Don't be daunted by reaching the required sponsorship level for your charity challenge event. Once you set your mind to it, it’s amazing what you can achieve!
With imagination, careful planning, a positive attitude and plenty of determination the money will start mounting up in no time...
When you register you’ll receive a fundraising pack full of information and ideas. Your chosen charity should also be able to provide sponsorship forms, collection tins, tee shirts etc.
St Patrick's Day on 17 March is a great theme for a fundraising evening. Celebrate all things Irish with your friends, family and colleagues. Or how about holding an Oscars party? With spring round the corner why not have a spring clean and clear out for a car boot sale?
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Ask everyone you know for a £25 donation
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£500 |
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Dress down day at your local primary school, secondary school or business
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£250 |
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Get 5 friends to fundraise £100 each on yourbehalf
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£500 |
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Hold a car boot sale once a month for 6 months
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£300 |
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Arrange a quiz night & an auction of promisesand goods
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£500 |
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Organise a monthly sweepstake at work Grand National, football tournament etc
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£450 |
YOU’VE DONE IT! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . .£2500
Online Fundraising
- Set up your own sponsorship page in minutes.
- Personalise it with a photo and message about what you are doing and why.
- Choose your own website address that will be easy to remember for your supporters.
- Update people with your progress and automatically send them a thank you e-mail for their donation.
- Friends and family can sponsor you from anywhere in the world.
www.virginmoneygiving.com is a new fundraising website that helps charities and fundraisers raise more money online, without taking a penny in profit. This
means more money goes where it’s needed - directly to charity. So, for each £10 you raise through Virgin Money Giving your charity receives £12.46 (based on a donation made by Visa debit card with Gift Aid reclaimed).
www.justgiving.com allows you to set up an online sponsorship form. Money donated on your page is paid directly to the charity’s bank account and JustGiving even apply for Gift Aid on donations made by UK taxpayers. So, for every £10 you give as a UK taxpayer, the charity receives almost £12, and they get it much faster than they would otherwise.
A-Z of Fundraising Ideas
Auction ofPromises
Persuade people to donate a promise of their time, use of their belongings, or to donate a gift. You can even ask people to donate themselves and auction them as slaves for the day.
Bungee Jump
Get sponsored to take a jump of a lifetime.
Bring a£1 to Work Day
Ask all your colleagues to bring just a pound to work in aid of the charity.
Cricket Match
Have a knockout contest and get people to pay to join a team. Charge admission to all your spectators and sell refreshments.
Dinner Dance
Arrange a band and food and charge a reasonable price. Organise a raffle and/or an auction.
Expert Seminar
Use an expert or well known personality, who is prepared to donate their time to give a talk or performance. Charge admission, have a break to sell refreshments and an auction of a signed book or autograph.
Fashion Show
Ask a local clothes shop to put on a show in conjunction with your company.
Greetings Cards
Make and sell your own greetings cards.
Halloween Ball
Sell tickets to a fancy dress Halloween Ball.
It's a Knockout
Challenge your clients and other companies to a friendly 'It's a Knockout' Competition.
Jumble Sale
De-clutter your house and garage and hold a jumble, garage or car boot sale.
Karaoke Evening
Ask a local pub to host one for you and charge people to get in or take part.
Lunch Money
Ask all your colleagues to bring in sandwiches for their lunch and donate the money saved to the charity.
Matched Giving
Ask your company if they will match any money raised or donated
Night in for Charity
Stay in for an evening you’d normally go out and donate the money saved to the charity.
Outward Bounds Weekend
This is the perfect way to promote team work within your company while raising money for the charity.
Publicity
Send a press release to all your local papers asking for sponsorship from companies and individuals.
Quiz Night
Invite all your friends and colleagues to a general knowledge quiz, with prizes for the best team, most inventive answer etc.
Round-Robin Email
Send an email to everyone you know explaining what you are doing and asking for their support.
Sponsored Event
Swim, slim, headshave - ask your colleagues and friends to raise sponsorship money for you in a fun way.
Treasure Hunt
A challenging and fun way to raise big money.
University Challenge
Collect together teams who attended the same or nearby universities and hold a challenge to see which university comes top.
Variety Show
Round up your talented friends and tread the boards, charging for admission of course.
Wine Tasting
Invite an ‘expert’ or local wine dealer to bring along a few cases of wine and donate some of the proceeds of his sales to the charity.
X-files Party
or any other themed evening with fundraising top of the menu of course.
Your own Lottery
Works exactly the same way as the National Lottery, only you have a better chance of winning!
Zany Tie Day
Ask male colleagues to wear their wackiest tie to work. Charge them or charge others to vote on the most way out tie!
You will be well on your way to fundraisingsuccess if you think creatively and set up events to raise the much needed funds. Remember fundraising is part of the challenge, but can befun as well.