Sign up, set your challenge date and format (24hr stream, 12hr stream, 1hr a day for a month etc) and follow our handy guide to link your Twitch, YouTube Live or Facebook to Tiltify or Streamlabs Charity. Download our instructions here including how to set up targets and incentives. Get your crew together to do a joint live stream (so you can get off the grind and have some time AFK) or go solo. 

We've checked in with streamers for good across the web. Here's some of their top tips.

Planning your stream

Set a length of time that suits you

24 hours can be a lot on your own, try for a shorter time or hook up with a friend or get a team together to tag out

Ask a moderator to help out

Gaming and chatting at the same time - including sharing links to your fundraising page regularly or letting your followers know about your incentives - can be tricky. Ask a friend to moderate for you!

Test before you stream

Make sure everything is working prior to your big go live date!

Plan your incentives, rewards and milestones

Whether you're colouring your hair or doing a giveaway (there are loads of ideas - check them out below) plan your incentives before your big day.

Pick games that your followers are into

RPG, FPS, fantasy, horror - what are your followers most interested in seeing - put your thinking cap on or ask them, community feedback is awesome.

Reach out to companies

Let your fave devs know your charity streaming their game - you never know they may help promote it or help you out with giveaways!

Shout out loud

Let your friends, fam and followers know what you're doing on socials - build it up to your event day to launch with a bang!

Describe what you are doing and why

When filling out your campaign description make sure you include a summary of why your helping Variety and the difference you and your supporters are making

Set up overlays and alerts

Overlays and alerts will provide dynamic updates to your viewers as they donate. Learn how to set them up in our technical section below.

When you're streaming

Repeat your message

People might tune in and out so make sure you shout out regularly in stream and in the comments why it's important to donate to support your cause.

Thank and engage your supporters

While donations and comments are coming in, give your supporters a shout out to say thanks. And don't forget to do a follow up social post telling them how awesome they all are!

Keep everyone updated on your incentives and milestones

Remind people if you reach a goal or milestone you'll eat that chilli or giveaway that signed mousepad! This will keep your viewers engaged and encourage donations.

Take breaks

When you sign on to level up, we'll provide you with overlays including BRB screens so you can have a stretch, grab a glass of water or stock up on snacks!

Follow our community guidelines

Keep it friendly and fun and follow our community rules, remembering you're representing a children's chartiy

Here's an awesome thread from Aly Sweetman on Twitter with more how to's on your first charity stream!

On sign up, we'll send you a download file you to some awesome resources including:-

• Fundraising, event and set up guides
• Posters
• Social media shareables
• Email signatures
• Twitch overlays and holding screens
• Logos
• Variety video to share in your stream to show how you are empowering kids in need

You can view some of our resources here.

Earn IRL Rewards!

1. Raise $250 to earn a Variety Level Up for Kids lanyard
2. Raise $500 to earn a Variety Level Up for Kids tee
3. Raise $1,000 to LEVEL UP and earn a Variety Level Up for Kids legends pin

Just sign up to earn your first award! 

Follow this link to Tiltify or Streamlabs to set up your campaign and  fundraising page. Enter your email to receive some great resources and refer to our technical FAQ section below for detailed guides on how to get started.

For the epic win share your Level Up for Kids page on social media, email and SMS – on sign up you’ll have access to some awesome fundraising tips and tricks, lots of assets to share and ask your friends to sponsor your challenge.

There are lots of ways to fundraise - once your page is set up on Tiltify or Streamlabs check out your Event Guide for all the tips and tools you need.

And we’re here to help! If you have questions, ideas, or need anything – send us an email to fundraising@varietyvic.org.au, give us a call 03 8698 3900.

One thing we know - incentives work! They motivate your supporters and keep your stream high paced and energetic. So what are they? Think about your followers and interests and keeping it fun - the only limits are your imagination!

Here's some ideas:

Get a big bowl and write your donors names on pieces of paper - every now and then do a draw and a giveaway

Set milestones like $100, $500 etc and do something fun, silly, awesome when you hit them - e.g. dress up in a costume, eat something hot

We recommend you GET RED as a theme - colour your hair red, wear red (pop on that tutu!), paint your face red or with hearts, chuck on those red sunnies, do a dance to a Simply Red song, eat a red chilli, or go red in the face by doing 20 push ups!

