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A-Z of Fundraising Ideas Here are a few suggestions to get your ideas flowing … colleagues or teachers cars. D Abseiling Adventure Day Aerobathon Afternoon Tea Airplane Pull Antqiues Fair Archery Arm Wrestling Art Exhibition Arts & Crafts Fair Auction of Promises Try to get people to donate a promise of their time, use thir belongings, or to donate a gift. You could even ask people to auction themselves as 'slaves' for the day! Try to get local businesses to donate vouchers for goods and services and then ask members of the public to bid on them, offer to acknowledge the businesses that donate in any literature you produce as an incentive. Badminton Match Bake Sale Barn Dance Bathe in a bath of..... Beard Grow Beauty & Pamper Night Bingo Bike Ride Board Game Marathon Book Sale Bonfire Night Bowling Bridge night Bring & Buy Sale Bucket Collections These are easy and a guaranteed way of collecting cash. Between you, you could cover a whole day from 9am to 5.00pm, doing 2 hours each (working on your own or in pairs). You could even wear fancy dress to help draw attention to your cause. Cabaret Night Cake Bake Car Boot Sale Car Treasure Hunt Car Wash Carol Singing Casino Night Celebrity Auction Cheese & Wine Night Christmas Fair Clay Pigeon Shoot Clothes Swap Coffee Morning Craft Fair Cricket Match Cycle to Work Cake Bake Hold a coffee morning or afternoon tea event or simply bake cakes to sell at school or work. You'll be surprised at just how many cakes you'll be able to sell. Dance Event Dare to Bare Darts Match Dinner Party Disco Dog Walk Donate a days salary Drink a yard of ale Dragon Boat Race Dress Up/Down Day Dance-a-thon Hip hop, jazz, street, ballet, tap line dance or ballroom - involve the community, have a competition to see who can dance for the most number of hours. Easter Egg Hunt E-bay yours items Eighties Night Exhibition Expert Talk Invite an expert e.g. local florist to do a talk and demonstration. Charge admission, sell refreshments. If you can get a celebrity, you could even get them to sign something and auction it.
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A-Z of Fundraising IdeasHere are a few suggestions to get your ideas flowing …
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Abseiling Adventure DayAerobathonAfternoon TeaAirplane Pull
Antqiues FairArchery Arm WrestlingArt ExhibitionArts & Crafts Fair
Auction of PromisesTry to get people to donate a promise of their time, use thir belongings, or to donate a gift. You could even ask
people to auction themselves as 'slaves' for the day! Try to get local businesses to donate vouchers for goods and
services and then ask members of the public to bid on them, offer to acknowledge the businesses that donate
in any literature you produce as an incentive.
Badminton MatchBake SaleBarn DanceBathe in a bath of.....Beard GrowBeauty & Pamper NightBingo
Bike RideBoard Game MarathonBook SaleBonfire NightBowling Bridge nightBring & Buy Sale
Bucket CollectionsThese are easy and a guaranteed way of collecting cash. Between you, you could cover a whole day from 9am to 5.00pm, doing 2 hours each (working on your own or in pairs). You could even wear fancy dress to help draw
attention to your cause.
Cabaret NightCake BakeCar Boot SaleCar Treasure HuntCar WashCarol SingingCasino NightCelebrity Auction
Cheese & Wine NightChristmas FairClay Pigeon ShootClothes SwapCoffee MorningCraft FairCricket MatchCycle to Work
Cake BakeHold a coffee morning or afternoon
tea event or simply bake cakes to sell at school or work. You'll be surprised at just how many cakes you'll be able
to sell.
Dance EventDare to BareDarts MatchDinner PartyDisco
Dog WalkDonate a days salaryDrink a yard of aleDragon Boat RaceDress Up/Down Day
Dance-a-thonHip hop, jazz, street, ballet, tap line
dance or ballroom - involve the community, have a competition to
see who can dance for the most number of hours.
Easter Egg HuntE-bay yours itemsEighties NightExhibition
Expert TalkInvite an expert e.g. local florist to
do a talk and demonstration. Charge admission, sell
refreshments. If you can get a celebrity, you could even get them to sign something and auction it.
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Face PaintingFancy DressFashion ShowFestivalFetes & FairFilm Night
Fireworks DisplayFishing DayFive-a-side tournamentFootball MatchFright NightFun Run
Fancy Dress PartyHold a fancy dress event to coincide with the time of year, perhaps, St.
Patrick's Day, Easter, Christmas characters, 60's or 70's, a birthday
celebration.
