Fundraising A-Z

A 

• Abseil: be a daredevil and reach new heights with an abseiling challenge 
• Afternoon tea: hold an elegant afternoon tea with friends or family 
• Auction: encourage local businesses to donate items to be auctioned off 

B 

• Bake sale: get your local community baking to sell some delicious treats 
• BBQ: fire up the grill for a charity BBQ Day with friends or neighbours 
• Bingo: eyes down – who will be the first to get a full house? 
• Book sale: raise money by selling unwanted books through your local community 

C 

• Car wash: help shine up local cars in a community car wash event 
• Cocktail night: hold a charity cocktail evening and show off your skills – shaken not stirred, of course! 
• Coffee morning: get together and enjoy a cuppa while raising money 
• Crafts: turn your hobbies into a fundraising activity and get crafting 

D 

• Dance-a-thon: challenge your friends to see who will be the last one standing on the dancefloor 
• Darts contest: take aim to see who lands the bullseye in a round of darts  
• Dinner party: pick a theme and host your own charity dinner party 

E 

• Egg painting contest: get creative to see who can paint the best egg 

• Exercise marathon: hold a day-long event to see who can go the distance 
• Eurovision party: everyone can represent a different country at this party 

F 

• Fancy dress day: hold a fancy dress day at school or work for a donation 
• Fashion show: rock your best outfits in a local charity fashion show 

• Film night: host your own film night, you can even get creative with themes 
• Football match: see who will score the winning goals in a charity game 

G 

• Games night: get competitive in a board games or video games night 
• Give something up: give up something you love and raise money for charity 

• Grow a beard: let it all grow out while raising money for charity 
• Guess how many: challenge people to guess how many items are in a jar 

H 

• Harry Potter party: discover Hogwarts with your own Harry Potter party 
• Head shave: brave the shave and shave all your hair off for some sponsorship money 

• Hiking: take a sponsored hike and see how long you can trek for 

I 

• Ice cream tasting: who doesn’t love ice cream? What better way to discover all the different flavours in a tasting event 
• Iron man challenge: hold an iron man event and see who is the fittest 
• ‘It’s a Knockout’: have some fun with an It is a ‘Knockout style’ event 

J 

• Jam making try your hand at making some jam at home to sell 
• Jigsaw puzzle marathon: see who can complete the most puzzles fastest 
• Joke-a-thon: try your hand at stand up and crack out your best jokes to exchange laughs for donations 
• Jumble sale: one man’s rubbish is another man’s treasure -sell items you no longer want and raise money in the process 

K 

• Karaoke: who will be top of the pops? 
• ‘Keepy uppy’ contest: who will keep the ball up in the air the longest? 
• Kick a habit: challenge yourself to lose a vice while raising money – what better incentive? 
• Knitting: use your knitting skills to create some items to sell 

L 

• Learn a new skill: get sponsored to learn a useful new skill 
• Lego contest: see who can build the most impressive Lego creation 
• Litter pick: raise money for cleaning up your local community 
• Loose change collection: dig down the backs of sofas, dig deep in discarded jackets and ask people to donate any loose change they have 

M 

• Makeover: ask people to donate skills for hairdressing, manicures, etc. 
• Mobile free day: challenge everyone to go without phones for a full day – can you do it?! 
• Mountain climb: rise to the top with a mountain climb challenge 
• Murder mystery party: find out who dunnit at a murder mystery night 

• Music concert: dust off your school recorders, strum the guitar, play the spoons – hold your own local music event or battle of the bands 

N 

• Nail art: raise money through creating beautiful nail art on people 
• Netball tournament: take to the court for charity netball matches 
• Night-time walk: get sponsored to walk with friends all night long on a moonlit walk 

O 

• Obstacle course: see who can complete the obstacle course fastest 
• Open mic night: let anyone take to the stage in an open mic event 
• Original recipe contest: who will be the next Nigella or Gordon Ramsey? 
• Outdoor theatre/cinema: hold an outdoor theatre show or movie night with an entry fee to watch your favourite show 

P 

• Penalty shootout: step up to the line for a penalty shootout tournament 
• Plank / press up challenge: see who has the strength to hold out the longest 
• Poetry day: get lyrical and share your poems in front of an audience 
• Poker night: all money won in the game gets donated to charity 

Q 

• Quad bike racing: get the adrenaline pumping in a quad bike race 
• Quickest time contests: see who can complete a task the fastest 
• Quiet hour: challenge people to stay quiet for an hour, donate for every noise 
• Quintessentially British party: tea, scones, and cucumber sandwiches – everything British  

• Quiz night: test everyone’s knowledge with a quiz night to raise money for charity 

R 

• Raffle: hold a local raffle with donated prizes and see how much you can raise 
• Read-a-thon: challenge people to get reading for charity 
• Roaring twenties party: host a decadent theme party for your friends 

• Rock climbing: see who can reach the top in a rock-climbing challenge 
• Run: test out your endurance by challenging yourself to do a sponsored charity run 

S 

• Sky dive: face your fears and take to the skies for a charity sky dive 
• Sports day: get nostalgic with a school sports day themed event- think sack race, egg and spoon, three legged races galore 

• Street party: all your neighbours can get involved with a local street party 
• Superhero party: pay homage to your superhero and dress up for the day to raise money 
• Short story contest: hold a contest to find the best short stories 
• Sponsored skip: who can skip the most out of your friends? Get fit and raise money for charity 

T 

• Table tennis tournament: see who edges out the competition at table tennis 
• Talent contest: give everyone the chance to show off their best talents 
• Teddy bear picnic: host a teddy bear picnic for families to enjoy 
• Tombola: run a local tombola with fun prizes to help raise money for charity 
• Treasure hunt: put together a treasure hunt around your town 

U 

• Ultimate frisbee: take to your local park for an ultimate frisbee competition 
• Uniform free day/own clothes day: skip the uniform for a day in return for a small donation 
• University Challenge: host your own University Challenge style event 
• Unplug from tech: get sponsored to completely switch off from tech for a day 

• Upcycling: transform old items into something new that you can then sell 

V 

• Variety show: hold a local variety show and enjoy an evening of entertainment 
• Vegetable growing: see who can grow the largest marrow  
• Video game competition: discover who is the best when it comes to gaming 

• Village fete: organise a village fete to help raise money 
• Vintage sale: rummage through your closets to find vintage looks to sell 

W 

• Wedding gifts: instead of gifts, you can ask for donations to charity 
• Window cleaning: offer to clean neighbourhood windows for a donation 

X 

• X Factor competition: host your own X Factor style singing contest 

Y 

• Yoga marathon: release the tension and stretch out your body for longer 
• Yo-yo contest: crack out your best yo-yo skills in a competition 

Z 

• Zero waste day: challenge yourself to go fully zero waste for a week 
• Zip wire: soar through the sky as you take on a zip wire challenge