Community Fundraising

From craft sales and gaming challenges to social media fundraisers, you can make a huge difference to your local children’s hospice.

Please feel free to get in touch with our fundraising team for ideas and support for your event.

Fundraising Ideas 

For inspiration, here’s our A-Z of fantastic fundraising ideas to get you started.

A – Arts and crafts: Use your creativity and set up a stall to sell handmade arts and crafts.

B – Butterfly Bake: Host a bake sale featuring butterfly-themed cakes, biscuits and pastries.

C – Car wash: Organise a community car wash event where you clean cars in exchange for donations.  

D – Dress down day: Ask people to wear casual clothes instead of uniforms or formal attire for a day.  

E – Easter egg hunt: Host an Easter egg hunt where participants pay an entry fee to search for hidden eggs. Offer prizes for those who find the most.  

F – Football/sports tournament: Arrange a sports tournament where teams pay an entry fee to compete or sell tickets for spectators.  

G – Give it up: Challenge yourself to give up a favorite treat or habit for a set period and get sponsored or donate the money you save.  

H – Head shave: Agree to shave your head if a certain fundraising target is met.  

I – Indoor games night: Organise a night of board games, card games, and other indoor activities, charging an entry fee to raise money. 

J – Jumble sale: Collect and sell donated second-hand items for a good cause.

K – Knitting: Create and sell handmade knitted items – think hats and scarves, jumpers and blankets... 

L – Loose change: Set up collection jars to gather spare change from yourself, family and friends. 

M – Murder mystery party: Host a themed party where players pay to solve a fictional murder mystery.  

N – Name the…: Run a contest (such as name the teddy bear) where people pay to submit their name suggestions, with a prize for the winner. 

O – Open garden: Open up a beautiful garden for public viewing, charging an entry fee to raise funds. 

P – Press ups: Organize a press-up challenge where participants get sponsored for the number of press-ups they can complete. 

Q – Quiz: Host a quiz night where teams pay an entry fee to compete. 

R – Race night: Organize a race night event with simulated horse races, where people place bets and proceeds go to your fundraising goal. 

S – Sponsored silence: Stay silent for a set period to get donations for keeping quiet.

T – Treasure hunt: Arrange a treasure hunt where participants pay an entry fee to search for hidden treasures, with prizes for the winners. 

U – Ultimate frisbee tournament: Host an ultimate frisbee tournament with teams paying an entry fee to compete.  

V – Virtual challenge: Organise a virtual gaming challenge where players pay to enter and compete in online games. 

W – Wedding fundraiser: Why not consider fundraising or asking for donations instead of wedding gifts. Or how about donating on behalf of your guests instead of buying wedding favours.

X – Xmas Hat Day: Wear festive Christmas hats for a day in exchange for a donation. 

Y – Your event: Do you have a fundraising idea of your own? It could be a special way to fundraise for the hospice.   

Z – Zero cost fundraising: Choose a fundraiser that has no upfront costs, such as selling items you own or try bag packing or singing at your local supermarket.