GET FIERCE. GET FUNDRAISING.

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The idea behind Wear it Wild is simple. In workplaces, schools and homes across the country, people will be donning an item of wildlife-inspired clothing – raising money to help protect our incredible world.

We want to see you wear it. Brave it. Rock it. Nail it. Boss it. Strut it. We want to see you work it. Because if we’re going to save our world, we need to be fiercer, braver and louder than we’ve ever been.

So, from the playground to the workplace, no matter how you Wear it Wild, get fierce for your world.

WEAR IT WILDIS FIERCER THAN EVER

WHY IT’S TIME TOWEAR IT WILD

WE ARE THE FIRST GENERATION TO KNOW WE ARE DESTROYING THE WORLD. AND WE COULD BE THE LAST THAT CAN DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT.Our world is under threat like never before. Globally we’re all using the planet’s resources faster than nature can restore itself. We are wiping out life on Earth and we are fast approaching the point of no return, when the damage can no longer be undone.

Nature provides our life-support system. We cannot survive without it. So we must all act right now to reverse the damage and restore nature. Together, we can save our world, and help nature and people thrive for future generations.

SINCE 1970 OUR GLOBAL WILDLIFE POPULATIONS HAVE DECLINED BY MORE THAN HALF.

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SWISH IT STOMP IT NAIL IT

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SOCK IT WING IT

KNOT IT You can Wear it Wild in any way you like. From penguin print tops, tiger stripe ties or a subtle pair of elephant earrings… the choice is yours!

SHOP ITSearched every corner of the wardrobe and still in need of some wild attire? Shop our Wear it Wild collection here: shop.wwf.org.uk/collections/wear-it-wild

UPCYCLE ITTry to upcycle or recycle items that you already have. Maybe you could ask a family member or friend to lend something for the day? Everyone has something animal-inspired hiding in their wardrobe: leopard, snake, zebra, palm print, butterfly… the list is as long as you are creative!

HOW WILL YOU GET FIERCE?

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CHOOSE YOUR FAVOURITEFUNDRAISING IDEAS

Asking people to donate to Wear it Wild is great, but there are many other things you can get your teeth into to make your day extra special. Check out our suggestions in this booklet or come up with your own activity.

PICK A DATEWe would love you to join us in June to celebrate Wear it Wild but if that’s not possible, you can always choose a date that suits you best. June is also home to World Environment Day, so it’s a great time to show your support for our world!

USE OUR PROMOTIONALMATERIALS

In your Wear it Wild pack and on our website wwf.org.uk/wearitwild you’ll find extra resources you can use before, during and after the day.

GET NOTICED ON SOCIAL MEDIA

Use Facebook, Twitter and Instagram to ROAR all about your Wear it Wild day and why you’re getting fierce. Make sure you post some great pictures using #WearItWild

DONATEOnce you’ve held your Wear it Wild day, it’s time to put your donations to work! Pounce on over to page 16 to learn how to pay in the funds you’ve raised.

STRUT ITWE WANT TO SEE YOU…

WEAR IT WILD

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Dress up, raise funds for WWF and show everyone just how fiercely you’re standing up for your world!

Your Wear it Wild day can be as simple as dressing up and making a donation – but why not follow our steps and go for something much more ambitious?

Contact the Wear it Wild team for any questions wearitwild@wwf.org.uk

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BOSS ITAT WORK

WE WANT TO SEE YOU…

WEAR IT WILD AT WORK

Transform an ordinary day in the office into an event to remember. Dress-down Fridays are so tame – it’s time to get fierce!

Collect a donation from everyone in their wild attire (or charge a fine for the lack of). There are all sorts of ways you can make your Wear it Wild day go further.

Corporate social responsibilityGetting your office to Wear it Wild offers your organisation a great opportunity to work towards corporate social responsibility objectives and show your employees, customers and other businesses that you care about the fight for our world.

We’ve got plenty more tips and ideas at wwf.org.uk/wearitwild

BAKE ITCombine your wild attire with this firm fundraising favourite. Ask staff to bring along their cakes for a battle of the bakers competition! You can also check out our recipe for a leopard loaf cake on page 14.

TASK ITOffer to bring a cup of tea or coffee to your colleagues in exchange for a small donation. Or maybe there’s a project you could offer to take off their hands for a fee?

QUIZ IT Whether it’s a speed quiz in a lunch break or an after work social event, get your colleagues together for a wild quiz round. Charge teams a small fee to enter and provide a prize for the most creative team name entry.

