A - Z of fundraising ideas

A

Aerobics marathon - Ask you local gym of they will allow you to organise a marathon.

Auction of Promises - Local services can offer to donate a promise of, for example a day gardening, cleaning your windows or car. Then these can be auctioned off at a local event.

Art show – Are you an artist or photographer? Why not hold an exhibition and donate a percentage of your sales to Compton Hospice?

B

Bring & Buy sale – At work, in your garden or at your local community centre

BBQ – Charge for burgers or hotdogs

Baby competition – Ask colleagues or friends to bring in baby photos of themselves. People pay to guess who’s who – prizes for the person who guesses the most correctly.

Book sale - Dig out all those books and sell them!

Bring a pound to work – Ask all your work colleagues simply to bring a pound in for your charity. Compton Hospice have a free fundraisng pack for this event.

C

Christmas Raffle, Quiz, Dress like a fairy or elf, have a memory tree; the list is endless here. Contact us for more ideas and useful merchandise.

Cake sale – Bake those favourites and sell them at home, at school or at your local meeting group

Car-boot sale – Good excuse for a clearout and to raise vital funds

Coffee morning – Perfect for a natter with your friends and raise your bit

Car Wash – Wash cars for donations

D

Dress up or down – a popular choice for a quick and simple fundraiser

Dinner dance – Organise your own dinner dance or ball

Darts marathon – Get your local pub involved

Disco - Organise a disco or 70's night - with fancy dress!

E

EBay auction – Selling your items on EBay can make you a few pennies and also help with a percentage to charity

F

Fancy dress party – Have fun dressing up for a fee. The best costume wins a prize.

Fine Box – If your colleagues swear or are late for work, they pay a fine! The later they are or the worse the swear word, the higher the fine!

Fire-walking – Organise your own fire walking night

G

Garden party – Open your garden to the public for a fee!

Golf Day – Ask your local Golf club to hold a charity tourament

Guess the number – eg: balloons in a car, sweets in a jar etc

Give up Chocolate for a week – Get your friends and family to sponsor you.

H

Help Compton Hospice Day – Dedicate the day to help Compton Hospice

‘Hair-raising’ hair day – Come to work with the freakiest hair style you can do

Hairdresser Day – Ask your local hairdressers to offer Free hairdressing for the day for a donation

I

Ice Skating - Get people to sponsor you for how many times you can go around the ring without falling over.

J

Jumble sale – Hold a Jumble sale in aid of Compton Hospice

Jive or Jazz night – Ask your local pub to hold a Jazz night

Jeans Day – Ask you company to allow everyone to wear jeans to work for the day for a fee!

K

Karaoke night – Ask your local pub to hold one

L

Line Dancing evening – Pay an entry fee for a fun packed evening

Litter pick-up – Get your local council to sponsor litter collections

Lunch less – Organise for everyone to bring in a packed lunch and then give the money you would have spent to Compton Hospice.

M

Make a Will - Ask for information about our will week in October.

Matched donation – Ask your company to match any funds you raise

Magical Mystery Tour – Sell tickets to an organised tour and any profits donate to Compton Hospice.

Match the pet to the owner competition - Ask your colleagues to bring in one photo of themselves and one of their pet.

N

Non-smoking – Get sponsored to help you give up.

O

Outdoor Business Challenge. Contact us for information on the Compton Challenge evety October.

Odd job day – offer your services for any odd jobs for a donation

P

Police Cell for a night – Ask your local cop shop if you can use a cell for the night. Then get sponsorship to do it

Pub Crawl – Take your collection buckets with you!!

Q

Quiz night – Ask you local pub if you can hold one or join the Compton Corporate Quiz Night in June.

Quit smoking – Ask friends & family to sponsor you to give up!

R

Raffle – Ask local businesses to donate prizes

S

Sponsored anything!! – Swimathon, Slimathon, Singathon, Walkathon

Shave your head or beard – How brave are you?

T

Talk like a Pirate. Call for our free fundraising pack

Tombola – Ask local companies or just the locals to donate prizes

Teddy bears picnic – Bring your favourite bear along for a small fee

Treasure Hunt – Charge an entry fee and have great fun finding the treasure

Tin – Ask for a collection tin. We’ll be happy to send you one

U

Unwanted gifts sale - Ask friends and family to give then use them for raffles, tombolas, Ebay auction or car boot sale

V

Valet Service – Offer to clean cars inside & out for anyone you know

W

Wine & Cheese party – Homemade wine, prizes & donated wine & cheese. Guess the wines country game. Charge for admission & entering games

Welly throwing competition – Whoever throws the furthest wins

X

Xmas bazaar/card sale – Hold the bazaar in aid of Compton Hospice.

X Factor competition – Organise your own competition with judges and contestants. Contestants pay a fee for entry

Y

Yard of Ale competition – The locals at your pub will love this one!

Z

Zzzzz sponsored nap! – For the more laid back fundraiser


We can provide you with tailor made sponsor forms, literature, posters, balloons and badges.

For more information, help and further advice on any fundraising, please email karenphillips@compton-hospice.org.uk