Fabulous Fundraising Ideas

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Are you stuck for fundraising ideas? To get you started, we have provided
plenty of inspiration for you. Whether its a large or small event, you can find
something to suit everyone! Just remember that it is often the simple ideas that
are the best and planning ahead is the key to your success.

Afternoon tea/morning tea have your work

colleagues bring a plate of food and charge an
entry fee to all participants.

After work drinks have drinks after work where

the company subsidises the alcohol and snacks.
Charge an entry fee and small amount for each
drink.

Auction hold an auction at work by obtaining

donated items and/or services from local
businesses, sports stars, artists and/or
performers. Ask us for our fact sheet.

Artwork sale or auction hold an exhibit for

your work colleagues to showcase and sell the
artwork created by their own co-workers and/or
local artists.

Bandaged Bear Day support the Hospital

by becoming a volunteer merchandise seller
or order a box of merchandise to sell to your
friends and colleagues.

Bear parties turn your next party into a Bear

Party with fundraising for the Hospital.

BBQ/sausage sizzle hold a BBQ at work and

charge an entry fee or charge for each item
consumed.

Baby guessing competition everyone at work

brings in a baby photo and pays $5 to guess
whos who. Perhaps anyone who doesnt take
part has to pay $5 too! The winner gets a prize.
Bike rides gather a group of work colleagues
who want to raise funds by holding a sponsored
bike ride.

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Locked Bag 4001 Westmead NSW 2145 Sydney Australia
Tel +61 2 9845 3367 Fax +61 2 9845 3457

Boating day why not organise a day of boating

for your work colleagues, perhaps have a pirate
theme and be marooned on an island with a
seafood BBQ.

Book sales get your work colleagues to clear

out the book shelves and organise a book sale
where all proceeds are donated to the Hospital.

Benefit performance contact your local arts

centre, drama group, orchestra or choir and
organise a charity performance for your work
colleagues where proceeds raised are donated
to the Hospital.

Bush dance hold a bush dance for your next

social club outing where your work colleagues
can show off their line dancing skills!

Car park raffle/auction if parking your car

at work is near impossible, when those with
company car parks are away, why not organise
to raffle/auction off their car space?

Casual day hold a regular casual day at work

and charge those who join in.

Caption competition get a photo of your CEO

or Managing Director doing something unusual
and charge for participants to submit a caption.

Chocolate drive purchase fundraising

chocolates to sell at work. You may even like to
include bags of lollies and/or cakes.

Cake sale bake a few cakes and sell each slice.

Cinema screening approach your local cinema

and see if they will hold a preview screening of
a new release movie for the Hospital. Increase
ticket prices by a few extra dollars and sell to
work colleagues and friends. At the screening

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have a foyer display selling Hospital merchandise

to collect extra donations.

Enter an event such as a run, marathon, bike

ride or overseas trek.

Childrens fun day arrange activities and

entertainment for your work colleagues to bring
their children along and charge a fee for each
child who participates.

Colouring-in competition hold a competition

that your work colleagues children can
participate in. The Hospital can provide
templates.

Friday night work drinks hold regular Friday

night drinks where the company subsidises the
alcohol and snacks. Charge an entry fee and
small amount for each drink.

Fancy dress days - organise a fancy dress day

at work such as crazy tie, bad hat or purple and
yellow only day.

Fun runs gather any interested work

colleagues and participate in a sponsored run.

Fun day at work hold a fun day with activities

such as lawn bowls or ten pin bowling etc.

Angling competition (fishing)

Fishing competition - organise a fishing

competition for all of those fishing enthusiasts
you work with and confirm who really is the best
fisherman/fisherwoman in the ranks!

Fashion parade host a parade for your work

colleagues by inviting local boutiques and shops
to showcase their latest fashions.

50/50 club Get your work colleagues to donate

$5 a month. Each month hold a draw where the
name of each participant is put in a hat with one
name drawn out. The lucky person whose name
is pulled from the hat wins half the total raised
while the other half is donated to the Hospital.

Cookbooks ask work colleagues etc to donate

copies of their favourite family recipes to form a
cookbook you can sell to your colleagues and
friends.

Donate an hours pay, or why not a days pay?

Dances organise a themed dance for your next

social club outing, why not go back to the 50s,
60s or 70s or perhaps Salsa is more appealing?

Dress up day forget dressing down, its your

chance to glam up at work!

Dress down day.

Darts competition.

End of financial year party why not name The

Childrens Hospital at Westmead as your charity
of choice at your end of financial year party?
Charge a small entry fee and give out prizes.

Expeditions gather some action-orientated

work colleagues to embark on an adventurous
trek that could be either sponsored or ticketed.
Eg. The group could climb a mountain.

Expert talks confirm a guest to talk on a

subject that you and your colleagues are
interested in. Charge an admission fee and
perhaps hold an auction of their latest book etc.

