Welcome to The Charity Show Bites - your quick-fire fix of surprising stories, sector insights and the occasional spooky surprise between our main episodes.

This week, Tim and Piers go full Halloween, rounding up the most creative, funny and downright frightful charity fundraisers from across the UK. From eerie forest trails to glow-in-the-dark runs, haunted quizzes to record-breaking pumpkin carving, these events prove that when it comes to fundraising, imagination is everything.

In this episode, we cover:

• 🎃 The London Halloween Walk – hundreds of costumed walkers and eerie pit stops.

• 💡 Hope House Dark Runs – glowing 5K events across North Wales and Shropshire.

• 👻 Leeds Scare Trails – actors, soundscapes and full horror after dark.

• 🧠 Warwick Quiz Night – spooky trivia and fancy dress.

• 🏗️ The Gelder Group Haunted Walk – a Lincolnshire construction company turning its forest into a fright fest.

• 🐾 Lancaster Animal Care’s Spooky Craft Day – recycled crafts, pumpkins and handmade decorations.

• 🪓 The Faversham Pumpkin Challenge – hundreds of volunteers carving 1,000 pumpkins.

Useful links

• The London Halloween Walk (Action Challenge) – https://www.ultrachallenge.com

• Hope House Children’s Hospices – hopehouse.org.uk

• Leeds Mind – leedsmind.org.uk

• BBC Children in Need – bbcchildreninneed.co.uk

• St Barnabas Hospice – stbarnabashospice.co.uk

• Lancaster Animal Care – animalcare-lancaster.co.uk

• Macmillan Cancer Support – macmillan.org.uk

• The Good Studio – Creating great content for good causes: thegoodstudio.co.uk

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