gunge to give away and in return we ask for a minimum pledge of £100. All donations will go towards improving the lives of children living with arthirits.

Wear Purple with us on 23rd May 2025!

Thank you so much to everyone who has taken part in #WearPurpleForJIA this year! We would love to see your purple pictures and videos – just email them to fundraising@nras.org.uk.

To pay in the funds you’ve raised with #WearPurpleForJIA, just click the link below!

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Check out our Facebook page to chat with others putting on events, ask questions, post details of your event, and share your photos! We would love to share your great fundraising!

About #WearPurpleForJIA

NRAS have been involved with #WearPurpleForJIA since 2016, which is when Lynette Haselip, a mum whose young daughter Farah had been diagnosed with JIA, came up with the idea to make more people aware of JIA in children.

NRAS have grown and built this special campaign over the past few years. This year #WearPurpleforJIA fundraising day is on Friday 23rd May.

We would love you to support #WearPurpleForJIA 2025. Do share your pictures and if you have any questions about paying in money or any other questions please email fundraising@nras.org.uk

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