Garage SaleGarden PartyGo cold turkey
Golf DayGuess the weight of .....Guess the baby photo
Gig or Battle of the BandsGet lots of your friends
together to enjoy a night of music. You could even get your
local radio station to support your event with a live
broadcast.
Halloween NightHead ShaveHill WalkingHold an event at home
Horse Race NightUsing film of actual horses, shown on a large screen, guests
enjoy an evening of selecting and then cheering on their horse. By using real money, they can be an extremely
successful fundraising event in a local venue.
There are always 8 horse in a race and guests choose from the race card the ones they fancy putting their money on.
People go to the betting table/tote table to place their bets. If their horse wins, they get back more than they started with.
Most race nights have 8 races and, combined with a few drinks and often a meal, they are really a very popular
event. There are a variety of companies to choose from offering Race Nights in the UK. Just search for 'Race night'
Indoors Games EventIt's a knockout
Inform everyone you knowYour family, friends, work colleagues,
suppliers and customers of how much money you need to raise and of any fundraising
events you are arranging.
Jail BreakJob Swap
JoggingJazz Evening
Jumble SaleThe perfect opportunity to declutter your
wardrobe and to get your family and friends to do the same. Use your local community centre or
hall and charge people to come in. You could also hold a raffle or tombola to make the event even
better.
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N Name that Netball TournamentNew Year's ResolutionNon-uniform Day
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KaraokeKnitting CompetitionKnockout Competition
Kidnap The Head Teacher, The CEO, Club Captain and
hold them ransom until you have raised enough
money.
Ladies LunchLine DancingLong Distance Cycle/Walk
Local PressDon't forget to contact the local press and tell them of your event. Ask them to do a
photo shoot and editorial.
Masked Ball Market StallMedieval Banquet
Mile of PenniesMountain ClimbMud Run
Murder Mystery NightYou can download lots of information
and even buy a pack online. Invite your friends round and ask them to make a donation in lieu of dinner.
Name the BearGet a really cute Teddy Bear and print out a list of girl's names or boy's names and get everyone to pay to guess
the name. The lucky winner takes home the bear.
Open GardenOffice PartyOffice Olympics
Office SweepstakeAny major sporting event such as Wimbledon, F. A. Cup,
Grand National is the perfect opportunity to hold a sweepstake. Split the money between the winner and your
sponsorship fund.
Pamper DayPancake RacePantomimeParachute JumpPainting CompetitionPhotography ExhibitionPlant SalePoetry RecitalPoker NightPop-up ShopPub Crawl/Run
Pool TournamentHold a knockout contest and charge people to enter. You can apply the same to any other
gaming/sporting tournament - such as snooker, darts, carpet bowls or even dominoes.
Pub QuizAsk your local landlord to let you put on a quiz
night. Let us know and we'll even help you with questions including Marathon Rounds.
Quaser Night Quiz Night
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T Uniform free / Dress Down DayUnicycle Ride
Valentine's DanceVintage Dance/Vintage Fair
X, Y & Z X-factor
There are endless ways you can have fun and raise funds for St. Luke's Hospice at the same time, we hope the above suggestions have helped sparked some of your own ideas.
The St. Luke's Hospice Fundraising Team is on hand to help and support you with all the materials and information you’ll need, please don’t hesitate to get in touch by calling 01268 524973 and asking for the Fundraising Department or email [email protected]
Race Night Raffle Recycle Record Breaker River Boat Trip Road Race Rock Climbing
Rodeo Bull CompetitionRuby MatchRunning Event
RafflesAre a great way of raising money,
especially if you get the prizes donated. However, if you are running a raffle there a few rules you need to know.
Please contact the Fundraising Department for further information.
Second Hand StallSilent AuctionSleepoverSpeed DatingSpelling BeeSpinathon
Sponsored SilenceSports DayStreet PartySwear BoxSweepstakeSwimming Event
Sports TournamentGet active and competitive, perhaps
management v staff, teachers v pupils.
Talent ShowTeach your skillTeddy Bears' PicnicTen Pin BowlingTennis TournamentTheatre Production
Themed Party/DanceThree Legged RaceTombolaTreasure HuntTrekTug of War
Tea PartyHold your own Alice in
Wonderland or other themed tea party. Tea, cake and celebrate
with family and friends.
Unwanted GiftsWe all have those Birthday or Christmas gifts
that we will never use. Ask your family, friends, work colleagues to donate them and then you
can have an unwanted gift sale.
WalksWaxing
Western themed partyWine Tasting Evening
Yard of Ale Competition Yacht Race
ZumbathonYogathon
Thank you and good luck.
