Fundraising needn’t be difficult and with a little bit of imagination it can be really fun too!
We have come up with a range of ideas to help you raise money with minimum effort for maximum results, so why not get started today?
Fundraising
1. Your friends and family are a great starting point for your fundraising. See if your family can ask their friends to sponsor you too!
2. Approach everyone you know and ask them to sponsor you! If they are a UK tax payer, then make sure they tick the Gift Aid box and complete their full home address, allowing us to claim an extra 25p for every £1 donated.
3. Start your sponsorship form off with your most generous sponsors – if the first person has pledged £20 then this can really set the trend!
4. Set yourself a high target and tell people how much you are aiming to raise. A high target can really motivate the sponsor to help you on your way.
5. Take your sponsorship form with you everywhere, to the pub, to the gym and to work.
6. Collect the sponsorship straight away – people will sponsor you as a total pledge so ask them for the money there and then – they won’t be offended and it saves you the work of collecting it afterwards.
7. Make use of our sponsporship site - this is a quick, easy and simple way for people to sponsor you and we thoroughly recommend its use. Send them an email with the link to http://www.bristolsbigleap/ and they can simply click on the sponsorship button to pledge money specifically to you.
Company Support
1. Approaching your place of work, whether small or large, is another great place to start your fundraising. Ask them to make a donation to your fundraising and find out if your company operate a matched-giving scheme.
2. Many companies match pound-for-pound donations made by their employees to registered charities. It would be easy to turn £200 that you have managed to raise in to £400 with just one simple question! This is tax efficient for them and a fantastic way of increasing your sponsorship.
3. If you are able to advertise the zipslide on your Company's website, intranet or social bulletin board this is a very good way of promoting support for your fundraising or even encouraging others to join you!
Easy Ideas
These ideas can be done with minimum effort and incorporated into your daily routine. Pick around 4-5 ideas from the list, or think of your own, you could make £100 in no time – easy!
1. Take in your lunch or forego that cup of coffee every day and put the money you save towards your fundraising. Even better persuade your friends to do the same thing and donate that money to your great cause!
2. Have a swear box in the office and set a donation amount. I bet you’ll be surprised how much you raise and how quickly!
3. Why not get paid for the things you do already? For example, at home or at work, ask for donations when you make a cup of tea for everyone, or charge your family for doing the cleaning and ironing!
4. Empty all of your coppers from your pockets at the end of every day and persuade your family and friends to do the same. Every penny counts and they’ll soon add up!
Money Making Masterplans
With just a little bit more planning these ideas will make a massive difference to your fundraising total. Get your friends involved and have a fantastic time whilst raising money for a great cause!
1. Auction - Auction off prizes and services to friends and families e.g. cooking a meal, car washing, gardening etc.
2. Car Wash – Ask neighbours, friends and families or hold a car wash at your school.
3. Coffee Morning – invite your friends round for tea and cakes charging them a small entry fee
4. Quiz – Get your friends and family, school or group to take part in a quiz, charging everyone an entry fee.
5. Dress Down Day – Get people to donate money in order to wear casual clothes to work or school.
6. Apple bobbing competitions – who can collect the most apples in 10 minutes who ever wins gets a small prize.
7. Match up the Baby photo competition – Ask friends, colleagues, fellow group members to bring in a baby photo and a recent photo for others to match up. All those participating have to make a donation to CRUK.
8. Dance Off – Who can dance for the longest?
9. Sponsored Silence – Who can stay silent for the longest?
10. Guess the name of the teddy – Get people to donate money to guess the name of the teddy.
11. Wii Knockout –Get your mates to pay a fee to enter and then get competing. The winner gets a percentage of the money with the rest going to your sponsorship.
12. Jumble and Craft Sales – Have a clear out and sell on your items and get creative and make some crafts to sell e.g. cards and jewellery etc.
13. Talent Contest – Put together a talent show with you friends, at school or at work and show the world what you have to offer.
14. Dine @ Mine Evening - Get your friends round encouraging them to give a donation towards the food and drink and have a fun night in. It’s much cheaper than eating out and just as much fun for a great cause.
15. Film Night – Rent a DVD, buy in some popcorn and ice-cream and hold a cinema night! If all your mates pay about £4 each for the privilege of coming, they’ll have a cheaper night than at the cinema and you’ll be able to talk all the way through the film if you want
16. Teddy bear’s picnic - have a break from school, work or local groups and go and enjoy the sunshine whilst having a teddy bear picnic, with lots of fun games afterwards asking all those participating to give a donation for CRUK.
17. Fancy dress competition - Lets get creative, this can be themed or wacky ideas again all those involved are asked to give a donation towards CRUK.
Why not also motivate them to help by showing them what the money they give can be spent on. Click on the What Your Money Does and Cancer Research Bristol to give them an idea.
Fundraising really can be fun so Good Luck and Enjoy!
