Tree Of Life For Animals

An A to Z of Fundraising Ideas

A collection of ideas on how you can help us and raise funds. You may have even more ingenious ideas and if you do please let us know so we can add it to our list. Happy Fundraising!

A
Ask – you never know how generous people can be and you’ll never know if you don’t
Abseil – find a big building!
Afternoon tea party
Art – ask artistic friends or local crafts people to donate pieces for an exhibition
Assault course challenge
Attic clearance
Auction donated goods and ‘promises’

B
Bad hair day
Baked bean bath
Ball
BBQ
Barn dance
Band night – organise a local talent competition
Bingo
Book sale – get friends and family to donate
Bowling
Bungee jump
Birthday present swap – donation instead of gift

C
Cake stall
Car boot sale
Car wash
Cheese and wine party
Christmas cards – put a flyer and plea in your cards this year
Coppers – get everyone you know to put their small change in a jar
Conker championship
Coffee morning
Cooking make lunch or dinner and charge

D
Donations – approach local companies for cash, prizes or a venue for a function
Dance night
Darts
Diet
Dinner party
DJ – get a local DJ to donate their time for free for an event
Dog walking – charge neighbours and friends or advertise your services in local shops
Dress down day
Drinking – sponsored no alcohol days

E
Eating baked beans on a cocktail stick competition
Egg and spoon race
Eighties party
Expert talks – ask people to donate their time

F
Face painting
Fancy dress football
Fancy dress party
Fashion show
Film evening – sell the popcorn, ice cream and jelly sweets
Fireworks party

G
Games night – twister, trivial pursuits, monopoly
Garden party
Gardening – offer your services for a fee
Give it up day – whatever is your vice
Go-karting
Golf
Baby guessing competition – get everyone to bring a picture of them as a baby and get everyone to guess who’s who.
Guess the number of sweets in a jar

H
Hair – cut or dye your hair in a mad way or get someone to shave off a treasured beard
Halloween party
Hill walking
Harry Potter day – dress up as your favourite character
House-to-house party

I
International themed evening – why not Indian?!
Ironing – offer your services
It’s a knockout

J
Jelly eating competition
Juggling
Jumble sale
Join in – run a stall on an existing event, eg village fete

K
Karaoke
Keep fit at work/college sessions
Knobbly knees competition
Knitting

L
Left handed day
Lent – give something up
Line dancing
Litter pick
Loose change jar
Lucky dip – get prizes donated

M
Mad hatter tea party
Marathon running
Massage – offer your services
Mobile phone recycling
Musical quiz nights
Musical chairs

N
Name the bear – get the bear donated
New years-eve party
Netball competition
No smoking day
Non-uniform day

O
Obstacle course
Odd clothes day
Odd jobs
Off road driving event
One day cricket tournament

P
Paintball
Pancake race
Parachute jump
Pet show
Pie and mash night
Plant sale
Play station competitions
Pool party
Private tuition – can you teach anything to anyone?
Pub crawl
Pyjama party

Q
Quiz nights – involve your local pub
Queen night – dress and a member of the royal family or Freddie Mercury

R
Race night – actually go to a race (horse or dogs) or use video – great in a pub
Raffles
Ready Steady Cook challenges
Rock ‘n’ roll

S
Shoe shining
Sponsored silence
Skip-a-thon
Slave auction
Slimming
Smoking – give up yourself or get some else to
Snooker
Sponsored ANYTHING
Sweepstakes on sporting events
Silly sports day
Seventies party
Students vs lecturers quiz night
Swear box
Swimming
Swappsy party – get all your friends to bring round clothes that they will not longer wear and sell them to each other

T
Taxi – ferry your friends for free
Talent competition
Tea morning
Tennis
Themed party
Three legged race
Treasure hunt

U
University challenge
Unwanted gifts – get friends and family to donate and sell

V
Valentines – get donation from your loved one instead of flowers and chocs

W
White water rafting
Walking
Welly throwing
Win a day off work – ask your boss to ‘donate’ a days holiday and auction it
Wine tasting
Work – ask your workplace to match what you raise
Workplace collection
Wii sports competition
Waxing – sponsor the men to go bare

X
Xmas ball
Xmas present – ask for donations instead of gifts
Xmas cards – ask your friends to donate money instead of buying cards
X-factor night

Y
Yo-yo competition
Yoga
Yorkshire pudding eating

Z
Zany clothes day