Whether you have half an hour spare, or months, we have different ways that you can fundraise and raise money for our causes.
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Auction – Ask your friends and family to donate items and donate some of the profits.
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Bake off – Challenge your friends to a bake-off and sell the cakes made.
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Crafts – Turn your hobby into a fundraising activity. Bring together a group of people and charge them for the crafting activity.
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Dinner Party – It’s something that can be hosted all year round, and can be adapted to appeal to most people. Our top tip is to pick a theme.
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Endurance Challenge – Get sponsored to do 100 push-ups or hold a plank for as long as you can.
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Football Match – See who will score the winning goals in a charity game.
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Games night – Host a night of games and challenges with friends. Charge an entry fee, give some of the takings to the winner and donate the rest.
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Head Shave – A brave way to raise money and we commend you!
Hour of pay – Convince people around you to donate an hour of pay to a great cause.
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International Day – Choose your country, or go ‘around the world’, and charge people an entry fee. Have a think about dress codes, food, and music.
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Jazz – Put on an evening of entertainment and charge for entry. Or if you’re a jazz musician yourself, you could share your talent and provide music lessons for donations.
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Karaoke – Sing up a storm with lots of singing, dancing, and fun!
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Lunch and learn – Set up a time for people to meet and learn over lunch. You could invite a guest speaker to talk about a specialist subject or you could share skills such as knitting, cooking or photography.
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Marathon distance challenge – Attempt to run a marathon and ask people you know to donate a set amount of money for each mile you achieve.
Mountain climb – Raise money to climb a mountain or mountains like the Three Peaks Challenge for example.
Monopoly challenge – Try to visit every monopoly location around London in under 4h.
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Night in – Invite your friends over for dinner and get them to donate the cost of a meal.
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Online fundraising – Kick-start your own online fundraising page with us and advertise it through your social media.
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Parachute jump – Get sponsored for a parachute jump and donate the extra money.
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Quiz – Test everyone’s knowledge with a quiz night to raise money for us.
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Raffle – Hold a raffle and donate the entry fees.
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Special Event Fundraiser – If you are celebrating your birthday or getting married, instead of receiving gifts, you could ask your friends and family to donate.
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Treasure hunt – Put together a treasure hunt around your town.
Tribute fund – Set up a tribute fund to commemorate a loved one or a person important to you.
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University challenge – Organise your own University challenge.
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Vegan challenge – If you have always wondered how much of a vegan you are, take on a vegan challenge and go vegan for a week or month for example (or why not forever?)
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World record attempt – Ask people around you to sponsor you to attempt breaking a world record of your choice and donate the money collected.
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Xmas fair and raffle – A wonderful way to raise money for Christmas.
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Yes day – Have a whole day where you say ‘Yes’ to everything. Set up a few rules then let your friends come up with fun propositions.
Year long challenge – Take on a yearly challenge and raise money for us as you achieve your goals.
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Zero waste day or week – Challenge yourself to go fully zero waste for a day or a whole week.
