This document provides ideas for fundraising events organized by different groups including schools, sports clubs, community organizations, churches, and groups focused on children and young people. Some of the ideas mentioned include non-uniform days, sponsored silences, school discos, wardrobe clear outs, supermarket bag packing, coffee mornings, quiz nights, pancake breakfasts, and Easter egg hunts. The document aims to give a variety of low-cost and easy to implement event ideas that different organizations can use to raise money for their cause.

1. Easy Fundraising
School and Education
1. Mufti day
Non-uniform day can be one of the best ways for children to get involved
with fundraising. All they have to do is bring in an amount stipulated by
the school and they can wear their own clothes for the entire day instead
of uniform. To make it more original, you could introduce a theme like
cartoon characters.
2. Sponsored silence
Getting one person to be silent if you’re a bit of a chatterbox can be a
challenge. So why not really push the envelope and do a mass sponsored
silence. Don’t forget to set a date and time to do it and a limit on how long
the challenge will last. Don’t forget the sponsorship forms!
3. Show and Tell pet/toy day
Putting together a show and tell day for a small donation from each pupil
can be entertaining and educational. Each pupil could bring in their
favourite toy from home and talk about it to their class. You could also do
pet show and tell days with additional help from parents.
4. School Disco
Arrange a disco for the children charging for entrance. Provide snacks and
drinks along with games. To provide extra funds you could organise a
raffle for the children to win a prize. Companies are willing to donate
items for events providing you advertise their good will around the
school. Try going into a toy store like build a bear or toys r us.
5. Summer Fete
Make use of the warm weather with a school fair. You can ask parents to
get involved with activities, such as tug of war for the dads. Set up stalls
for baking, fresh lemonade, crafty bits and face painting for the children.
You could even put some teachers in the stocks and throw wet sponges at
them for a fee.
6. School Sleepover
Everyone involved will love this idea; kids want to stay up late hanging
out with their friends eating a midnight feast and parents will have a
night to do as they please for a small donation. Don’t forget to send out
permission slips to the parent or guardian with a list of what they will
need to bring.
7. Treasure Hunt
Make a map of the school for each group that takes part and stain it with
teabags to give it an antique look. Provide clues in different areas as
shown on the map. Make it more interesting with pirate fancy dress and
naming classrooms differently so the hunt will be harder and more fun.

2. Sports Clubs
1. Unwanted shoes and clothes
Organise a wardrobe clear out of old clothes, shoes and accessories like
hats, bags and belts. Make sure they are in good condition and wash any
items before you donate. If you have enough unwanted items you could
use a website that will pay you on the weight of items.
2. Predict scores for relevant sport
Get the team involved in predicting the upcoming week’s football scores
for £2 a go. If no one guesses correctly who won, lost or drew then it rolls
over to the next week and the club takes a portion of the money towards
the club’s needs.
3. Supermarket bag packing
Contact a supermarket store manager asking if you can pack bags for
their customers. Encourage all of the team to wear their uniform and put
one collection box on each checkout. Ask the customer first if you can help
with packing their bags, some would prefer you didn’t, but will still
donate to your cause.
4. Rent out facilities
If you have access to your own facilities make use of the opportunity and
rent them out. If you have your own pitch you can have advertising
boards lined up around the edge with company names. Advertise your
space is available for birthday parties and events; it can bring in extra
revenue when it is not in use.
5. Stall at local events
Try setting up a local stall at a summer fair with mini games. Games like
football through a hole and mini golf are big crowd pleasers. You can
charge for a go and have a leader board for who got the most points. The
winner could be given a donated prize.
6. Carwash
Organise a car wash fundraiser, it’s so easy to organise and fun to take
part in. Advertise the car wash weeks in advance with posters; you could
even pre sell tickets at a discounted price. Whilst customers are waiting
for the cars to be washed you could be selling refreshments for extra
income. Have a table set up with cakes and hot drinks.
7. Sponsored waxing
Get some willing members of your sports team to wax off their excess hair
for everyone else’s amusement. Set up a time and place of the waxing,
preferably so people that have donated can come and watch. You could
even video the event and put it on YouTube with a link to a donation page
to generate more revenue.

