A-Z of Fundraising Ideas
There are endless community events to choose from and innovative ideas for how to raise funds for your organisation. Below is an "A-Z" of fundraising ideas and how to help!
A
* Abseil
* Aerobics: sponsored marathon/ competition
* Antiques Fair
* Arts and Crafts stalls/ exhibitions/ fair
* Auctions
B
* Bad Hair/ Tie Day/ shaved or funny hair cuts
* Baked beans bath
* Barbecue
* Barn Dance
* Bike rides
* Bits and Pieces (music quiz)
* Book or boot sale
* Bouncy castle- sponsored event, eg: number of bounces per minute
* Bring and Buy sale
* Broadband adverts or online donations
* Boat race
* Bingo
* Basketball compettion
C
* Cabarets/ talent shows
* Cakes for a child
* Car boot sale
* Car washing (in schools grounds)
* Chess compettion
* Card delivery service, pupils pay for delivery within the school
* Child/community sponsorship in Third world country?
* Cards and Gifts
* Carol singing
* Charity shop (even just open one lunchtime a week selling donated items)
* Christmas cards- making or selling bought cards
* Class collections
* Coffee mornings
* Collections of other things (eg waste paper , bottle tops, coins or stamps)
* Competitions
* Computer games knockout, best if plyed in pairs
* Concerts/ recitals/plays/shows
* Cook books
* Cookery contest (eg: Reday steady cook- could be teachers)
* Cookie Challenge
D
* Dance marathon
* Dinner dance/ ball- theme the night for extra fun
* Disco/ raves
* Cream cracker eating competition
E
* Easter eaggstravaganza
* Easter egg hunt
* Easter Party
* Egg rolling competition
* Easter bunny day for children
F
* Face painting
* Fairs/ fetes/ feishes/ bazaars etc
* Fancy dress party/day
* Fashion Show
* Film show/premiere
* Fire works party
* Flower/ fruit/ vegetable show/ sale display/ stall
* Foam party- fill paddling or swimming pool withg foam and then party!
* Football tournament
G
* Gangsters and Molls Ball
* Game shows (eg: stars in their eyes, wheel of fortune, blockbusters, blind date etc)
* Gift Boxes made and sold
* Gigs
* Go-Karting
* Golf Day
* Great big charity walk
H
* Hair beading/ platting/ shving/ cutting
* Halloween Party/ Ball
* Hot dog/ Burger stand
* Hockey match/ hurling match
I
* It's a knockout
* Iron stomach competition
J
* Judo competition ort display
* Jumble sale
* Jenga compettion
K
* Kareoke competition/display
* Kite flying
L
* Line dancing
* Lottery
M
* Marathon events- table tennis, aerobics, line dancing, badminton, etc in shift teams
* Midsummer masked Ball
* Midnight film shows/parties etc
* Murder Mystery Evening
* Mountain climb
N
* Non uniform day
* New Years Eve Dance
* Night time treasure hunt/ hide and seek
* No work day
O
* Old times Ball
* One hundred club- raising 100 euro per person/ per group/ or 100 members in it
* Obstacle courses/ races
P
* Pancake Tuesday/ Pancake race/Competition
* Panel games
* Parachute jump
* Parties- school birthday/ anniversary etc
* Penalty shoot out competition
* Penny mile, where coins are lined up and measured- can be done in teams
* Pet show
* Photographic competitions
* Polo
* Pram push
Q
* Quizzes
R
* Races
* Raffles
* Rapping contest, show or sponsored event
* Running events
S
* Saints days parties/ them day
* Santa's grotto
* School fair
* School skip (skipathon)
* Scoffing food competition
* Shakespeare themed event/marathon
* Silly games afternoon: egg &spoon race, silly races, wet sponge throwing etc)
* Skateboard display
* Slide evening
* Sponsored events: eg: no TV day, shoe cleaning day, swim, no smoking/drinking)
* Sport contests, teachers v's students
* Stalls at fairs/ conferences
* Swap shop or theme day
* Summer Nights Ball
T
* Tea Party
* Teddy Bear's picnic
* Theme days/ evenings (eg: countries- French, Spanish, soap operas, past eras etc)
* Throwing competition
* Tombola
* Top of the pops show
* Treasure hunt
* Treks
* Tuck shop
U
* Uniform days
* University challenges
V
* Variety show
* Visa Card
W
* Wacky races
* Whist drive
* World footie
* Weei computer game competition
X
* X-files day (set up a crime scene)
* Xmas fair/party/panto/ pagent
Y
* Yacht Race
* Yellow day
* Young Entrepeneur Compettion
Z
* Zany Party
* Zebra day
