Fundraising ideas
Join our fundraising team of volunteers
If you would like to volunteer some of your time, skills, ideas or networking ability to help us with our fundraising, we have many opportunities available.
Please contact either:
Secretary Christine Forecast
Tel.01485 57 27 67
info@astrofund.org.uk or
Treasurer Mary Burton
Tel.01485 52 52 79
treasurer@astrofund.org.uk
to have an informal chat with no obligation.
You could also join our internet chat group where you can talk directly to others who are keen to raise funds for low-grade glioma research and support projects in the UK. The internet chat group enables us to develop new fundraising ideas and help each other as we organise events. All contributions to our plans, be they large or small, are equally welcome. It would be wonderful to welcome you onto the team!
Please apply for membership via the group's home page:
http://health.groups.yahoo.com
/group/astrofundraisers
Abseil
Adventure racing is a multi-disciplinary challenge for runners, mountain bikers, triathletes, and extreme sport junkies. Events last anything from a few hours to 5 days! Check out the following website for some inspiring challenges and links to events in both rural and urban environments. See www.scottishadventureracing.com
Aerobics – sponsored marathon/competition
Antiques fair or roadshow - local auction houses are often keen to help you organise this type of event.
Art & Photographic Exhibition and/or Picture Frame Sale - does a local gallery or college want to publicise their new artists?
Arts/Crafts stall
Ascot Ladies' Day - coffee or champagne celebration with a hat competition and a big screen to watch the races.
Auction, not just of physical lots but also of promises.. babysitting, car washing, gardening, hairdressing, photography, decorating... how talented are your friends?!
Bad hair / tie / shirt / dress day makes a change from a normal Dress Down Day; maybe a bottle of bad sparkling wine instead of champagne for the winner?
Balloons in a car - you've heard of guess the number of sweeties in a jar, well this is just a larger version!
Barn dance
BBQ
Beautiful baby competition - gather baby photos of family, friends & work colleagues and charge people money to guess what beautiful adults they have grown into!
Beat the Goalie - football, hockey, basketball, netball or any other sport you can think of!
Beetle Drive or a Bingo evening
Bike rides - check out these giant bikes and ride with a gang of friends.
For organised cycling events throughout the UK check out www.bike-events.com; we can supply you with all the help that you need to turn a great day out into a valuable fundraiser.
Book sale
Bouncy castle
Bridge party
Bring and Buy sale
Bucket collection perhaps after a concert or sports match.
Cake sale - at school breaktime, or afternoon tea at work on Fridays. Bake or buy a cake, divide it into 8 slices to sell at 50p each; in six months you will have raised over £100 and become very popular too!
Car boot sale, or Out tray sale on your desk for small items.
Car washing
Carol singing
Catalogue commission - if you have lots of friends and family who like to buy products by mail order, why not apply and put us forward as your chosen charity or donate the proceeds?
Christmas cards
Cinema screening - movie and popcorn at home for friends, but at cinema prices.
Clay pigeon shoot
Coffee morning
Concerts
Cook book
Cookery contest
Dance show or marathon - Salsa, Line, Square, Ballroom, what are you fabulous at?!?
Darts & Dominoes Tournament
Dinner Dance / Disco/ Ball / Party Night - contact us for themed ideas, and guidelines for making your event a huge success
Dinner Party at home but at restaurant prices... or a themed Takeaway Night with a small extra donation on top of the cost of the food & drink.
Drag Race - not quite what you expect, this is a sponsored race for men in womens' clothes; it has been done!
Dress Down Day at work or school.
Duathlon is run - bike - run for those triathletes who can't face getting wet! The London Duathlon happens in September each year, for details check out www.thelondonduathlon.com
Easter Egg Hunt
Egg rolling competition
Extreme haircut
Face & Nail Painting, Hair beading
Fairs, Fetes
Fancy Dress party or Fancy Dress Theme Days - Colourful, Historical, or characters from TV & Literature.
Fashion Show
Film Show - see cinema screening.
£5 raffle - each person writes their name on a fiver, and puts it into the draw. Winner gets 25% of the total, runner-up gets their £5 back. With 40 participants, that's £50 to the winner and £145 to the charity.
Flower/Fruit & Veg show
Football Tournament
Games Party - the Happy Puzzle Company can help you organise a great event at a school or workplace.
Gift Wrapping Service in the run-up to Christmas, if you love all those ribbons and tags.
Golf Day
Guinness Book of Records attempt
Gymkhana
Hair Beading/Plaiting
Halloween Party
Horse show
It’s a Knockout competition
Jail Breakout - get as far away from work or home as possible within a day & be sponsored for every mile - provided all participants stay within the law and spend no money!
Jazz evening
Judo competition/display
Jumble Sale
Karaoke competition
Kite Flying
Longest chain of coins
Lunch - with or without an invited speaker
or simply
Lunch run at work - offer to pop out and buy lunch for your colleagues for a small sponsorship amount. At just 20p a go, 5 lunches a day will raise over £20 per month.
Marathon or sporting events - not just the classics, there are plenty of ideas for Half Marathons, 5K runs and more at www.runningdiary.co.uk and at www.runnersworld.co.uk
Midsummer Masked Ball
Mufti Day
Murder mystery evening
Musical evening
New Years Eve Party
Night-time Hide & Seek using torches
No work day
Non Uniform Day
Old Time Music Hall
Pancake Day race
Panel games
Parties – birthdays/anniversaries
Penalty shoot out competition
Penny mile
Pet show
Photographic competition
Plant sale
Play with ticket proceeds donated
Pram push
Quiz night or quiz sheets - sell at £1 each
Races
Race night
Raffles - how about a Weekend Meat & Wine or Flowers & Chocolate Draw in the office on a Friday?
Rowing machine races - could you win the Oxford & Cambridge boat race, given the chance?!
Santa’s Grotto
Scalextric Grand Prix
School fair
Scoff a hotdog competition
Shakespeare marathon
Sponsored silence through a football match….and so many other possibilities!
Silly games afternoon
Skateboard display
Slave for a day - auction or raffle your services for a day to clean, iron, garden, cook or dog walk.
Soap episodes show or theme day
Sponsored events - abseil, swim, run, walk, toddle for toddlers, diet, shave, stay silent, leg wax, baked bean bath.. old favourites but they still work.. or how about being sponsored to use the stairs instead of the lift at work for a set period?
Sports contests and tournaments with entry fees being donated or an additional donation as an option on the entry form for events that are already established.
Sports Day for children or adults - all those classics such as sack races, egg & spoon races which seem much harder when you are grown up!
Stalls at Fairs
Stars in Their Eyes karaoke competition
Strawberries & cream tea party
Student/Teacher swap day
Swim a Mile
Tea party
Teddy bears’ picnic
Theme days
Tombola
Treasure hunt on foot or in cars.
Triathlon events in London and Blenheim can be found via www.thelondonduathlon.com
Tuck shop; at an existing event or during break-times at school or work. Buy in bulk and split the packs to make your profit!
Uniform/Non uniform day
University Challenge
Variety/talent Show
Wacky Race
Walk or cycle to work then put the money you would otherwise have spent on public transport towards your fundraising... and help your health and the environment at the same time!
Whist drive
White elephant stall
Wild West evening; bangers, mash & beans for food, line dancing and a bucking bronco (not straight after dinner), or real pony rides for the kids.
Who’s that baby?
Wine and cheese tasting
Wimbledon day; strawberries & cream whilst watching the tennis on a big screen. Maybe swingball in the garden to get you in the mood!
Xmas fair / Panto / Party
Yacht race
Zany parties (hey, it's Z, can you think of anything else?!)