Frequently Asked Questions

About

Dry July encourages people to give up alcohol for the month of July and raise money for people affected by cancer. Read more about Dry July here.

Dry July raises money to ease the burden and reduce the stress that comes with a cancer diagnosis, and add a bit of comfort for those affected by cancer.

We help to provide things that may not be front of mind following a cancer diagnosis, such as assistance with getting to and from an appointment, somewhere to stay near the hospital, Wi-Fi access, and mobile phone chargers. We help reduce patient anxiety and the side effects of cancer treatment by funding services such as complementary therapies, wellness programs, and wig libraries, and by providing comfortable and inviting spaces for patients to inhabit while undergoing treatment.

Everything we fund directly benefits cancer patients, their families and carers. Our aim is to make a difficult time a little easier for those affected by cancer

To read more about how funds raised are used, please click here.

Signing up to Dry July is easy, and it's FREE to register! Click here to sign up, and follow the simple steps to create your personalised profile page where you can receive donations, post updates, and share your profile page.

Dry July encourages people to give up alcohol for the month of July and raise funds for cancer patients and their families and carers. Read more about the Dry July rules.

Participants

Yes, we will need you to sign up again. Please click here to sign up.

After you've logged in to your Dry July account, you will be directed to your profile page.

Click here to Login.

By signing up, you will have created your own Dry July profile page. This profile page has a unique URL / link that you can share with family, friends and colleagues to encourage donations. We also have a number of fundraising ideas to help you raise money.

On your profile page, people can make a donation through our secure payment gateway using a valid credit card or Paypal.

While we encourage all donations to be made online, we realise this isn't always possible. To make a donation via bank deposit, EFT, cheque or money order, please download and fill in our offline Donation Form.

Please scan and email your form to [email protected].

Alternatively you can post this form to:

Dry July Foundation
705/6A Glen St
Milsons Point
NSW 2061

*Please do not send cash. We accept electronic funds transfer. Our bank details are on the Donation Form.

**Please make Cheque/Money Orders payable to Dry July Foundation and post along with your Donation Form.

If you’ve forgotten your password, please click here.

Once you have entered your registered email address, you will be emailed a link to reset your password. Make sure you enter your password accurately, as all passwords are case sensitive.

Your username is the email address you used during registration – please email [email protected] if you cannot remember the email you registered with.

Yes you can. In fact, we encourage it as it’s great to have the support of friends, family or workmates during your Dry July.

To create a team, you need to be signed up to Dry July as an individual participant first.

Once you’ve created your own Dry July profile, click the button on your profile page that says ‘Join or Create a Team’.

If your team is for your workplace, go ahead and name your workplace team then select ‘Yes’ to ‘Is this a team for your workplace?’ Include your organisation name then select, Create Team.

If your team is for friends and family, check ‘No’ when asked ‘Is this team for your workplace?’

First, you will need to be signed up as an individual. Please click here to sign up or sign in if you have participated in Dry July before.

Once you have signed up (or signed in), you can create or join a team from your profile page. You'll see a box with your name and four buttons including 'Join or Create a Team'. Select this button and complete the steps to either create or join a team.

A Golden Ticket gives a Dry July participant a night off their challenge.

For a minimum cost of $25, their night off can still make a difference to the lives of people affected by cancer.

To donate a Golden Ticket, search the Participant you wish to donate to, click 'Donate' on their profile page, and select 'Golden Ticket' on the donation form.

The Dry July shop has all the gear you need!

Click here to visit the shop.

Absolutely! When signing up, select the tickbox 'I don't live in Australia'.

Donors

The Dry July campaign officially ends at midnight on the 31st of August, so please ensure all online and cash donations are submitted by this date.

We do however accept cash donations all year around, so if you receive donations after this date, we will still be able to accept them via EFT.

Yes, The Dry July Foundation is a Tax Concession Charity (TCC) with Deductible Gift Recipient (DGR) status registered under the Australian Tax Office, meaning every donation made over $2 is tax deductible.

When you make a donation to Dry July, you will receive an email tax receipt.

Please first check your Junk Mail folder in your email. If the receipt is not in your Junk folder and you still haven't received it after a couple of hours please contact us at [email protected]

Payment on our site is very secure. Our payments are processed using BraintreePayments, a Paypal company and Stripe Payments. Processing donations through these platforms, we had to ensure we were PCI DSS compliant, which is the utmost level of security when processing payments online. The PCI DSS compliance has been done by SecurityMetrics, leader in the security market, and upon successful compliance we were issued this certificate.

Our site is also using 256 bit SSL encryption technologies site-wide, which you can see by the green lock in your browser URL bar. We ensure every available effort is made to protect the privacy of the information you provide to us. To the extent we hold such information, we encrypt all email addresses, passwords and other contact details of the Participants or people who make Donations or place Purchase Orders.

We accept Visa, Mastercard, American Express, PayPal, Apple Pay and Google Pay for online donations.

For cash donations, we accept cheques, EFT's and bank transfers.

Our payments are processed using Braintree Payments, a Paypal company and Stripe Payments. Braintree and Stripe specialises in delivering successful eCommerce payment gateway services to thousands of merchants. Braintree and Stripe are trusted names in eCommerce solutions at the fore front of the online payment industry. Processing donations through these platforms, we had to ensure we were PCI DSS compliant, which is the utmost level of security when processing payments online.

Teams

To create a team, you need to be signed up (or signed in) to Dry July as an individual participant first.

Once you’ve created your own Dry July profile, click the button on your profile page that says ‘Join or Create a Team’.

If your team is for your workplace, go ahead and name your workplace team then select ‘Yes’ to ‘Is this a team for your workplace?’ Include your organisation name then select, 'Create Team'.

If your team is for friends and family, check ‘No’ when asked ‘Is this team for your workplace?'

You will be prompted to invite team members once you’ve created your team profile. Note that you must be signed up as an individual participant to be able to create a team.

After selecting the ‘Invite team members’ button, you will see a link to your team page to share under the ‘JOIN MY TEAM’ tab. Copy this link and share this with your friends, family or workmates. You can also share the QR code of your team so that individuals can find your team.

When your friends, family or workmates click on the link, they will need to sign themselves up as an individual participant to Dry July first. They will then be automatically added to your team.

If they are already signed up, they will need to log in and then they will be automatically added to your team.

You'll need to be signed in to your Dry July profile to be able to join a team.

The easiest way to join a team is via the unique team URL, which is located on the team's profile page.

You can also find the team via the search bar in the 'Create a Team' section on your own profile page. Enter the name of the team and select the search icon.

Once you have found the team, select 'Join Team'. You should then see your name appear in the team list.

You can search for a team by name under 'Create a Team’ section on your own profile page. Enter the name of the team and select the search icon.

You can also search for a team by name on the Dry July home page using the search function on the top right ‘Find a fundraiser or team’.

Some teams are set to private which means the team leader needs to accept your request before being able to join a team. Email us at [email protected] and we’ll send a friendly reminder to your team leader.

Organisation pages are created by the Dry July Foundation team when you have two or more workplace teams. Organisation pages rank the workplace teams and participants by funds raised. It's a great way to inspire some friendly fundraising competition between offices, departments, locations etc.

Please get in touch with us at [email protected] and we can set this up. New workplace teams can be added as they are created.

To become a workplace team, you need to select ‘Yes’ when asked ‘Is this a team for your workplace?’ when creating a team.

Yes we do! Go to our Dry July in the Workplace page. If you'd like help with setting up your workplace team or with fundraising resources, get in touch with our Workplace Engagement & Partnerships Manager at [email protected]

If your question is still unanswered, please email [email protected] or call (02) 9247 6691