3. Community
1. Coffee mornings
A coffee morning is one of the easiest and low cost ways of fundraising.
There are two ways to cover your money spent, you could set an initial
ticket price to get in or make entrance free and have donation boxes
around. Have delicious sandwiches and cakes on offer, maybe with a prize
draw to raise more money for your cause.
2. Bingo evening
Contact some bingo clubs to donate some books for a worthy cause and
set up your own bingo night fundraiser. Along with the sale of the bingo
games you could provide food and drink for a fee. Introduce a raffle also
with donated prizes. Make sure you have the option of selling extra cards
to boost the night’s income.
3. Quiz night
Engage the local community with a quiz night; you can make it a monthly
attraction at your own facility. Charge a fee per group to enter the quiz
and have prizes for 1st, 2nd and 3rd place. Make it as a fun as possible with
different rounds to entice as many newcomers as possible.
4. Youth club
Set up an after school club for teenagers at a charge in your local
community centre. You can set up a PlayStation, a Ping-Pong table, indoor
bowling and a pool table. If there are tuck shop facilities you could even
sell snacks and drinks.
5. Comedy night
Hold a night for up and coming comedians at your community centre or
ask a comedy club to host the evening. Include a raffle to generate extra
funds to your cause. It’s such a fun way to raise money and people will be
wondering when the next comedy event is.
6. Pancake breakfast
Most people still don’t know how to flip a pancake successfully, so put on
a lavish spread that they can enjoy without the stress of cooking.
Advertise the pancake breakfast day weeks in advance and have a variety
of different toppings that everyone will enjoy. Ask supermarkets if they
will donate food items in return for free publicity.
7. Gala evening
Hold a black tie fundraising evening, you could even make it themed.
Charge a standard ticket price that covers the cost of the venue, dinner,
entertainment and decoration of the venue. Introduce a silent auction as
part of the evening, but leave it till the end of the night to announce who
has the winning bids to raise more money.

4. Church and Religion
1. Choir Concert
Announce a concert and set a date and time for it to start. Charge a set
ticket price for entry, with donation boxes littered around the event. Sell
cakes and refreshments for extra income in the interval, you could even
turn off the lights and sell glow sticks for the children to hold.
2. Angel Festival
This easy idea gets the creativity flowing in the local community. Charge
an entry fee into the competition. The rules are as follows, each group
must build a life-sized angel with a theme and clearly defined wings. To
make it more interesting place the finished angels on display for 24 hours
with a bucket under each one, the one with the most donations get a
special mention as public favourite or a runner up prize.
3. Adopt a bench
Advertise that people in the community can adopt a bench on your
grounds. It may be in memoriam of a loved one or can be given as a
wedding gift to a couple that got married at the church. It is a good way to
promote the church and encourage more visitors.
4. Brick fundraising
This is an easy way to show how much a project is, as the progress
towards the goal you outline is measurable by everyone donating. It can
be difficult to estimate how much it will cost if you need building work for
your organisation but this approach makes it fun and attainable. You
could possibly charge more for an engraved brick included in your
project.
5. Church tea towels
Print an image of the church or some lines of scripture on the tea towel
and sell for a few pounds. You could ask a local artist to draw their
interpretation of the church and use that for a more professional look in
exchange for their name on the work of course.
6. Knitting for charity
If members of your group knit ask them to provide some items for an
event so money can be raised for your cause. Setting up a craft event
along with other things such as pottery, soft toys, handmade jewellery
and hair accessories can be a massive success.
7. Dog Day/show
If you have the outside space put on a dog show charging for entry into
the competition. Set up stalls with refreshments on sale along with craft
items. Encourage local businesses to set up stalls on site for a small fee,
and invite local media along to your event to drum up business. Finally
have rosettes awarded to the winning dogs in each category you outline. A
fun day out for everyone involved!

5. Children and Young People
1. Art competition
Advertise an art competition for children with an entry fee and a set topic
of your choice that they must base their drawing on. Hold an exhibition
night to announce the winner and auction off the pictures to the highest
bidder. Award the 1st place winner a donated prize.
2. Easter egg hunt
Organise an Easter egg hunt for the children and charge a few pounds per
entry for each child. Buy goodies for the hunt from wholesalers so you get
them for a cheaper price. Ask for volunteers to help with the running of
the event, maybe you could convince someone to make an appearance as
the Easter bunny. Finally, showcase a raffle with an Easter hamper for the
adults.
3. Name the teddy
Get your hands on the cutest teddy bear you can find for this idea. Ask a
toyshop for a donation in exchange for advertising. If you buy a scratch
card name a teddy sheet online it will already have a name chosen for
you. Whereas if you have access to print off your own sheet, make up 100
names and charge £1 a guess of the teddy’s name you choose.
4. Face painting
Get in a professional if you can, they have all the skills and the kit already.
All you do is take a commission for providing them with their customers.
Advertise well and state the price per face alongside pictures of kid’s
favourite characters. If parents can see clearly displayed what their child’s
face will look like they wont be too hesitant.
5. Sweets in a jar
Carefully count all your selected sweets into a large jar and put on display
for people to guess how many are there. Make the sweets colourful and
attractive so people will be enticed have a go. Have a piece of paper
numbered with each guess so people cannot guess the same number.
Whoever is right or the closest takes home the jar of sweets.
6. Bike obstacle and relay course
Charge a standard entry fee into the relay per group of children. Set up an
obstacle course along the way that includes challenges such as hula
hooping for 3 seconds without it falling and throw a ball through a net
before you can carry on the relay.
7. Teddy Bear’s picnic
Decide on a date, venue and time for your picnic so you can send out
invites to each child. Apply a fixed donation amount for the attendance;
you could suggest that the children bring picnic food they have made

