QUICK LIST OF FUNDRAISING IDEAS



QUICK LIST OF FUNDRAISING IDEAS

(From the Stop Stansted Expansion Campaign)

 

• charge members an annual subscription and when you ask for renewals, leave space for a donation

• ask town and parish councils, special interest and environmental groups for financial support

• 'tap on shoulder' (rich / well connected people asking their friends)

• auctions of promises

• quiz nights

• race nights

• rambles

• sponsored anything

• coffee mornings

• jumble sales

• 'bling sales' (jewellery and glitzy accessories)

• barn dances

• dress sales

• sponsored cycle rides

• open gardens events

• wine tastings

• teddy bears picnics

• fun days

• balloon races

• fun runs

• bucket rattling at public meetings

• tree planting

• car boot sales

• village fetes

• antiques road-show evenings

• concerts

• raffles

• calendar production / sales

• Christmas card production / sales

• hog roasts

One of the best ones is the auction of promises, for a quick cash injection! 

The key to success is down to human contact and getting people to help you - nothing beats the personal touch and attention to detail. 

 

You might also look at our photo gallery  for a flavour of the events which also double as awareness raising initiatives and opportunities for engaging regular volunteers and the community at large (according to the scale).  Also see the media centre on  which goes back to the start of the SSE campaign and gives details of many of the events, activities and related comment that SSE have issued that could be useful as a springboard for ideas. 

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------SSE had to raise over £100,000 for the Public Inquiry in summer 2007, into increased use of the existing runway. They did a fantastic fundraising job to achieve this.

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