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A-Z of Fundraising

 

A

·         Ask – get ideas and support you’ll never know if you don’t!

·         Abseil – scale a local building

·         Art - can you paint, take photos or know someone who can? Why not stage an exhibition and charge entrance fee and commission.

·         Auction – of ‘promises’ or a slave auction. Auction off items, taking a percentage of sales.

B

·         Be creative, enthusiastic and shameless!

·         Baby – have a baby competition ask colleagues or friends to bring in baby photos of themselves. People pay to guess who’s who – simple fun and prizes for the winners.

·         Bad tie day – charge your colleagues a £1 to come to work wearing their loudest tie. Award the winner.

·         Bingo – hold a one-off evening or regular morning sessions.

·         Bring & Buy Sale – work, garden or community centre

·         Bungee Jump

·         Baked Bean Bath – get sponsored to spend a day in a bath of beans.

·         Bowling night – 10 pin bowling competition.

C

·         Coffee Morning

·         Cake Stall – hold a cake stand at fairs. Check health and safety regulations.

 

 

 

·         Car Boot Sale – cash in your old belongings

·         Car Wash – wash cars at shopping centres or office car parks.

D

·         Dress down day – work, school

·         Darts Evening

·         Diet – get friends and colleagues to join you £1 for a £1

·         Drink – Why not get sponsored to give up alcohol.

E

·         Email – all your friends and get them involved

·         Eighties themed night

F

·         Face Painting

·         Fashion Show

·         Fair or Fete

·         Film evening – recreate an evening of vintage cinema by showing classic films and musicals. Charge an entrance fee.

G

·         Golf Day – tournament

·         Gift Aid it – make sure you get the most of your donation, please get in touch if you need more information!

·         Games – monopoly, chess tournament, team trivial pursuit, and scrabble – pay to enter, donated prizes.

H

·         Hair – shave off your hair, friends hair or maybe a relatives treasured beard!

·         Horses – organise a race night or have a sweepstake at work.

I

·         Involve everyone you know!

·         International themed evening – a buffet dinner, with each friend bringing a dish from around the world.

J

·         Join in with an existing event – look for events in your community (e.g. a fete, running, challenges)

·         Jumble sale

·         Jazz night

K

·         Karaoke Night

·         Knitting – sell scarves, hats, ponchos

·         Kick off – 5 a side football tournament

L

·         Line dancing evening

·         Ladies Pamper night -invite your friends round for a pamper evening, charge entry and for treatments.

·         Leg wax -  get sponsored

·         Limbo

M

·         Matched donation – your workplace

·         Murder Mystery Party

·         Meal – ask a local restaurant for reduced prices if you bring a large party on a weekday evening. Charges cover price plus extra. Raffle and Games too.

·         Music Concert

N

·         Never Give Up!

·         Name the teddy bear

O

·         Organise – events within events – why not hold a raffle at your part or an auction at your sports tournament?

P

·         Press – tell your local media about what you are doing.

·         Party – 50’s, 60’s, 70’s, 80’s, out of Christmas, beach party or no theme.

·         Pub Crawl – fancy dress or three legged.

·         Paintballing

·         Postage Stamps - collect used stamps contact us for more information.

Q

·         Quiz night – organise one, ask your local pubs to get involved.

R

·         Raffle – get local businesses to donate prizes

·         Read-a-thon

·         Relatives – make the most of talented relatives who may be able to donate services. Get all your family to ask all of their friends to sponsor you/come to your events.

S

·         STOP WASTING PAGE – Remember to register on our site www.actionducehnne.org and set up your personal fundraising page.

·         Sponsored – events, silence, running events, swim, walk, dance, quit smoking.

·         Swim – a- thon

·         Street Party

·         Supermarket collections

T

·         Treasure Hunt

·         24hr Marathon – darts, skittles, stay awake, dancing.

·         Tea and cakes morning

U

·         Use – your network of colleague’s friends to come up with ideas to help with your activities.

·         Unwanted gifts and unused gifts – ask friends, family and colleagues use for prizes or car boot.

·         University Rag Week – use your contacts, does the university support charity of the year or will they do a collection.

V

·         Valet – Clean the inside and outside of your friends and colleagues cars.

W

·         Wacky ideas are the best!

·         Website – promote www.actionduchenne.org use the site to fundraise.

·         Wine tasting – Hold tasting sessions

·         Wheelchair Football Tournament

X

·         Xfactor Party

Y

·         Yoga thon

Z

ZZZZ - Hold a sleepover