The next Hunger Day collection will be held in September and October. The box collection will hit the streets in Finland on 28-30 September 2023.

During the Hunger Day campaign donations are collected for the Finnish Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund, so that we can help quickly and effectively where the need is greatest.

It is easy to make a donation, and you can choose between many different methods. By donating your company can access the communication materials.

Donate online

The payment methods available include finnish online banks, credit cards Visa and Master, MobilePay, Pivo and Siirto.

Companies may also request an invoice. It will be delivered within 4-5 days.

Paytrail Plc (2122839-7) acts as a collecting payment service provider and is an authorized Payment Institution.

Paytrail Plc will be shown as the recipient on your bank or credit card statement and will forward the payment to the Finnish Red Cross.

Paytrail Plc
Innova 2
Lutakonaukio 7
40100 Jyväskylä
www.paytrail.com

For any questions, please contact our Donor Services.

Bank transfer information

Account: OP FI52 5000 0120 4156 73, OKOYFIHH. Recipient: The Finnish Red Cross. Reference number: 5173.

It is easy to make a donation, and you can choose between many different methods.

Donate online

Payment methods: Finnish online banks, Visa and Master credit cards, MobilePay, Pivo and Siirto.

Companies can also request an e-invoice or paper invoice. The invoice will be sent within 4–5 business days.

The payment gateway and payment service are provided by Paytrail Oyj (2122839-7) in cooperation with Finnish banks and credit institutions.

Paytrail Oyj, which will be displayed as the recipient of the payment on your bank statement or credit invoice, will forward the payment to the Finnish Red Cross. Paytrail Oyj is authorised to operate as a payment institution. 

Paytrail Oyj
Innova 2
Lutakonaukio 7
40100 Jyväskylä
www.paytrail.com

If you wish to submit a complaint, please primarily contact our Donor Services.

Make a donation to the Disaster Relief Fund via text message

Text SPR20 to the number 16499 to donate €20.

Other amounts: 

• Donate €5 – Text the word SPR5 to the number 16499.
• Donate €10 – Text the word SPR10 to the number 16499.
• Donate €15 – Text the word SPR to the number 16499.
• Donate €30 – Text the word SPR30 to the number 16499.
• Donate €40 – Text the word SPR40 to the number 16499.
• Donate €50 – Text the word SPR50 to the number 16499.

Make a donation to activities in Finland via text message

Text SPRLAHJA to the number 16499 to donate €15.

The donation is charged to your telephone bill, and the operator transfers the donation to the Red Cross.

We will send our donors text messages at times of catastrophes and campaigns.

You can stop receiving text messages by texting the word SPRKIELTO to the number 16499 or by letting us know at lahjoitukset@redcross.fi.

Call the donation phone number

• Donate €20 to the Disaster Relief Fund – Call +358 (0)600 12220 (€20.28 + local network charge).
• Donate €10 to the Disaster Relief Fund – Call +358 (0)600 12210 (€10.01 + local network charge).
• Donate €10  to support activities in Finland – Call +358 (0)600 15590 (€10.01 + local network charge).

Donate via MobilePay

Make a one-time donation via MobilePay:

• 10900 – Donation to the Disaster Relief Fund
• 32232 – Donation to activities in Finland

Furthermore, the Finnish Red Cross districts and branches use their own donation numbers that direct donations to the Disaster Relief Fund.

The donation is charged to your bank account or credit card. The donations are paid in full to the Red Cross.

You can also start a monthly donation to the Disaster Relief Fund using MobilePay.

Bank transfer to the Disaster Relief Fund

Donate to the Finnish Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund account: OP FI52 5000 0120 4156 73, OKOYFIHH. Recipient: Finnish Red Cross. Reference number: 5186.

