Check out this A-Z of Fundraising Ideas for inspiration on how to raise funds for Legacy 90.1FM while getting together with friends and family or work colleagues and having a whole lot of fun. Why not listen to us during your activity or event!
A
Auction
Aerobics
Antiques roadshow
Art show
Afternoon tea
Abseil
Alternative therapy day
Assault course
B
Bring-and-buy
Bike ride
Bad hair day
BBQ
Bingo
Balloon race
Bed push
Beauty event
Beat the goalie
Beads sale
Bonfire night
Birthday fundraiser
Ball
Banquet
Bingo
Businesses – hold a team or company challenge, give 1p of all purchases for a week or more, sponsor a show, project, or event, set up an employee giving scheme
C
Car wash
Carol singing
Chores for cash
Concert
Coffee morning
Cake sale
Caption competition
Car boot sale
Craft fair
Children’s fun day
Cookery book
Cheese and wine night
Fun casino
Cricket match
Coffee challenge – go without coffee for a month and donate the savings
Celebrity raffle
Club night
Coastal walk
Collections
Comedy night
Corporate event
Cycling
Craft market
D
Doughnut eating contest
Dog walking
Darts tournament
Disco
Dress up dance event
Dress down day
Dinner for charity
Do a dare day
Dry month – ask everyone you know to go without alcohol for a month and donate the savings
Design a garden
Dog show
E
Easter egg hunt
Easter bonnet parade
Egg and spoon race
Eighties night
Expert talk
Ebay auction
F
Fancy dress event
Face painting
Fashion show
Footie match
Food hamper raffle
Fete
Film night
Fill a sack
Fun run
Fast for lunch
Facebook Marketplace sale
Fit Fridays – get a group together to exercise every Friday and donate £1 each
G
Guessing game (height, weight, name, birthday, number of sweets in a jar, teddy’s birthday, etc)
Garden party
Garden market with homegrown vegetables
Seedlings or cuttings
Garage sale
Golf day
Guy Fawkes party
Gnome throwing competition
Give it up month
Grow a beard
Graffiti wall
Gaming competition
H
Hoopla
Hundred metres of coins
Human fruit machine
Head or beard shaving
Horror fancy dress night
Hair braiding
Halloween party
Healthy goal – make one healthy change and get sponsored to reach your health goal
Healthy eating event
I
It’s a knockout
International food, music, or culture evening
Icing cakes
Ice and snow theme dance
Ice cream bar for adults or kids – try homemade ice-cream
J
Juggling contest/display
Job-swap for the day
Jewellery collection and sale
Jumble sale
Jewellery making
Jeans for charity day
K
Knobbly knees contest
Knit-a-thon
Karaoke evening
Kite making and flying
Kart making and race
Kids’ fun day
L
Limbo competition
Lottery
Litter picking race
Live stream appeals – get family and friends to do short video appeals
M
Music event
Mufti day
Mystery tour
Murder mystery evening
Mail shots
Mile of coins
Marathons
Mini-Olympics/world cup
Mystery coach trip
Magic show
Mastermind
Making day
Memorabilia auction
N
Non-uniform day
Nearly new sale
Netball tournament
Name the toy
Nature trail
Naughty jar
O
Obstacle race
Open garden day
Open day
Original artwork sale
Orienteer challenge
Olympics – get family and friends together for a day of fun and competition
Office/workplace collection
Overseas challenge – cycle, swim, walk, campervan, climb
P
Pet show
Panel game
Penalty shoot-out
Picnic
Plant a tree
Pub games
Parachute jump
Poker night
Plant sale
Photography sale or competition
Pamper day/night
Poster competition
Pool night
Put on a play
Party in the park
Pie throwing
Plant sale
Puppet theatre
Q
Quiz night
Grow a quiff, beard or something else
Quit a bad habit
Queen for a day
R
Recycling challenge – make recyclables into something else
Races
Raffle
Recipe book
Radio event
Radio campaign
Race night
Reverse auction
S
Sponsored activity (silence, swim, bike ride, walk, abstain from bad habit or favourite snack … the list is endless!)
Sport sweepstake
Supermarket bag-pack
Scrabble tournament
Supermarket trolley dash
Seventies disco night
Fill a Smartie tube with £1 coins
Sing-a-long
Swap shop
Stars in their Eyes
Strictly Come Dancing
Sports tournament
Sweets in a jar – guess how many
Skydiving
Speed dating
T
Three-legged race
Talent contest
Table tennis tournament
Treasure hunt
Tombola
Tasty tea-breaks
Team challenges
Theme evening
Toy appeal
Telethon
Trek
Teddy bears picnic
Tug of war
U
Under-the-sea theme party
Unwanted goods sale
Uniform free day (schools)
Unwanted gifts sale (after Christmas)
Under – challenge yourself to live for under a set amount for a week (less than you usually do) and donate the difference
V
Vintage car rally
Valentine’s ball
Valentine’s cards
Volleyball tournament
Veggie BBQ or lunch
Video game tournament – Xbox, Wii, Playstation
VIP party
W
Wellie throwing
Wacky hat contest
Wine tasting evening
Who’s that baby
Walkathon
Water park day in the back garden
Work party – stay in and donate what your workplace would have spent on a party or do a collection at the work party
X
Xmas party
Xmas shopping car parking (open your company/organisation car park for shoppers at weekends in December if you are near shops)
Xmas pantomime
Xmas bazaar and card sale
X Factor show
Extreme sports
X-box/or other gaming challenge – set up a live stream and get viewers to donate while they watch
Y
Yo-yo competition
Yes day
Yellow themed night
Young talent show
Youth club night
Yoga marathon
You Tube – make a You Tube video
Your own ideas!
Z
Zany clothes and accessories day
Zoo animals fancy dress event
Zoology mastermind
Zzzz sponsored nap – sleep in the back garden or go more extreme and go on a survival weekend sleeping in the great outdoors
Zoom party/quiz/challenge
X
Xmas party
Xmas shopping car parking (open your company/organisation car park for shoppers at weekends in December if you are near shops)
Xmas pantomime
Xmas bazaar and card sale
X Factor show
Extreme sports
X-box/or other gaming challenge – set up a live stream and get viewers to donate while they watch