The World’s Greatest Shave makes primary school fundraising fun, flexible and meaningful. Hold a school-wide Crazy Hair Day or invite your community to cut, colour or shave. The choice is yours!
However your school takes part, every dollar raised will help make life a little less scary for Australians facing blood cancer.
Already registered? Join your school team.
Fundraising ideas for primary schools
Crazy hair day
Spiky hair. Rainbow hair. A unicorn horn. A head full of bows, bugs or googly eyes. When it comes to crazy hair day, the sillier the better!
Colour it bright
Add a splash of temporary colour and turn your school into a rainbow for the day.
Try a new ’do
Students and staff can cut their hair short, rock a fresh new bob or choose another meaningful transformation.
Brave the shave
Older students, teachers and family members can take on the iconic shave and make a bold statement of support.
Bring the Shave Shuttle to your school
Want to learn more about bringing the World’s Greatest Shave and the free Shave Shuttle to your primary school? Share your details and our friendly team will be in touch.
There’s no commitment to register. You’ll receive practical resources, advice and dedicated support to help you choose the right event, engage students and families, and make the day easy to run.
Why take part?
Fun and flexible for every school
Every school community is different, so your fundraiser can be too.
Keep things simple with a gold-coin Crazy Hair Day, invite students to create their wildest hairstyle, hold a colourful parade or build a bigger event around cutting, colouring and shaving.
Your students can take part in a way that feels right for them. This makes it one of the most flexible fundraising ideas for primary schools.
Bring your whole community together
There’s something special about seeing students, teachers, and families rally around a shared goal especially when the playground is filled with colourful hair and smiling faces.
The World’s Greatest Shave is a joyful way to build school spirit, celebrate kindness and create memories your community will talk about long after the colour washes out.
Grow little leaders with big hearts
With support from their teachers, students can set goals, create posters, work together, and encourage others to get involved.
Whether they speak at assembly, help organise a Crazy Hair Day or lend a hand behind the scenes, every student can discover how their actions can make a meaningful difference in the world around them.
Turn doing good into real-world learning
Bring your primary school fundraising into the classroom with activities across maths, English, health, civics and the arts.
Students can count donations, write persuasive messages, design posters, practise public speaking and see how teamwork, and kindness can create real change.
A little hair can do a whole lot of good
Every dollar your school raises helps fund life-changing blood cancer care, including financial assistance, accommodation, and critical research and advocacy for Australians facing blood cancer and their families.
In 2026, schools raised more than $6.25 million through the World’s Greatest Shave. This was the biggest fundraising result ever achieved by Australian schools.
By taking part, your school will join thousands of other students and hundreds of schools across Australia working towards a better future for Australians facing blood cancer. That’s a lot of wild hair doing a lot of good!
So far, 13,751 participants are taking part in 2026 & 2027 and together have raised
$11,008,875
to further life-saving research and support families facing blood cancer.
From dedicated support from our friendly team to an all-in-one Teacher Toolkit, we've got your back every step of the way.
Dedicated support from our friendly team
Downloadable fundraising packs
Prewritten messaging for students and staff
Posters and social tiles
Four little steps to one big day
Sign up your school
Choose your date, register your school, and get ready for some hair-raising fun.
Rally your crew
Invite students, teachers and families to join in, raise funds, or help bring the day to life.
Spread the word
Set a fundraising goal, share your school’s fundraising page, and start building excitement.
Make some magic
Bring everyone together for your Crazy Hair Day or World’s Greatest Shave event and celebrate every wild hairstyle, kind action, and dollar raised.
Where your school fundraising goes
Big or small, every donation matters – and helps the Leukaemia Foundation support Australians living with blood cancer today, while investing in a better tomorrow.
Last year, the World's Greatest Shave community helped make life-changing cancer care possible:
547 families provided with 39,854 nights of accommodation close to treatment.
866 people provided with financial assistance to help with the high costs of blood cancer.
1,879 provided with transport assistance to and from treatment and medical appointments.