Other IBAN account numbers and SWIFT/BIC at different banks for donations to the Disaster Relief Fund:

• Aktia FI18 4055 1110 0013 97, HELSFIHH
• Danske Bank FI02 8000 1900 2250 05, DABAFIHH
• Handelsbanken FI18 3131 3001 1990 25, HANDFIHH
• Nordea FI06 2219 1800 0680 00, NDEAFIHH
• S-Pankki FI91 3939 0012 3129 30, SBANFIHH
• Ålandsbanken FI24 6601 0001 0027 99, AABA FI 22

Recipient: Finnish Red Cross. Reference number: 5186.

Bank transfer for activities in Finland

To support Red Cross activities in Finland, donate to the account:

• OP FI29 5000 0120 4156 99, OKOYFIHH
• Recipient: Finnish Red Cross. Reference number: 5335 

Or

• Nordea FI29 1572 3000 3727 30, NDEAFIHH
• Recipient: Finnish Red Cross. Reference number: 5335 

When you donate online, you will receive an email titled "Thank you for your donation to the Finnish Red Cross". Companies that donate can download communication package for the donor. The link to the materials is in the same email.

With communication materials you can tell about your contribution on social media, on the website and in the signature in emails. You can link the banners e.g. to punainenristi.fi, rodakorset.fi or redcross.fi.

You can also set up an online collection for your company and invite members of staff, interest groups and customers to help.

The fundraiser is easy and quick to set up. Read instructions.

Start a collection here

Good Holiday Spirit collection is implemented by the Finnish Red Cross and the Mannerheim League for Child Welfare in cooperation with Yle to support low-income families with children in Finland.

The donations are used to provide low-income families with food vouchers for buying food to their Christmas table.

Donate to Good Holiday Spirit collection

The Finnish Red Cross online shop offers responsible corporate gifts and safety products which allow you to bring joy to your employees, partners and yourself.

Find responsible corporate gifts in our online shop (In Finnish)

As a Red Cross corporate supporting member you are supporting the local volunteer activities of the Finnish Red Cross. You can become a supporting member by paying a €300 annual membership fee.

As a supporting member, you will receive member benefits – for example discounts from Red Cross first aid products and Christmas cards. Supporting members also receive the Red Cross member magazine Avun maailma four times a year.

For more information about supporting membership and district-specific member benefits, contact your region’s Red Cross district office

The Finnish Red Cross provides help in accidents, alleviates loneliness, takes care of the vulnerable and supports immigrants with integration activities.

We maintain our crisis preparedness by training and supporting volunteers all over Finland.

General donations to activities in Finland are targeted to wherever funds are needed the most. You can also support specially youth shelters or friendship activities.

Youth Shelters

We offer help for young people and their families in all kinds of difficult situations locally in Helsinki, Espoo, Vantaa, Turku and Tampere, and throughout Finland online.

Youth Shelters help around the clock, every day of the year, and can offer a young person a safe place to spend the night if necessary. A young person or their family can come to the shelter without a referral or appointment. The services are free of charge.

Read more about the youth shelters

Friend activities

Loneliness is destructive to human well-being. Up to one in five Finns feels lonely. Loneliness can feel like invisibility and emptiness or manifest as physical pain.

Each of us needs the company of another person, and even a single positive relationship can stop the cycle of loneliness.

The Red Cross alleviates loneliness by providing friends to those who are looking for the company of another person. The friends get together and spend time in a manner that suits them, such as having coffee or exercising outside.

Donations made to friend activities are used e.g. for friend activity coordination and volunteer training.

Read more about friend activities

Donations to the Finnish Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund help victims of natural disasters and conflicts around the world and people facing sudden accidents in Finland.

Thanks to donations, aid can be provided quickly and efficiently to dozens of countries each year.

In an emergency, we can supply crisis areas with aid workers and aid equipment, such as tents, blankets, clean drinking water or an entire field hospital.

After providing emergency aid, we can help with the rebuilding and teach locals how to act in a disaster situation. The Disaster Relief Fund also helps us support development cooperation programmes and continuously fight illness and hunger together with local volunteers.

Read more about international aid work