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Colour 4 Everyone Day

Colour 4 Everyone – a day for the celebration of colour founded by Colours of the Soul. This annual world-wide event is held each year on the 21st of June. The aim of the day is for everyone to enjoy and celebrate colour, whilst at the same time raising money for charitable causes through competitions, sponsorship and donations. The Rhys Daniels Trust is pleased to have been chosen by Colours of the Soul as one of the Participating Charities.

About Colour: So often taken for granted, colour is powerful and profound; and plays an integral part in everyone's life and overall well-being. Everywhere we look we see colour, it is used in every day language, and yet we often fail to harness it's wonderful healing qualities.

Mandalas: The theme for this years Colour 4 Everyone Day is Mandalas. The word mandala in Sanskrit (historical Indian language) means circle and centre. Mandalas are used for healing and meditation, dating back to ancient times. They also provide fun and beneficial ways of working with colour. Through the use of colour in the mandala, you are able to gently release pent up emotions and bring balance back into your life.

Mandalas exist naturally within nature; they can be seen in flowers,tree trunks, shells, labyrinths, snowflakes, the solar system, circular ripples in water as a raindrop falls, even the human eye is a mandala, to give just a few examples.

The Tibetan Monks create the most wonderful, vibrant and intricate mandalas out of fine particles of coloured sand. These sand mandalas form part of their spiritual practices aimed to bring peace and harmony to the world.

All ages can have fun with mandalas, especially children who love colouring, and at the same time benefit from the wonderful healing effects of both the mandala and colour.

Categories: There are 4 categories for creating mandalas:-
1) Colouring In - Download the free mandala to colour in
2) Sand Mandala - Create a sand mandala (like the Tibetan Monks mentioned above) using the downloaded mandala on which to place the coloured sand.
3) Collage - Create a 'natural' mandala collage out of items you find in nature, eg leaves, flowers, shells, feathers, pebbles etc.
4) Photography - Take photographs of natural mandalas, eg. flowers, shells, water etc.
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Money Raising Ideas: We suggest monies can be raised in two ways:-

1) Run a competition obtaining an entry fee from the participants wanting to create a mandala and then offering a prize for the winner of the best completed mandala from each of the 4 categories listed above.

2) Getting sponsorship for creating a mandala.

Monies raised from these events should be paid directly to the Rhys Daniels Trust. Once you have collected your donations please make payment online by clicking here. Why not also give your fundraising event it's own page? Click here to set-up a Mandala Sponsorship Page.
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Organise a Colour Day: Once you've decided on your choice of how to raise money think about how you can get participants involved, e.g:-

• Gather together your friends, family, colleagues and members of your community to take part or sponsor you.
• Schools and nurseries can arrange competitions for colouring in the downloaded mandala or creating a mandala as listed above from one of the four categories.
• Mandalas can be either created individually or by groups, depending on their size.
• Encourage older children to go out into the country to take photos to enter into the competition and/or to find items for creating a natural mandala collage.
• It's meant to be a fun day so ensure everyone enjoys themselves.
• Don't forget to take phtotgraphs of your events, the participants and winning mandalas so that they can be posted on our website! Please email your photos to:
info@rhysdanielstrust.org please ensure the total file size is below 5Mb.

Monies raised from your Colour Day should be paid directly to the Rhys Daniels Trust. Once you have collected your donations please make payment online by clicking here. Why not also give your fundraising event it's own page? Click here to set-up a Colour 4 Everyone Event Page.
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Documents provided:The following documents are provided here for you to download.

• Colour 4 Everyone Blank Mandala
• Colour 4 Everyone Sponsorship Form
• Colour 4 Everyone Competition Entry Fee Form

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Event Founders: www.coloursofthesoul.com