We can also help you out with giveaways so don't hesitate to reach out!

Variety – the Children’s Charity has a network of 45 offices in 14 countries, and many millions of individual children around the world live a better life because of the generosity of Variety’s communities of supporters.4

Variety help kids and teenagers who are facing challenges with sickness, disability or disadvantage. Variety provides support to families and organisations through providing grants for a range of equipment, such as wheelchairs or all-abilities playgrounds to provide practical help to kids, schools and organisations in need. We run programs to educate and empower kids that are falling through the cracks. We give scholarships to encourage the talents of kids living with disadvantage or disability. And last but certainly not least, we hold kids’ events to bring joy, light and laughter to children in need and their families.

You can download our Variety Fact Sheet and check out our impact statements below so you can share how your supporter's donations are making a difference

If you love streaming, whether it be gaming, cooking, chatting or painting Tiltify is there to make it easy!

You can get started on Tiltify in under 5 minutes and connect into their wide variety of tools and assets to link to Twitch, social media, set milestones and incentives, share with your friends and followers and accept donations to empower kids living with disability, disadvantage or illness.

Quick start guide

1. Go to the Variety Tiltify page and select start fundraising
2. Create an account or login
3. Register as an individual campaign or register to support a team.
4. Follow the prompts to connect Twitch, YouTube or Facebook, upload a campaign photo and more (you can always skip and come back)
5. Publish your fundraiser!
6. In your campaign’s dashboard, you can find links where you can copy your campaign URL for sharing, as well as a donate URL to put the donate button onto your Twitch page. We also recommend using the Twitch Tiltify extension to embed a donation panel on your Twitch so your supporters don’t have to leave your Twitch page to donate! Refer to more details in the FAQ below.
7. Set up overlays and alerts. We have some static overlays screens for your stream on our resource page as well as videos to play when you need a break or want to promote the cause. We also recommend using the Tiltify live overlays which will feed donations and your target on your feed. Learn more in the detailed FAQ below.
8. Hype it up! Spread the word and share your campaign with your followers on social media to raise funds for kids in need. We have some social assets you can share on our resources page on levelupforkids.com
9. Keep us in the know. We’re here to help promote your campaign on the Variety socials – let us know your key timings and goals so we can help you spread the word!

Want to delve deeper? Tiltify have an extensive how-to section which you can view here 

Want to fundraise as a team? You can create a team so other creators can join in to support the cause!

1. Once you’ve signed on head to your Tiltify dashboard and select TEAMS and follow the prompts.
2. Once set up you can create a new campaign from the teams dashboard. Search for Variety to level up for kids and share your teams invite with your friends.
3. We recommend using the special Team Overlay to track and display the performance of everyone's fundraising!

Overlays

When you are fundraising, having a visual reminder on your stream of the amazing thing you are doing and how you are tracking will make your fundraiser SHINE (and we know it also increases your donations 5 fold!).

You can find three pre-made Tiltify overlays on the OVERLAY tab on the far right of your dashboard. We recommend the Tiltify Overlay 2.0  y which will feed through our name, Variety – the Children’s Charity, your progress bar, goal, amount raised, and highlights the last donor, next milestone, and the top donor.

You will need Browser/Webpage Capture software like OBS to activate. You can find detailed instructions on how to do this on your Tiltify guide.

Alerts

Keep animated and keep engagement high! We all love a shout out right? Why not install Tiltify’s donation alerts to add a pop-up every time someone donates? Click through to learn how to integrate these on Streamlabs, StreamElements, and StreamJar.

"Tiltify Fundraising Extension" is Tiltify's latest extension on Twitch, which will enable donations to be made to a Tiltify campaign without ever having to leave the broadcast! This article will outline how to enable the extension on your channel, how the extension will work for viewers looking to make a donation and a short FAQ on anything else you might be wondering.

To install go to your Creator Dashboard on Twitch, click Extensions and search for Tilitfy.

You can also view a how to right here (extension instructions at 16 minutes in but we highly recommend checking out the entire vid!).