This document provides several fundraising ideas for charities organized into four categories: crazy ideas, funny ideas, creative ideas, and classic ideas. Some example crazy ideas include bungee jumping, space hopper races, ferret racing, and firewalking. Funny ideas incorporate baked bean baths, waxing body parts, and mud wrestling. Creative fundraising suggests making and selling music CDs, cards, or quilts. Classic ideas promote bike rides, quizzes, and balloon releases. The document encourages finding unique events that capture attention and involve humor to effectively raise money for charity.

1. Guide To Effective Fundraising Ideas
• Fancy raising some money
for charity but not sure of
the most effective way to do
it?
• You need to find out how to
fundraise and how to get
• Here are some tried and
tested charity fundraising
ideas that involve four
different approaches
designed to get the money
rolling in

2. Did You Know That The Best Ideas Are
Always..
• Crazy
• Fun
• Funny
• Creative
• You can remember this easily
because…

3. Charity Fundraising is Fundamentally Cool!!

4. Crazy Fundraising Ideas
• Capture people’s attention with some crazy fundraising ideas.
People love a little craziness especially when it is in aid of
raising some funds for charity!
• Why not try…..

5. A Charity Bungee Jump
• Geronimo!!
• Got a head for heights? Get sponsorship to
bungee off a high bridge or crane.

6. Space Hopper Races
• Hop on the vintage bandwagon and
organise some Space Hopper races at a
local fete.
• Try some different themes such as fancy
dress, obstacle or custard pie races

7. Ferret Racing
• Ferrets make great fundraisers! Ferret welfare
groups will often have ferrets you can hire for
a village fete.
• Ask people to place bets
• Get the races sponsored by a local company

8. Charity Firewalking
• Get fired up for a local charity
and get sponsorship to walk on
red hot coals.

9. Go – Kart Derby
• This is buckets of fun for all
the family!
• Make your own Go – Karts
• Have fun decorating them
• Charge a small fee for racing
them

10. Charity Bike Rides
• Get on your bikes and ride!
• A charity bike ride is great
for getting your friends,
family and community
together to raise some
money for charity

11. Fundraising Quizzes
• Bags of fun for everyone! What will
yours be about?
• Sport?
• Famous People?
• General Knowledge?
• Pop Trivia?

12. Balloon Release
• Helium filled balloons are
released on mass with a
ticket bearing the entrants
name and address on it. The
person whose balloon is
returned from the furthest
distance wins!

13. Funny Fundraising Ideas
• Everyone loves to laugh and to
make others laugh too. Some of
the best fundraising ideas for
charity involve a good old chuckle.

14. Baked Bean Bath
• Beans means…BATH!
• Get sponsored to bathe in a
big bath of baked beans
• Make a video of it at home
and post on the internet or
do it at a summer fete for all
to behold

15. Wax A Body Part
• Be a smooth operator.
• Wax that hairy back or exceptionally
hairy chest for your favourite charity
• Watch people wince and giggle at
the same time
• No pain no gain!

16. Mud Wrestling
• Get low down and dirty for
the sake of a good cause
• Mud wrestling is hilarious to
watch and a very effective
way to raise money for
charity

17. Creative Fundraising Ideas
• Get crafty and creative
whilst raising money for
a good cause at the same
time. Turn your talents
into cash for your
favourite charity

18. Create A Music CD To Sell
• Most people love music so if
you are a singer or musician
why not record a few tunes,
design a CD cover and sell it to
raise some cash for charity via..
• The internet
• Fetes and fairs
• The workplace

19. Making And Selling Cards
• Get some card and glue and
unleash that imagination to
make cards you can sell at
craft fairs, shops and to family
and friends.
• Valentines
• Christmas
• Birthdays
• Thank you

20. Charity Quilting
• Make some stunning quilts
to sell and donate the
money to charity. Quilting is
very popular these days and
these colourful bits of craft
work are a very good way to
fundraise