Exhibition.

E-Bay auction.

Fundraising
Corner Hawkesbury Road and Hainsworth Street
Locked Bag 4001 Westmead NSW 2145 Sydney Australia
Tel +61 2 9845 3367 Fax +61 2 9845 3457

Guessing competition fill a jar with lollies,

coins, rubber bands or thumb tacks and charge
$5 per guess.

Golf days and tournaments hold a golf day for

your work colleagues, clients and/or suppliers
and name the Hospital as your charity of choice.

Go-karting why not have your next work social

outing at the local go-kart track and confirm
who really is the fastest driver in the workplace.

Greek night does everyone enjoy eating Greek

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food? Why not hold a Bandaged Bear Greek

Night with Greek food, wine and dancing at a
local Greek restaurant.

Gala evening.

Garage sale.

Gym challenge.

Giving up a habit.

Good-as-new sale.

Hair shave gather a group of work colleagues

willing to get their hair (head, facial or legs)
shaved off in return for sponsorship dollars.

Heads or tails play a game of Heads or Tails.

Everyone donates to enter. Whilst standing up,
each person decides if theyre heads or tails by
putting a hand on their head or their bottom. Flip
a coin and announce the results. Those who
get it wrong sit down. Continue until only one
person is left.

Jewellery auction/raffle hold an exhibit for

work colleagues and valued clients to showcase
pieces of jewellery available for auction/raffle.

Jellies in a jar an ever popular competition of

guessing how many jelly beans in a jar.

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Hat sale get everyone at work to donate their

old hats (perhaps around Spring carnival time)
and hold a second hand hat sale.

Knockout darts or pool tournament do you

work with a lot of ex-Brits? Perhaps holding
a darts competition would be good, or if that
doesnt appeal, theres always the traditional
pool competition!

Karaoke night why not hold a karaoke night for

your works next social function? Ask us for our
fact sheet.

Kite flying competition why not hold a family

day for your work colleagues with a picnic in the
park and kite flying?

Late for meetings penalty - do meetings

constantly start late? Why not charge a $5
penalty for anyone who arrives to a meeting five
minutes after its planned commencement?

Lawn bowls test your teams skills in the art of

lawn bowls its good fun and you can even do
it bare foot.

Longest sushi train do your work colleagues

and clients enjoy eating sushi? Why not have
the longest sushi train fundraising lunch?

Lunch money instead of buying lunch, why

not have your work colleagues bring in their
own lunch one day and donate what is normally
spent on lunch to the Hospital?

Logies event do you and your work colleagues

follow the Logies? Perhaps hold your own
Logies night with prizes for work related
categories and hand out Logie statuettes to the
winners.

Halloween party why not hold a Halloween

party for your October social club outing?

Indulgence day instead of a casual day, create

an indulgence day where everyone can wear
their slippers and have a hot chocolate!

Individual gifts hold a gift day and encourage

your work colleagues to support the Hospital by
making pledges, donating an hour/days pay or
signing up for workplace giving.

Inter-departmental sports matches organise

for teams or departments to play against each
other in a knock out competition. Anyone for
netball, soccer etc?

Fundraising
Corner Hawkesbury Road and Hainsworth Street
Locked Bag 4001 Westmead NSW 2145 Sydney Australia
Tel +61 2 9845 3367 Fax +61 2 9845 3457

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Mobile phone ringing penalty - start a penalty

system for anyone whose phone rings during a
meeting or presentation, perhaps a $5 penalty
should be established to discourage the
disruptions?

One-day fast get sponsored by work

colleagues to go without food for a day.

Makeover evening hold a pamper session at

work and organise beauticians and massage
therapists to provide complimentary treatments.
Each person pays an admission fee.

Pizza extravaganzas why not gather a group

of work colleagues and hold a fundraiser around
making and/or eating pizza for the Hospital?

Party pies/sausage rolls how about holding a

fundraiser where you sell homemade party pies
and sausage rolls to your work colleagues?

Masquerade ball for your next work function,

why not hold a masquerade ball or dinner?

Master classes are you or any of your work

colleagues exceptional at something? Why not
organise a small class to show other people how
to do it and charge them for the privilege?

Poker tournament do you have any card sharks

within the work place? Perhaps they can help
you organise a poker night with the Hospital as
your charity of choice.

Memory meal transport you and your work

colleagues back to when you were kids. Have
a day where you all dress in the style of the
decade you fondly remember as children and
bring along some of those tasty dishes your
parents would cook.

Quiz night organise a bright sparks trivia quiz

for work colleagues to prove who really is the
smartest of the bunch! Ask us for our fact sheet.

Quintessentially Australian organise a day

where work colleagues bring along some Aussie
tucker to celebrate being Australian. Charge a
fee to join in.

Nintendo/Xbox/Playstation competition
organise a play off at work to see who is the
ultimate computer gamer amongst your work
colleagues.

