A to Z of fundraising ideas
Our A to Z is inspired by some of the weird and wonderful fundraising initiatives our supporters have come up with over the years! If you have any ideas to add to our list, please email our fundraising team.
A
Auction of promises; aerobathon
B
Barbeque party; ball; bring & buy sale; barn dance; bob a job
C
Coffee morning; car rally; car boot sale; car wash; Christmas carol singing; collecting box at work; craft fair; circle of coins; concert; cycle ride
D
Dinner dance; disco; donations in lieu of gifts; doughnut eating competition; dress down day at work; dance-a-thon
E
Eighties night; Easter egg hunt; egg painting competition
F
Frugal lunch; firework display; football tournament; fancy dress party; fantasy casino evening; food hamper raffle; fun run
G
Golfathon; guess the baby photo; get sponsored to give something up; guess how many sweets in the jar competition; greetings card sale
H
Hook a duck; hoopla; hen night; head shave
J
Jumble sale; jeans day at work; junk food challenge (give it up for a week!)
K
Karaoke night; kids colouring competition; knitathon; keep fit evening
L
Lollipop hunt; leg wax (one for the men!)
M
Musical recital; medieval fayre; Morris men display; matched giving by employer; makeover day; masked ball
N
Naughty nineties party; non-uniform day; no TV for a week!
O
Open garden; origami lessons; orienteering race; overseas events
P
Painting exhibition; pub games; pub crawl; pogo stick hopathon; plate painting; pyjama party; Pop Idol competition; parachute jump
Q
Quiz night; queen party; quilt auction
R
Raffle; rock'n'roll night; race night; read-a-thon; rowing event; regatta; recipe swapping event; run
S
Slave night; summer ball; strawberry tea; silent meal; speed chess competition; salsa night; swear box; sponsored silence/swim/space hop/sleepwalk (walking in your pyjamas!); sunflower competition; supper party
T
Talent competition; treaure hunt; tombola stall; 'throw a wet sponge at your boss'; Trivial Pursuit night; toy stall; theme nights;
V
Village fete; Victoria sponge icing competition
W
Wine tasting evening; win a bottle of champagne raffle; Wimbledon tennis party; wall of shame (vote for the most embarassing photo!)
Z
Zzz... sleep over!
Make a Difference
You can find further inspirational ideas in the latest issue of Make a Difference - the MS Trust's fundraising newsletter. Find out more
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