Charity Challenge Fundraising Ideas

The hardest part of any event is the fundraising! The best idea is to break it down into manageable chunks so you can see your funds steadily increasing. It is not always a good idea to put all your eggs in one basket with a single fundraising event especially if it is close to the departure date.

The trick with fundraising within a group of fellow fundraisers is to make it fun and make it interesting for other people to participate in your event. The general rule is leave no stone unturned – ask everyone!

You will be surprised by people’s generosity.

• Set up a Justgiving.co.uk fundraising page
• Have a sports quiz every Friday with 10 questions & you have to pay £2 to enter.
• Funny caption competition - pay £2 to enter.
• Buy an afternoon off – bid to donate £ to charity
• Sweepstake Tie in with a major tournament or competition such as Wimbledon or the World Cup
• The Wheel Can't Stop Challenge - have an exercise bike in the office and all members of staff are sponsored to cycle from the office to a European destination e.g. Jo’burg
• Sell home made cakes for charity
• As part of the training schedule charge to use the lifts on a Friday
• Team climb the height of Everest on a climbing wall.
• Don’t bring a bottle party – bring a £10.
• Set up a darts board or a skittles shack and charge for each participation
• Collection boxes in shops/places you know
• Dinner parties or children’s parties where you ask for a contribution
• Car boot sale or Ebay of all that stuff you don’t need
• Bridge evenings
• Poker evenings
• Auctions
• Raffles
• Supermarket collections
• Collecting at pubs
• Requests in with Christmas cards