Night at the races organise an evening with

famous races on video and run sweeps, raffles
and/or an auction.

No coffee/tea day work colleagues pay $5

per breach of their agreement to not drink
tea/coffee, or perhaps up the stakes with no
chocolate, no personal calls or no smoking.

Office space are you in an open plan office

with unlimited distractions? Why not raffle/
auction off the bosss office next time he/she is
away?

Fundraising
Corner Hawkesbury Road and Hainsworth Street
Locked Bag 4001 Westmead NSW 2145 Sydney Australia
Tel +61 2 9845 3367 Fax +61 2 9845 3457

Regular giving why not sign up to make a

regular monthly gift to the Hospital.

Raffle organise prizes to raffle off to your work

colleagues. Ask us for our fact sheet.

Race night gather the punters at work and

organise an event at your local greyhound or
horse racing track.

Races.

Read-a-thon.

River boat cruise.

Running competition.

Recipe swap.

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Spring bulbs organise to sell spring bulbs

purchased in bulk to your colleagues.

Spray your hair - feeling a bit crazy, why not

obtain some sponsors to change your hair to
purple or yellow?

Swear box have a swear box in your work

place and fine those who utter a swear word.

Scrabble competition - find out who really is the

thesaurus champion of the office.

Seafood longest lunch - tired of in-house

fundraising lunches? Why not choose a venue
for a relaxing seafood lunch with your work
colleagues?

Staff survey encourage everyone to complete

the staff survey and pay a gold coin donation
to the Hospital, with the company matching the
contributions made.

Silent auction.

Summer ball.

Sports day.

Sponsored silence.

Swimming competition.

Squash tournament.

Scrabble competition.

Slave auction.

Sponsored events.

tournament. For the professionals, try it

blindfolded!

Treasure hunt to boost staff interaction,

why not organise a treasure hunt for your coworkers? Organise cryptic work-related clues
leading people from one location to another.

Talent night.

Three-legged race, tug-of-war tournaments.

Ten-pin bowling.

Trash and treasure.

Umbrella rental rent out work umbrellas for a

gold coin donation.

Ugly ducking competition have your work

colleagues bring a photo of themselves from
5, 10, 15 or even 20 years ago and hold a
competition for best/worst hair cut, best
dressed etc.

Under the sea ball why not hold an under the

sea themed ball for work colleagues and valued
clients to attend?

Visit the vineyards organise a bus trip for work

colleagues to visit the vineyards, perhaps add an
extra charge to donate back to the Hospital?

Victory donation when your team wins a

competition, why not donate the winnings to the
Hospital?

Trivia night organise a bright sparks trivia

night for work colleagues to prove who really is
the smartest of the bunch! Ask us for our fact
sheet.

Talent competition hold a night of

entertainment where your co-workers can
showcase their amazing hidden talents!

Ten pin bowling find out who the best ten

pin bowler is amongst your work colleagues
by testing their skills in a sponsored bowling

Fundraising
Corner Hawkesbury Road and Hainsworth Street
Locked Bag 4001 Westmead NSW 2145 Sydney Australia
Tel +61 2 9845 3367 Fax +61 2 9845 3457

Wine tasting evening spend an evening tasting

fine wines with your work colleagues. Charge
participants an entry fee that covers wine,
cheese and a donation to the Hospital.

Walk why not gather a group of interested

work colleagues to partake in a sponsored
walk?

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World meals hold a meal with an Indian, Italian,

Mexican, Japanese etc theme at work and
charge an entry fee.

Xmas party at this years Christmas party

why not name the Hospital as the charity of
choice and hold an auction, raffle or include an
additional amount to donate to the Hospital on
all tickets?

Xmas card sale The Childrens Hospital at

Westmead has a range of Christmas cards
available each year. Visit the e-shop on the
Hospital Website

Xmas card donation instead of sending

Christmas cards this year, wish your work
colleagues and clients a Merry Christmas using
eCards? The money you and your colleagues
normally spend on Christmas cards can then be
donated to the Hospital.

Your idea often the best fundraising ideas are

the ones you come up with yourself.

Yoga marathon why not gather a group of your

work colleagues to participate in a sponsored
yoga marathon?

Yes day convince a group of your work

colleagues to have people sponsor them in their
quest to say yes to everyones work demands
on a particular day (within reason of course).

Zany events the list is endless and perhaps

more suited to after-work drink activities: Eat jelly
with chopsticks, drink milk through a Tim Tam,
greatest number of marshmallows in a mouth
etc.

Zany ideas run a competition at work to think

of a fundraiser beginning with Z.

Fundraising
Corner Hawkesbury Road and Hainsworth Street
Locked Bag 4001 Westmead NSW 2145 Sydney Australia
Tel +61 2 9845 3367 Fax +61 2 9845 3457