Fundraising Tips and Advice

• What size of event? If it’s small, ask family and friends to help. Otherwise form an Events Committee to share responsibility, including: picking a venue, advertising the event, organising catering, selling tickets and securing prizes.
  
• Use your talents. Maybe ask a creative friend to design the advertising material.
  
• Use contacts wisely. Contact friends and business associates who may be able to help organise the event with you or help sell tickets.
  
• Ask local businesses to donate prizes such as dinner vouchers, beauty salon vouchers or a gift item that can be raffled.
  
• Advertise the event. Why not contact the local media before the event. Also why not promote your Fundraising by using promotional items to assist with your fundraising campaign. We can give you extra information on items from promotional banners and promotional posters to badges, flyers and postcards which can all help to make people more aware of your campaign.
  
• Famous friends? Consider asking a local celebrity to help advertise or to attend the event.

Fundraising Options

There are many ways in which you can run your fundraising campaign through the Amazing for Fundraising system.

On the Streets
Get onto the streets with your Amazing for Fundraising kit and get people involved with your fundraising campaign. This is a highly driven campaign and with some good promoters on the streets with your campaign, you can really get some good returns for your fundraiser. This method has the following advantages ;
Higher Turnover through pro-active on-street selling Those selling the items can get people involved by giving more information about your charity or club This method can be organised for a specific date, therefore promotion in radio and papers can be arranged we in advance.

In-Store Fundraising
With the assistance of local businesses you may be able to leave your Amazing for Fundraising kit in stores, shops, and waiting areas. This requires less people, since one administrator could distribute the items to all the stores in a specific area. This method has the following advantages ;
Promotional campaign can have a longer run. Less people are involved, therefore it may be cheaper and easier to manage and administer. You may be able to get a very wide coverage area by supplying to a variety of stores across your town or city.

Other Uses
The Amazing for Fundraising system is ideally suited for use in areas with high volumes of people, e.g. restaurants, foyers, waiting areas, offices. Why not run your fundraising campaign through local offices / businesses, or by placing units in the local school tuckshop or campus shop. This method has the following advantages ;
Your Fundrasing Promotion can be exposed to thousands of people per day. You are almost guaranteed that your full stock will sell out due to the numbers of people who see your Amazing for Fundrasing sales units / Fundraising Boxes. Sales units are re-fillable, therefore you can re-stock them when your first run of stock, is sold.

A–Z of fundraising events

Organising your own fundraising is a great way to support your organisation.

It's a good idea to choose something you enjoy. Here are a few useful suggestions if you don't already know what you want to do.

An A–Z of ideas

There are as many ways to help raise money for your organisation.

Maybe some of the ideas below will set your imagination off!

A – Auction of promises, absail, arm wrestling challenge.

B – Bring and buy sale, sponsored bike ride, breakfast club (at work), barbeque.

C – Car washing, cake sale, charity challenge

D – Dress down day, dog walk.

E – Easter egg hunt.

F – Fetes, fun run, fancy dress party, FUN PACKS !.

G – Guess the number of coins in the jar.

H – Halloween party, holiday raffle.

I – International evening.

J – Jumble sale, jelly eating.

K – Karaoke.

L – Line Dancing, litter collection, lunch sale

M – Marathon – London or Edinburgh, matched giving – ask a company to match any money you raise.

N – Name the teddy bear

O – Odd job day.

P – Picnic, pet competition.

Q – Quiz night.

R – Raffle, Rowing race.

S – Sponsored swim, silence or spell.

T – Treasure hunt, tombola.

U – Unwanted gift sale.

V – Video night, vegetarian dinner.

W – Wheelbarrow race.

X – Xmas fair.

Y – Yoga, yo-yo competition.

Z – Zodiac party – come dressed as your star sign.

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