MATCH ITAsk your employer whether they have a matched giving policy. Just a quick conversation could help double the money you raise!

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ROCK ITAT SCHOOL

WE WANT TO SEE YOU…

WEAR IT WILD AT SCHOOL

MAKE ITTake the DIY challenge and get students to create their own animal masks in the classroom. You can download our instruction sheets at wwf.org.uk/wearitwild

STRUT ITIt’s time to put your best fierce foot forward. Host a catwalk competition in the school hall and strut your stuff, for your world! Like all good talent shows, the audience donates a small sum in order to vote for their favourite runway look.

(EGG AND) SPOON ITTurn your school’s sports day into an animal-themed Olympics. Divide pupils into animal teams. Events could include the three-legged flamingo race, the cheetah sprint and the kangaroo long-jump.

BUZZ ITHold a spelling bee with pupils collecting donations for the number of wildlife-connected words they spell correctly. Zebra, gazelle, chimpanzee, rhinoceros… and even teachers may struggle with hippopotamus!

Curriculum linksMake sure to take advantage of our curriculum-linked resources, including assembly ideas, classroom activities and worksheets. As a registered school, you will automatically be sent these via email. If you have any difficulty accessing them, please contact wearitwild@wwf.org.uk

For more fundraising ideas, leap over to wwf.org.uk/wearitwild

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Organise a Wear it Wild event at your school for a dress-up day with a difference; it’s the grrreatest school day of the year! A small donation from every pupil in the school can make a big difference.

It’s sure to be a memorable event that everyone can enjoy as well as providing the chance to explore environmental issues. There are all sorts of ways you can make your Wear it Wild day go further.

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WORK ITIN A GROUP

WE WANT TO SEE YOU…

WEAR IT WILD AS A GROUP

SWAP ITOrganise an animal-inspired swap shop with a small entry fee. Ask friends and family to bring their unwanted clothes, shoes and accessories… and they can leave with a fierce new look too!

PAINT ITStripes, spots or scales – why not offer face painting to your group for a small donation? If you’re not a dab hand with face paints, you could ask a professional to provide their services for free or donate a percentage of their takings.

You can check out our face paint tutorials online at wwf.org.uk/wearitwild

CRAFT IT Host a workshop where members create items to be sold as part of a craft sale. Ideas could include painted stones as paperweights or doorstops, making animal-inspired trinkets from old jewellery or beads, or painting pictures of wildlife. You could ask any local artists or businesses if they could support your event by donating an item.

HUSH ITGet everyone together for a roarsome cinema screening. There are plenty of wildlife-inspired family favourites to choose from – from The Jungle Book and The Lion King to Finding Nemo. Or you could show an episode of Our Planet!

Whether you’re part of a youth group such as Guides or Scouts, or a community or sports group, Wearing it Wild is always better together!

There are plenty of activities you can get involved with as a group and all sorts of ways you can make your Wear it Wild day go further.

For more event ideas, swoop over to wwf.org.uk/wearitwild

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ROARSOME ELEPHANTASTIC WEAR ITWILD

TREEMENDOUS GET FIERCE

MAKE IT GREEN

Download bunting templates at wwf.org.uk/wearitwild

DECORATIONSIt’s important to make your school, office or home look fierce for your fundraising day.

You could paint recyclable items including paper, cardboard, plastic bottles and tin cans and use them to decorate your venue. We’ve also got some great downloadable templates online – just visit wwf.org.uk/wearitwild

Or if you do decide to buy decorations, make sure they’re made from biodegradable materials and avoid buying or using plastic decorations, including balloons.

INVITATIONS Instead of sending out paper invitations, invite guests to your Wear it Wild event via email or social media.

TABLEWARETry to use your own plates and cutlery. If that’s not possible or practical try to use plain plates made out of recyclable paper, as they’ll biodegrade, unlike plastic. If you do need to purchase new cutlery, make sure it’s made from biodegradable material such as FSC wood and avoid plastic.

You should also be able to find paper tablecloths that are biodegradable, or invest in some animal print fabric you can use again next year! Alternatively, you could use large sheets of plain white paper. As well as having a low environmental impact, children can decorate them during your Wear it Wild event.

Preheat the oven to 180°C/160°C fan and line your loaf tin with baking parchment.

In a large mixing bowl, beat together the softened butter and sugar until it is pale and fluffy. Crack in one egg and beat, making sure to scrape down the batter from the sides of the bowl. Repeat with the remaining two eggs. Add the flour and vanilla and mix to combine.

