A-Z of Fundraising Events

 

A

Auction of Promises

Antiques Fair/Valuation Day

Aerobics/ sponsored workout

 

B

Baby show/glamorous grannies!

Ball

Balloon race

Banquet

Barn dance

Bath in baked beans /jelly etc. (Sponsored)

BBQ

Bean eating (sponsored)

Beetle drive

Badminton tournament

Bed pushing

Bottle stall

Boules/Petanque competition

Bowling

Bridge Tournament

Beach Clean (sponsored)

Bell ringing (sponsored)

Book Sale

Break out for a day

Bad Taste Evening

Bike rides (sponsored)

Bring and Buy

Bingo

C

Car Treasure Hunt

Cabaret Night

Cake sale

Clay Pigeon shoot

Car wash (sponsored)

Carol marathon

Carnival

Ceilidh

Challenge events

Christmas Fair

Coins in a Fountain

Coin chains

Caption Competition

Conker competition

Country Fayre

Coin chains

Crossword marathon (sponsored)

Charades evening

Come Dine with me evening

Concerts

D

Disco ( themed) - 70s, Abba, Punk

Disco dancing Competition

Donkey Derby

Dance Marathon

Dutch Auction

Demonstrations - Cake icing, painting, floral, cookery, beauty, yoga etc.

Do it yourself Dinner/ball

Diminishing coffee parties

Dinner dance

Duck race

E

Egg Eating competition

Easter Parade

Easter egg hunt

Egg and spoon race

Evening of song

Exhibition - Art/craft/photography/flower arranging/children's work etc

F

Fashion show

Fast party - people pay not to attend

Fete/Fair

Film premier/film show

Firework display

Flower show

Flower arranging evening

Five a side football competition

Fancy Dress night

Fortune telling and horoscopes

Fun run

Folk night

G

Garage sale

Give something up e.g. smoking, chocolate etc. (sponsored)

Golf tournament

Go karting

Garden open day

Garden Trail

Gladiators

H

Half marathon (sponsored)

Halloween Night

Holiday photo competition

Honesty box

Head shave (sponsored)

Hunger lunch

Horse race night

I

It’s a knock out

Indoor games evening

Ice skating competition

Irish dancing marathon

J

Job swap (sponsored)

Judo demonstration/competition

Jogging (sponsored)

Jazz evening

Jail and Bail

Jigsaw marathon (sponsored)

Jumble sale

K

Karaoke

Karate demonstration/competition

Knitting marathon (sponsored)

L

Ladies Lunch

Lawn mowing ( sponsored)

Lotteries

Lecture lunch

Lent collections

Long distance walk/cycle (sponsored)

Lunch

M

Make up party

Magic show

Match with special teams (bosses vs. staff, boys vs. girls, mothers vs. sons)

May fair

Midsummer Ball

Mini Golf tournament

Musical evening (summer/winter)

Mystery tour

Mountain bike race

N

Nearly new sale

No uniform day

O

One-day fasts (sponsored)

One price stall

Open house/open garden

Opera evening

Own clothes' day

P

Pancake race

Penalty kick competition

Plant sale/stall

Pantomime

Pudding event

Pet show

Photography competition

Puppet show

Promises auction

Q

Quiz night

Quiz day in school

R

Race Night

Raft race

Regatta

Road fun run

River boat trip

Rugby match

Running (sponsored)

S

Sand castle competition (biggest/most wacky)

Safari suppers

Santa's grotto

Scrabble evening

Supper quiz

Snooker competition

Sing for supper

Supermarket trolley dash

Sponsored swim, slim, non-smoke, silence etc.

Silent auction

Skittles evening

Scrabble evening

Summer fair

Sports day

Story telling/reading (sponsored)

Spellathon

Swimming gala

Sixties/seventies night

Sunflower growing

T

Table top sale

Talent night

Teddy Bear's picnic

Three legged race

Ten pin bowling

Tennis tournament

Themed (party/dance)

Trampoline marathon (sponsored)

Tea dance

Toddle (sponsored)

Tractor display

Trading places for the day

Treasure hunt (on foot or in car)

Trivial Pursuit Challenge

Tug of War

U

Non uniform day

V

Valentine party

Visitors book

Volleyball competition

W

Water aerobics (sponsored)

Walking (sponsored)

Wheelbarrow race

Window cleaning (sponsored)

Wind surfing (sponsored)

Wine tasting/wine and cheese

Who dunnit/murder evening

Whist drive

Wish raffle

X

Xmas Cards

Xmas fair/party

Y

Yard sale

Z

Zebra Day

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