Fundraising tips

You can organise or participate in an event which can be as simple or as challenging as you like. Here are just a few ideas.

• Dress in orange for a day - rummage your wardrobe for anything orange and organise an orange themed event in support of Arthritis Research UK.
• A yummy cake sale - get baking your favourite sponge, chocolate or fruit cakes!
• Organise a walk/run - whether it's a mile, five or even eight, every one counts and should get you lots of sponsors.
• Give something up - a week without chocolate or crisps...go on, you can do it!
• Bring a pound into work - get your colleagues to each bring a pound into work in aid of the charity you are raising money for.
• Lunch - ask your colleagues to bring in sandwiches for their lunch and donate the money they saved to charity.
  
• Match the pet to the owner - ask your colleagues to bring in a photo of themselves and of their pet. Charge £1 a time to match up all the photographs.
• Shocking sock/tie/outfit day - people taking part are asked to donate £1 and those that don’t have to pay a forfeit of £2!
• Charge for favours - every time someone asks if you could do them a favour, charge them.
• Fancy dress car wash - ask everyone in your street if you can wash their car – dressing up in a crazy outfit makes it more fun!
• Ice skating - ask people to sponsor you for how many times you can go around the rink without falling over.
• Quiz night - ask your local pub if you can hold a quiz night and charge £5 entry per team. Half the fee goes towards the charity (unless you can find another winning prize.)
• Dress down day - everyone pays £1 for the privilege to wear what they want for the day.
• Shave your head - set yourself a donation target and when you hit it, say you’ll shave your head/legs.
• Swear box - employees caught swearing must make a donation to your charity.
• An auction - everyone’s good at something, whether its’ painting nails, ironing or walking a dog. So why not auction off your service?

If you need any help along the way with your fundraising, please don't hesitate to email us and we can give you some materials that will help.