Keep half the batter in the mixing bowl, then half the remaining mixture into each of the smaller bowls. To one of the smaller bowls add in the cocoa to make a light brown mix. In the other bowl, add black food colouring until the mixture is dark. Place the cake mixture from each of your three bowls into three different pipping bags and get ready to squeeze!

Piping steps for perfect spots Pipe a base layer of white batter to cover the bottom of the loaf tin, then pipe two black stripes lengthways on top (don’t worry if the lines aren’t straight!)

Now pipe two brown lines on top of the black lines, before covering again with a line of black. Cover these completely with a layer of white batter for a clean base to start again! Repeat these steps until you have filled the loaf tin and used all the cake batter.

To finish Bake the cake in the centre of the over for 25-30 minutes until golden or until a skewer into the middle of the cake comes out clean. Once the cake is cool to touch, transfer to a wire rack. Et voilà! Your leopard print loaf is ready for your wild bake sale.

INGREDIENTS• 225g self-raising flour• 225g softened butter• 225g caster sugar• 3 eggs• 1 tsp vanilla extract• 2 tbsp cocoa powder• Black food colouring

Try to buy Fairtrade products – you could even substitute ingredients for vegan alternatives for

a more planet-friendly recipe!

EQUIPMENT• Electric whisk or wooden spoon• 1 loaf tin• 3 mixing bowls (1 large, 2 small)• 3 piping bags with round nozzles• Baking parchment• Wire cooling rack

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A cake sale always goes down a treat. Why not put your baking skills to the test with our surprisingly simple leopard print loaf?

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It’s easy to get the funds you raise to us after your Wear it Wild event. Please don’t send us notes and coins in the post. Instead, please choose one of these methods to pay in the money you’ve raised.

PAY IN ONLINEGo to wwf.org.uk/wearitwild and follow the instructions to ‘pay in your funds’.

PAY IN BY POSTComplete the form on the back of the welcome letter included with this pack or download a copy from wwf.org.uk/wear-it-wild/resources

CREATE AN ONLINE DONATION PAGECreate an online fundraising page with JustGiving or Virgin Money Giving to make it easy for friends, family and colleagues to donate to your Wear it Wild activity. Funds raised are automatically sent to WWF and it’s a great way of keeping track of your total!

To create your online page simply visit justgiving.com/wwf or virginmoneygiving.com/charities/WWF

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Think ‘bird of paradise’ and get your fundraising noticed. Have you ever seen the dance of a bird of paradise? It might be one of nature’s most laughable courting rituals but this little chap sure knows how to get himself noticed… and that’s exactly why you need to think like him!

Make some noise and spread the word. Dress up, raise funds for WWF and show everyone just how fiercely you’ll stand up for your world!

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However you get fierce, however much you raise, you’ll be making a vital difference to our world. We hope this guide gives you lots of inspiration and ideas to kick-start your Wear it Wild activity. Thank you for choosing to raise funds in aid of WWF, your donation will support our vital work to help people and nature thrive.

Make sure you share your fierce pictures using #WearItWild

A lion’s roar can be heard from as far as 5 miles away and a blue whale has a whopping whistle of more than 180 decibels!

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Thanks to your fierce fundraising, we will be able to convert your generous donations into solutions for some of the world’s most serious environmental challenges. Here are just a few things the money you raise could do to help fight for your world.

TOGETHER, WE CAN SAVE OUR WORLD, AND HELP NATURE AND PEOPLE THRIVE.

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RAISE IT

£20£10 £100£50

£1,000£500£250

could pay for a blood sample from a polar bear, to help us monitor species affected by climate change.

could fund collaborative research into sustainable fisheries, to influence positivemanagement of UK and wider fisheries.

could pay for a local school visit to raise children’s awareness about the plight of Amazonian wildlife and their habitat.

could pay for one Global Positioning System (GPS) device to help monitor mountain gorillas.

could pay for a pair of binoculars for monitoring lions from a safe distance with minimal disturbance.

could help us to plant 50 trees in Nepal, which will help keep cities cooler in the face of climate change.

could pay to fit satellite collars to fourelephants to monitor movements and help reduce conflict between people and wildlife.

Facts correct at the time of printing – April 2019 Images: © ARIS AKRITIDIS / WWF-UK

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For a future where people and nature thrive | wwf.org.uk© 1986 panda symbol and ® “WWF” Registered Trademark of WWF. WWF-UK registeredcharity (1081247) and in Scotland (SC039593). A company limited by guarantee (4016725)

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