50+ FUNDRAISING ideas by fundraisingtins.

1. Employ a fundraiser
2. Car boot sale
3. Auction of talents
4. Organise Avon / Ann Summers / book party with profits going to your group
5. Themed disco night e.g fancy dress, 60`s music
6. Raffle
7. Tombola at fete
8. Bring and buy sale
9. Jumble sale
10. Progressive meal
11. Whist or beetle drive
12. Sponsored walk / bike ride / toddle
13. Singalong Carol concert or to a musical like "The Sound of Music"
14. Halloween party
15. Bonfire Night party with fireworks display
16. Christmas meal
17. Charity bingo or casino
18. Publish book of original poems / recipies / short stories
19. Auction of donated goods
20. Second hand clothes sale
21. Children`s clothes sale
22. Furniture repair and restoration
23. Sell unwanted goods on ebay
24. Coffee morning
25. Sell photographs taken at your event
26. Video special events and transfer them to video or DVD to sell
27. Invite people to donate to make a mile of 2p or 10p coins
28. Charity golf day
29. Karaoke evening
30. Give away free tubes of Smarties on condition that they are returned full of 20p coins
31. Car / van / caravan wash
32. Hire a market stall to sell goods
33. Charity musical evening by local amateur groups
34. Christmas fair
35. Hire out your hall to local groups
36. Mystery tour
37. Treasure hunt
38. BBQ
39. Canal boat trip
40. Charity sports event e.g 5-a-side football tornament for children or adults
41. Door to door collecting
42. Talks by local experts on various subjects
43. Book sale
44. Rent a vacant shop for Santa`s grotto
45. Sell goods printed with groups name e.g t-shirts, mugs, bookmarks
46. Give £5 to each member in the group and see who can turn that into the most amount of money in 3 months
47. Collecting tins left in pubs. clubs   Charity collecting tins
    
48. Contact local businesses asking them to sponsor your group or donate goods for sale
49. Organise  a showing of favourite films and sell refreshments
50. Publish a newsletter for people of similar interests and charge a subscription
51. Draw cartoons and caricatures
52. Frame pictures
53.  Take photographs of people or their treasured interests like pets