Fundraising Ideas

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Fundraising Ideas by Mind Map: Fundraising Ideas

1. Concerts & shows

1.1. Fashion show

1.1.1. Second hand

1.1.2. Recycled

1.1.3. Homemade

1.1.4. Avant garde

1.1.5. Fairtrade

1.1.6. Organic

1.2. Choirs

1.3. Schools

1.4. Bands

1.5. Battle of the bands/choirs!

1.6. Play/panto

1.7. Musical eveneings

1.8. Film screenings

1.9. 'singalong' musical screenings

1.10. Dance

1.11. Opera

1.12. New compositions competition

1.13. Group theatre trips

1.14. Comedy

2. Food & drink

2.1. Coffee mornings/ food & drink raising money alongside other events

2.1.1. marathons

2.1.2. church meetings & events

2.2. Big Brekkie

2.3. Suppers

2.3.1. Safari supper

2.3.2. Themed suppers

2.3.3. Potluck suppers

2.4. Food relating to focus country e.g. West African food

2.5. Sunday lunches

2.6. Black tie dinners

2.7. Soup lunches

2.8. Ploughman's lunches

2.9. 'Curry & Jazz night'

2.10. Cocktail nights

2.11. Produce/ homemade products competition

2.12. Afternoon Tea at a smart location

2.13. Picnics

3. Sponsored events

3.1. 'Wheelathon' sponsored race using any wheels

3.2. Walks

3.3. Hikes

3.4. Cycles

3.5. Runs

3.6. Sports matches

3.7. Go-karts

3.8. New Year's Day swim

3.9. Watersports (canoe, boat race?)

3.10. Activities conducted by people in the CA Week stories

3.10.1. Carrying wood

3.10.2. Making food from scratch

4. Quizzes

4.1. At other events

4.2. Pub quiz night

4.3. Puzzles/board-games events

5. Collections

5.1. Supermarkets

5.2. Stations

5.3. Shops

5.4. School no-uniform days

5.5. church collections

5.6. In the street bucket collections

5.7. Hospitals

6. Exhibitions

6.1. CA exhibition resources

6.2. Art

6.3. Photography

6.4. Art trails

6.5. Awareness raising exhibitions

6.6. Stories & storytelling

7. 'marathon sessions' & competitions (ask for sponsorship/entry fee)

7.1. table tennis

7.2. reading

7.3. something fun!

7.3.1. trampolining

7.3.2. listen to the song 'all night long' all night long!

7.4. silence

7.5. Sports tournaments

7.5.1. town-wide football/cricket/rugby tournament (one team per church!)

7.6. Bake off

7.7. Art competition

7.8. Film-making competition

7.9. Prayerathon

7.10. Knitathon

8. Sales

8.1. Auctions of services & talents

8.2. Pop up shops in the centre

8.3. Plants

8.4. Baking

8.5. Second hand

8.6. Clothes

8.7. Bric a brac

8.8. Antiques

8.9. Home grown fruit & veg

8.10. Raffles

8.11. Tombolas

8.12. Books

9. Giving up things

9.1. swearing

9.2. smoking

9.3. drinking

10. 'Twists'

10.1. local group involvement

10.1.1. cultural churches like Korean church

10.1.2. Children's groups

10.1.3. Uniformed organisations

10.1.4. Rotary clubs

10.2. local business involvement

10.2.1. Vegan shop

10.2.2. Vegetarian/organic products

10.3. Cultural twists

10.4. Get youth & schools involved

10.5. Ask local businesses to sponsor

11. 'Hooks' to get people through the door

11.1. Fun activities

11.2. something unusual/different

11.3. themed events

11.4. something silly/funny

11.5. Something (small) for free

11.6. Is there something your community lacks? E.g. a fair that was once popular? A daycare facility for the summer holidays?

11.7. An activity relating to the culture of the appeal focus country/ a CA focus country

11.7.1. Ethiopian Coffee Ceremony

11.7.2. Indian Classical Dance

11.7.3. Latin American Music

11.8. Link in with local work to present a 'Local and Global face'

11.8.1. Harvest service asking for donations for a foodbank and money for CA

11.8.2. Sponsored to serve at soup kitchen

12. Taking things up

12.1. Daily Bible reading

12.2. Fill a free smarties tube with pound coins and return

13. Large events

13.1. Fairs

13.2. Film festivals

13.3. music festivals

13.4. Dances/ceilidhs

13.5. Piggy back on / get involved with existing events

13.6. Autumn fairs

13.7. Xmas

13.7.1. Fairs

13.7.2. Carols

13.7.3. Wassail

13.7.4. Xmas tree festivals