Summer Fundraising Challenge 2026

The summer fundraising challenge is now closed but you are welcome to join our aspiring medical student fundraising programme to add to your medical school application and make a difference to doctors and medical students.

Want to boost your medical school application and win a career conversation with a doctor?

Join our Summer Fundraising Challenge – make it a summer to remember by achieving something new and different, that you can talk about in your medical school application.

And as a bonus- aspiring medical students can win a 1:1 online meeting with a doctor, to discover what life at medical school and as a doctor is really like.

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Why take part in the Summer Fundraising Challenge?

By fundraising to help doctors and medical students in vital need, you’ll have a relevant extra-curricular activity to talk about in your medical school interview, which demonstrates your commitment to the medical community. Best of all – you can make a real difference for those who dedicate their lives to caring for others.

Any aspiring medical student who starts fundraising for the RMBF between 12/5/26 and 12/9/26 could win one of two online meet-ups with a real doctor!

Here’s your chance to hear what life as a doctor is really like.

Meet online with a doctor and get the inside story on medical school and becoming a doctor. One lucky winner will connect with a Foundation Year 2 doctor, while a second will chat to an Internal Medicine Training Year 1 (IMT1) doctor!

It’s your chance to talk to resident doctors, who have recently completed medical school, about any burning questions you have about life as a doctor and your application to medicine.

To be in with a chance of winning, all you need to do is:

  1. Be an aspiring medical student
  2. Sign up below
  3. Fundraise and transfer funds (any amount) between 12/5/26 and 12/9/26
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What do I receive for taking part?

Everyone who signs up and fundraises £200 for RMBF will receive a certificate, letter of recognition to show at your medical school interview, a goody pack and a great story for your UCAS form! There’s no deadline to hit your £200 target, but you’ll only be in with a chance of winning our Summer Fundraising Challenge if you do some of your fundraising between 12/5/2026 and 12/9/2026.

Summer Fundraising Ideas

We have a few ideas below or feel free to create your own fundraising challenge/activity!

  • 5K park runTwo female students, wearing a school unform, smiling and stood behind a table filled with cakes and doughnuts.
  • Hospital Hop
  • Hold a bake sale at your school, faith group or club
  • Walk 10,000 steps a day for a month
  • Scavenger hunt
  • Tennis tournament
  • Stay silent for 24 hours
  • Swim 2km (or more- you choose the distance!)
  • Sports day

For more ideas see our A-Z Fundraising Ideas and our Fundraising Heroes stories.

If you’re not sure where to start, contact us at: [email protected] and we can talk through some ideas that work best for you.

Sign up here:

If you have previously signed up to fundraise with us, you don’t need to complete the form again. Any fundraising you do between 12/5/26 and 12/9/26 will count towards the Summer Fundraising Challenge!