ST EDMUND HALL COMMUNITY & GIVING WEEK
1-8 March 2026
From 1-8 March 2026, #GiveItYourHALL and help us celebrate our community of students, staff, alumni and friends! Our Community & Giving Week will be a chance to reflect on all we have achieved as a college while raising vital funds for student support, access and outreach initiatives, environmental sustainability and extracurricular activities such as sports clubs, music and arts projects.
There are plenty of ways to get involved, find out how below!
Supporting Community & Giving Week
During St Edmund Hall Community & Giving Week 2026, we will be raising funds towards:
Whether it’s £20 or £2,000, every donation makes a huge difference to the College and the student experience. Make your gift using the buttons below:
International donors can make tax efficient gifts from outside the UK. Find out more here.
Join the Edmund Bear Challenge
Inspired by Edmund Bear, a friendly symbol of Teddy Hall and our community, we invite you to get involved by completing a creative or personal challenge that reflects your connection to the Hall.
Take your favourite teddy bear, to represent Edmund Bear, with you into your everyday life or your favourite Hall traditions. Go for a walk with Edmund, write a poem or short reflection inspired by him, include Edmund in a rehearsal, training session, or study day, bake or create something Edmund might enjoy, or capture Edmund in a place that matters to you.
You can follow one of these ideas or create your own – there’s no one way to take part. You can complete your challenge with family and friends, or fly solo. However you choose to get involved, Edmund Bear is a way to share what Teddy Hall means to you.
Be sure to document your Edmund Bear Challenge and send your submissions to us via this form. We’d love to see your photos and videos, read your writing, hear your musical interpretations – whatever Edmund means to you!
By taking part, you help celebrate our community and strengthen the spirit of the Hall. Every challenge sent in before 12pm on 8 March will enter you into an exclusive prize draw to win your very own Edmund Bear and other unique Teddy Hall prizes!
Got a question? Please contact alumni@seh.ox.ac.uk.
Need some inspiration? Here are some Edmund Bear Challenge ideas to get you started:
Take Edmund for a Walk:
Take your Teddy on a walk and enjoy the first signs of spring. You could take a few laps of the quad, or head around the Botanic Gardens. You could even stop for a quick pint at The Bear Inn.
A Day in the Life of Edmund Bear:
Take your Teddy with you on your day, whether that be studying, working, or travelling. Document your day together, in a video, photos or writeup, and give us an insight into a day in your life! Whether you’re a current student, an alumnus in an intriguing career, or a member of staff keeping the Hall running, we love to see what our community are getting up to!
Bake a Bear Cake:
Bake with help from your Teddy, or in the shape of a Bear! You could make a bear cake, gingerbread bears, Teddy cookies – get together with friends and get creative. Be sure to drop a couple of slices off at the Development Office 😉
Write about Edmund Bear:
Write a short story, reflection, essay or poem about Edmund Bear. You could relive Edmund of Abingdon’s pilgrimage to Ponigny from the perspective of your Teddy, or write a poem including as many gratuitous bear puns as you can muster. If you can bear it…
Write a Teddy Song:
Write an original song, or write some reimagined Hall-themed lyrics for the ‘The Bear Went Over the Mountain’ or ‘Teddy Bear’s Picnic’. We want to hear you making some noise!
Get Edmund Bear Moving:
Take your Teddy on your workout – to your dance class, to your erg session, on your weekly run – send us a evidence of you getting active together!
Teddy Creations:
Paint, draw, collage, photograph or sew a visual representation of Edmund Bear. Knit your Teddy an Edmund Bear pullover! Paint a Teddy in the style of Van Gogh. Make a digital drawing of Teddy Hall Front Quad. We’d love to see your visual interpretations of something meaningful to you about the College.
A Bear-y Generous Gesture:
Commit to making a new donation to St Edmund Hall – whether that be your first one-off gift, setting up a new regular monthly donation, or making your biggest gift to date. Every gift, no matter the size, takes us one step closer to reaching the goals of the HALLmarks campaign.
You can also take a look at last year’s Community and Giving Week 2025 page to see the completed set of 1317 Challenges!
Completed challenges – coming soon
- Hallmarks Campaign Total £50m 39%
