Organise an Event

A – Z of fundraising ideas 

A 

Ask – you’ll never know if you don’t! 

Abseil – scale a local building 

Aluminium Collection– collect empty cans and sell them to an aluminium can recycling depot. 

Art – ask friends who are artists or photographers to donate their work, or approach local artists. Stage an exhibition and charge entrance fee and commission 

Auction – auction off friends as slaves for a day or auction off some of your own stuff 

B 

Be enthusiastic! 

Bad tie day – charge your colleagues a pound to come in wearing the loudest tie. Award a winner 

Baked bean bath– get sponsored to spend a day in a bath of baked beans 

Barbecue – charge for burgers and sell drinks 

Battle of the bands – contest for unsigned bands. Charge entry and invite record producers 

Bingo – hold a one-off evening or regular sessions 

Book sale – sell old books, collect from everyone you know. Second hand book shops may buy left over stock 

Bring and Buy Sale 

Bungee Jump 

C

Cake stall – hold a cake stand at fairs

Cake baking contest– hold it between colleagues or friends

Canoe-a-thon

Car Boot Sale– cash in your old belongings

Car wash – wash cars at shopping centres or office car parks

Christmas cards– enclose a flyer about your event with a reply slip for pledges

Coffee mornings

Copper coins – collect 1p and 2p pieces from all of your friends

D

Donations – get companies to donate prizes, provide venues

Dance-off

Darts evening

Diet – get your friends and collegues to join you £1 for pound!

Disco

DJ – ask any DJ’s you know to do the music for an event

Dog walking – charge your neighbours and friends for the service

Drawing competition

Dress down day at work

Drink – get sponsored to give up alcohol

E

Email all your friends and get them involved

Expert talks – ask people to donate their time and expertise

F

Face painting

Fashion show

Fair or fate

Fancy dress party– pay and win prizes

Film evening – recreate an evening of vintage cinema by showing classic films and musicals and charge an entrance fee

Football – sweepstake for tournaments with friends or at work

G

Gift Aid it!

Games – twister, Jenga, Team trivial persuit. Pay to enter, donated prizes

Garden party – sell tickets or invite guests to make a donation

Go-karting – organise a work trip

Golf tournament

Greeting cards– make and sell cards for every occasion

Guess the number– e.g.guess how many sweets in the jar or how many pies you can eat!

H

Hair – cut or die people’s hair or get someone to shave off a treasured beard!

Halloween Party

Horse racing – sweepstake at work

J

Justgiving –set up your own Share online sponsored page at www.justgiving.com

Join in with an existing event within your community (e.g. fun fair, school fate and ran an activity or stall)

Jewellery making– buy your own beads and sell at a craft market or fate

Jumble sale

K

Karaoke night

Kayak-a-thon

Knitting – sell hats, scarves, ponchos

L

Left-handed day– try doing everything left handed for the day

Lent – get sponsored to give up chocolate or sweets

Look-a-like contest

M

Make the most of your talents – make necklaces, sculptures or cook food to sell

Magic shows

Marathon – get sponsored to run 26.2 miles!

Massage – charge friends and family

Mobile phone recycling

Murder mystery night– dress the part to make it more fun!

Music concert

N

New Years Eve party

O

Odd jobs for cash

P

Press – tell your local paper what you are doing

Party! – 60’s, 70’s, 80’s. Dress up!

Play

Pub crawl

Q

Quiz night – in your local community hall or pub

R

Raffles

Read-a-thon

S

Sail-a-thon

Silence – get sponsored to keep quite for a day

Smoking – get sponsored to give up and get healthy

Stars in their eyes– get your friends to dress up as someone famous and sing

Stay-a-wake-a-thon

Swim-a-thon

T

Talent contest– charge admission fee

Tea mornings

Ten pin bowling– bowling alleys sometimes have special rates

Treasure hunt– entry fee and donated prizes

U

Unwanted gifts– get friends to donate items and have a boot sale

W

Wacky ideas are best

Windsurfing-a-thon

Wine and Cheese party

Work – ask your work place to match what you fundraise

Win a day off work! Ask your boss to raffle or auction a day off work!