6. themselves with their parents. Have a range of fun activities like games
and nursery rhyme singing.
Animal and Wildlife
1. Car raffle
There are many people that no longer have use for their car and want a
fuss free way of getting rid of it, so donating could be the answer. Ask
around dealerships also that may be willing to donate a used car in
exchange for publicity. Advertise this event on every platform to get as
much attention as possible to sell a lot of raffle tickets.
2. Wildlife lottery
This is the same as any other lottery out there. People buy a ticket and
have chance to win an amount of money determined by how many tickets
you sell. If it is popular make it a monthly event that people can buy a
subscription to be entered into the draw.
3. Abseiling challenge
If you’re more of a risk taker when it comes to your fundraising, take on a
sponsored abseil challenge. Ask family and friends to sponsor your efforts
and come to watch you complete the task. Invite local media to the event
to raise your profile, ask them to link to a donation page.
4. Animal dress up fun run
Organise a fun run to raise funds for your cause. But make one of the rules
that everyone has to dress up as an animal. Sell refreshments to
spectators watching the race. Charge an entry fee to the race but
encourage runners to set up their own donation page also.
5. Ferret racing
Contact a ferret welfare group who will organise the whole race for you
for a fee. Spectators bet on their favourite ferret and receive a ticket. The
pot of money is shared between every winning ticket. Sponsored races by
local businesses encourage sales of tickets when there is a prize on offer
from the establishment.
6. Guess the baby
Ask people at work to bring in a picture of themselves as babies, scan the
pictures to a large size and take a recent photo as well. Pin the baby and
recent photos up and give out answer sheets for a few days at a cost. All
the correct answers are placed in a draw and one person wins a prize.
7. Animal ears day
Create an animal ears day in your workplace or school. Charge everyone a
fee to wear animal ears for the day; they can’t take them off, not even if
they go out for lunch. You can find all different kinds of animal ears online
and whoever has the most unique animal ears wins a prize.

7. Environment
1. Eco afternoon
Set up a technology free afternoon. No electricity, turn everything off and
head outside into nature. Ask for donations for participation in the
afternoon. Include activities that will benefit the environment such as
planting seeds or building a natural birdhouse. Advertise your eco
afternoon as a monthly event to encourage more visitors and donations
regularly.
2. Recycle
Whatever you can get your hands on there is money to be made. You will
be shocked at what can benefit your cause. Printer cartridges and old
unused technology like phones, cameras and music devices can be
recycled for cash. Check around the house for your unwanted items, you
could be sitting on a goldmine.
3. Beach clean up
If you live near a beach you can organise a sponsored beach clean up.
Rubbish on the beach is so harmful to sea life you will be helping the
environment as well as making money for your cause. Advertise this
event well and invite local media for photo opportunities.
4. Plant sale
If you’re quite the budding gardener use your talents to raise some funds.
Plan and advertise the event well in advance so you and others taking
part have time to grow what you are selling. Think about season
appropriate plants when you plan to sell them. Arrange refreshments at
the event for additional funds.
5. Nature trail
Charge a small fee for participation in your trail. Arrange activities along
the way with educational input from professionals. At the start give every
participant a tick list to find items as they go around. Once finished have a
picnic in a woodland area where everyone can chat about what they’ve
seen.
6. Furniture donation
Keep the amount of landfill down by selling donated furniture. It is
especially helpful to the environment and provides critical help to people
in need. Many people donate willingly but if you offer a pick up service
you are likely to get more donations.
7. Smencils
Smencils are scented pencils that are made out of recycled newspaper
and have different scents such as bubblegum and peppermint. These are
extremely popular with children and can make a big profit. Selling them
benefits the environment; advertise this fact when you sell them.