Charity Stream
Interested in taking on a charity stream? Sign up for one of our timed stream challenges and help make sure no young person has to face cancer alone.
- location:
- Virtual
- Event type:
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Endurance, Extreme, Gaming, Virtual,
- Difficulty:
- Moderate
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How streaming for charity helps
I’m Aidan, and when I was 15, I was diagnosed with leukaemia. While being treated at a Teenage Cancer Trust ward, the staff arranged for two of my friends to visit me in hospital, so I was able to play FIFA with them.
Teenage Cancer Trust were there for me, not just with the physical side of cancer, but with the emotional side of things too.
Take on a streaming challenge to help young people going through cancer.
Stream for charity timed challenges
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How much streamers like you have raised so far!
- Start
- £0
- Raised
- £43,363
- Target
- £65,000
About Tiltify
Teenage Cancer Trust have partnered with Tiltify to make it easy for you to fundraise through your streaming challenge. It’s a fundraising platform made especially for streamers and creators.
Rewards
Offering incentives for donations is a great way to boost your fundraising. It could be a shout out during your livestream or naming in-game characters after those who donate.
Read more on Tiltify’s website
Polls
People who include polls on their fundraiser often raise twice as much as those who don’t.
Read more on Tiltify’s website
Milestones
Setting fundraising milestones can really help inspire people to help you get to the next big target.
On the day
- Take on a gaming marathon! Get together with your mates for a FIFA face off or stream an epic solo gaming session
- Just chatting
- Host a quiz
- Arts and crafts
Remember you don’t need to do your challenge all in one go. You can split up the time over a few days or weeks!
Whatever you choose, every minute of your gaming challenge can help change the future for young people like Aidan.
Check out our tips from other Teenage Cancer Trust streamers:
- Take plenty of regular breaks from the computer - give your eyes a break away from the screen, at least for a few minutes every hour
- Stay hydrated - drink plenty of water
- Eat well - make sure you have some healthy snacks to eat throughout.
- Get up, stretch and move around – we advise every hour!
- Be sensible with your challenge length – if you’re going solo, you could split your timed challenge across a few days, or share the challenge with others.
- If you’re not feeling well, stop the challenge – even if you’ve committed to more hours, stop the challenge and look after yourself.
You can pick any time or date that suits you. And remember that you don’t have to do your stream all in one go, you can split up the time over a few days or weeks!
Whether you’re a casual PC gamer, Switch gamer, a board game player or anything in between – you can still play games for good!
There’s loads of great information and tips here on how you can take on a gaming challenge for young people with cancer.
Find out more about our gaming challenges
It’s important to stay safe and feel comfortable while you are online. Here are some resources to make sure you read before your stream:
Check Point is a charity that provides mental health resources for gamers and the gaming community.
National Cyber Alliance has great advice.
NSPCC have advice for how children can stay safe online. (Anyone under 18 years old will need to take part under the supervision of an adult.)
BBC have some top tips.