Arlo’s allergy-friendly activities
Looking for creative inspiration? Discover Arlo’s allergy-friendly fundraising activities designed to help nurseries, primary schools, secondary schools, colleges, universities and out-of-school settings support children and young people with food allergies while raising vital funds for Natasha’s Foundation.
From food-free celebrations and creative challenges to inclusive school activities, these ideas help create safer, more allergy-aware environments where every child feels included.
Celebrate Arlo’s Birthday this June!
It’s not a piece of cake living with food allergies when so many school celebrations revolve around food. Join us in encouraging safer, more inclusive food-free celebrations so every child can feel included, supported and safe.
Join Arlo and Natasha’s Foundation this June to celebrate Arlo’s birthday.
Here’s three ways you could get involved
- Download our FREE ‘it’s not a piece of cake’ fundraising materials for your school below.
- Plan your own food-free celebration this month and share your photos, you can download our social template below.
- Why not wear purple for the day, it’s Arlo’s favourite colour!
Join in this month to help your allergy community to be included, empowered and protected! It’s all about taking part and having fun.
Let us know how you will be celebrating Arlo’s birthday and we’ll help you every step of the way.
Arlo’s Allergy-Friendly Sponsorship Ideas
Join our ‘it’s not a piece of cake’ fundraiser
For many children living with food allergies, birthdays and school celebrations can feel stressful and isolating, rather than carefree moments shared with friends.
Through Allergy School, we are encouraging schools to rethink celebrations and show that children can still feel included, celebrated and special without food being at the centre.
Small changes can make a big difference in helping every child feel safer, more confident and able to take part.
Share your food-free celebrations
Help us spread the word across your school community.
We would love to see how your school is getting involved. Could you share photos in your school newsletter, on social media or within your wider school community? You could also encourage parents and carers to share their support too.
Whether it is your food-free celebrations, fundraising activities, colourful posters on classroom walls or creative awareness displays, every conversation helps raise awareness of food allergies and supports our mission to make allergy history.
Share your photos online and don’t forget to tag @natashasfoundation so we can celebrate your support.
Have A Purple Day
Arlo’s favourite colour is purple! Join schools up and down the country by hosting a Purple Day on Arlo’s birthday 6 June.
Encourage your school to dress in purple for the whole day.
You could wear purple socks, purple clothes or you could
even design your own purple armadillo shells!
Draw Arlo
Challenge your students to showcase their artistic skills by creating Arlo using their favourite materials.
You could ask them to draw, paint, build or create Arlo in any way they love and then display them in your nursery, primary school, out-of-school club or group.
Jumping Competition
Did you know some armadillos can jump four or five feet high?
Inspire your students to get active and fundraise by holding a jumping competition. Over one week see how many jumps the children can do at your nursery, primary school, out-of-school club or group and the child or class with the highest number of jumps wins a prize.
Bug Hunt Challenge
Armadillos love to eat bugs!
Hold a bug hunt challenge and see how many bugs, beetles, worms, and insects your children can find.
Give a donation
Natasha’s Foundation relies on charitable support to deliver their important work.
Your donation will make a real difference to the lives of food-allergic children and their families.