A-Z of Fundraising
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· Aerobics marathon - Ask you local gym of they will allow you to organise a marathon.
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Auction of Promises - Local services can offer to donate a promise of, for
example a day gardening, cleaning your windows or car. Then these can be
auctioned off at a local event.
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Art show Are you an artist
or photographer? Why not hold an exhibition and donate a percentage of your
sales to Hospice Aid UK?
B
· Bring & Buy sale At work, in your garden or at your local community centre
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BBQ At home. Small
charge for burgers or hotdogs
· Baby competition Ask colleagues or friends to bring in
baby photos of themselves. People pay to guess whos who prizes for the
person who guesses the most correctly.
· Baked Bean bath - Get sponsored to sit in a bath of baked beans.
· Book sale - Dig out all
those books and sell them!
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Bring a pound to work Ask all your work colleagues
simply to bring a pound in for your charity.
C
· Cake sale Bake those favourites and sell them at home, at school or at your local meeting group
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Car-boot sale Good excuse
for a clearout and to raise vital funds
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Coffee morning Perfect for a
natter with your friends and raise your bit
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Car Wash Wash cars for donations
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Cycle Ride - take part in a sponsored long distance cycle ride, say from
London to Paris
D
· Dinner dance Organise your own dinner dance or ball
· Darts marathon Get your local pub involved
· Disco - Organise a disco
or 70's night - with fancy dress!
E
· EBay auction Selling your items on EBay can make you a few pennies and also help with a percentage to charity
F
· Fancy dress party Have fun dressing up for a fee. The best costume wins a prize.
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Fine Box If your colleagues swear or are
late for work, they pay a fine! The later they are or the worse the swear word,
the higher the fine!
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Fire-walking
Organise your own fire walking night
G
· Garden party Open your garden to the public for a fee!
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Golf Day Ask your local Golf
club to hold a charity tourament
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Guess the number
eg: balloons in a car, sweets in a jar etc
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Give up Chocolate for a week Can you stand it for that long? Get your friends and family to sponsor
you.
H
· Help Hospice Aid UK Day Dedicated day to help your favourite charity
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Hair-raising hair day Come to work with the freakiest hair
style you can do
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Hairdresser Day
Ask your local hairdressers to offer Free hairdressing for the day for a
donation to Hospice Aid UK
I
· Ice walking evening- Organise your own ice walk
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Ice Skating - Get people to sponsor you for how many times you can go around the
ring without falling over..
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Ice Cream -
How much ice cream can you eat in a minute? Ask people to sponsor you and find
out.
J
· Jumble sale Ask your local community hall to hold a Jumble sale in aid of Hospice Aid UK
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Jive or Jazz night
Ask your local pub to hold a Jazz night
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Jeans Day
Ask you company to allow everyone to wear jeans to work for the day for a fee!
K
· Karaoke night Ask your local pub to hold one
L
· Line Dancing evening Pay an entry fee for a fun packed evening
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Litter pick-up
Get your local council to sponsor litter collections
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Lunch less Set a date for
all your colleagues to bring in a packed lunch and then to give you the money
they would have spent.
M
· Matched donation Ask your company to match any funds you raise
· Magical Mystery Tour Sell tickets to an organised tour &
any profits donate to Hospice Aid UK
· Match the pet to the owner competition - Ask your colleagues to
bring in one photo of themselves and one of their pet. Charge people £1 a time
to match up all the photographs
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Marathons - get fit, raise money and challenge yourself to run a marathon for
charity
N
· Non-uniform day Ask your school if you can come to school
in clothes that are not your uniform - each child pays £1 for the privilege.
O
· Odd job day offer your services for any odd jobs to your neighbours, friends & family for a donation
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Overseas Events - take part in an organised overseas trek and have a fantastic holiday
and raise money for charity
P
· Parachute jump Check out website for information on how you can Jump for Free
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Police Cell for a night
Ask your local cop shop if you can use a cell for the night. Then get
sponsorship to do it
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Pub Crawl
Take your collection buckets with you!!
Q
· Quiz night Ask you local pub if you can hold one.
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Quit smoking
Ask friends & family to sponsor you to give up!
R
· Raffle Ask local businesses to donate prizes
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Running - take part in one of the many organised runs
around the country from 5K to a marathon!
S
· Sponsored anything!! Swimathon, Slimathon, Singathon, Walkathon
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Shave your head or beard How brave are
you?
T
· Tombola Ask local companies or just the locals to donate prizes
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Teddy bears picnic Bring your
favourite bear along for a small fee.
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Treasure Hunt
Charge an entry fee and have great fun finding the treasure.
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Tin Drop us an email
to ask for a collection tin. Well be happy to send you one
U
· Unwanted gifts sale - Ask friends & family to give then use them for raffles, tombolas, Ebay auction or car boot sale.
V
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Valet Service
Offer to clean cars inside & out for anyone you know
W
· Wine & Cheese party Homemade wine, prizes & donated wine & cheese. Guess the wines country game. Charge for admission & entering games.
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Welly throwing competition Whoever throws the furthest wins
X
· Xmas bazaar/card sale Ask your local community to hold the bazaar in aid of Hospice Aid UK
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X Factor competition
Organise your own singing competition with judges and contestants. Contestants
pay a fee for entry.
Y
·
Yard of Ale competition
The locals at your pub will love this one!
Z
· Zzzzz sponsored nap! For the more laid back fundraiser
We can provide you with tailor made sponsor forms, literature and other
fundraising tools to help you with your chosen fundraising activity.
For more information, help and further advice on any of the above ideas, please
email Trish Loveland trish@hospiceaid.co.uk