Sponsorship/Fundraising Ideas
Fundraising is an excellent way of raising both awareness and funds for
our charities.
If you are concerned about passing around a sponsorship form to friends,
family and colleagues, then why not collect money in a different way? There are lots
of exciting ways to fundraise from bake sales to themed dinner parties.
Matched Giving Scheme
A-Z of Fundraising Ideas
Looking for some ideas
for your fundraising initiative? Our A-Z might help. You can adapt
them to suit – and if you have any good ideas we haven’t thought about
please let us know so we can add them to the list!
A - * Abseil * Aerobics - sponsored marathon/competition * Antiques fair
* Arts or craft exhibition/sale * Auction - you could even auction
promises eg. Dog walking for 1 week
B - * Bad hair/tie day * Baked beans bath * Barn dance * Bike
Ride/Challenge * Book Fair * Bouncy castle - sponsored number of bounces
per minute * Bring & buy sale
C - * Cabaret Evening * Cake Sale * Car boot sale * Car washing * Carol
singing * Charity stall * Cocktail Party * Class/office collections *
Coffee mornings * Comedy Night * Competitions * Computer games knockout
competition * Concerts * Cookbook - collect recipes and sell
* Curryoke Night – Curry & Karaoke!
D - * Daffodil Tea * Danceathon * Dinner dance * Disco * Duck race
E - * Easter egg hunt * Egg painting competition * Egg rolling competition
* Egg & spoon race * Exhibition – art or antique
F - * Face Painting * Fairs – summer or Christmas * Fancy dress party/day
* Fashion show * Film show/premiere * Fireworks party * Football
tournament
G - * Gigs - local bands to play at school * Golf Tournament * "Guess
how many" competitions e.g. sweets in jar * Garage sale
H - * Hair beading/braiding * Halloween party * Henna tattoos
I - * Ice Cream Eating Competition * Ice Skating Evening * It's a Knockout
Competition
J * Judo competition or display * Jam making and sale
K - * Karaoke evening * Kite flying
L - * Longest line of paperclips/coins * Line dance display
M - * Magic Show * Marathons * Midnight Feast * Midsummer Night Ball
* Murder Mystery Evening * Musical Evening
N - * Nearly New Sale
O - * A Night At The Opera
P - * Pancake Race * Panel Game * Pantomime * Party * Pet Show * Plant
Sale * Poetry Reading * Pop Concert
Q - * Quiz Night * Quiz Sheets
R - * Race Night * Raft Race * Recipe Book * Rock Night * Run (sponsored)
S - * Safari Supper * Sailing Competition * Singalong * Sponsored Slim *
Strawberry Tea * Sunday Brunch * Swimathon * Supper Party
T - * Talent Contest * Teddy Bears' Picnic. * Theatre Show * Themed
Evening * Toy Fair * Treasure Hunt * Tug of War
U * Umbrella Sale
V - * Valentine Disco/Dinner * Vintage Car Rally * Volunteer Your Talents
for A Donation
W - * Wine Tasting * Wordsearch
X - * Xmas hampers * Xmas
party (early one!)
Y - * Yo-Yo Competition.
Z - * Zodiac evening
If your employer adopts a Matched Giving Scheme it's a fantastic way to double your money.
Just Giving Online Donation Personal Page
Just Giving is a fantastic online donation site where you can create your own page in a few easy steps to
personalise and send out to all your email contacts.
The List is endless...just have some fun whilst raising funds!