Event ideas

Whether you’re fundraising with friends, family or colleagues - there are plenty of great ideas to choose from all year round.

So take your pick from our selection below or dream up some new ones of your own.

And remember, whatever you choose to do, there are lots of different ways to raise funds from your event - including entry donations, sponsorship, raffles, auctions and competitions on the day.

Just use your imagination and have lots of fun.

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Party time

Christmas party fancy dress Halloween New Year ball murder mystery night Eurovision Song Contest

Big Brother cheese and wine Hollywood Oscars Marie Curie-oke Daffodil dance/disco forties night (or 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s ...)

Community

Summer fete book sale car boot sale jumble sale harvest festival daffodil bingo Great Daffodil Appeal collections barn dance

tea dance coffee morning chess tournament pub quiz night raffles car rally bridge tournament car wash

Young Farmers Shearathon

Liskeard Young Farmers sheared 1,280 sheep over a 24 hour period and managed to raise £3,615 which they divided equally between Marie CurieCancer Care and the Royal Agricultural Benevolent Instituton.

Get fit

Aerobics bike ride hike run

Swimathon triathalon Channel swim

English Channel swim

Funeral director, Geoff Taylor from Yorkshire completed his lifetime ambition to swim the English Channel and raised more than £3,000 for Marie Curie Cancer Care.

"I’d been doing 30 miles a week for the two months prior to going. The start and finish were tough."

Outdoors

Tug of war treasure hunt garden party

picnic in the park sponsored walks

At college or university

Pool or darts match pub quiz chess tournament themed parties video games competition pub crawl vicars and tarts battle of the bands casino evening speed-dating flower power rave recycle mobiles text book sale comedy evening Yellow Raids challenge

Friends and family Bonfire party bowling tournament country bike ride summer picnic pyjama party cheese and wine cookery day summer bbq book club Marie-Curie-oke garden party fancy dress bring and buy clothes sale make-over

Hobbies and pastimes

Fashion show concerts dancing show

pantomime/play amateur operatics amateur dramatics

Creative

daffodil painting cake sale daffodil cards arts and crafts to sell

fancy dress competition music making face painting

Sport

Five-a-side football cricket competition netball/ golf tournament baseball tennis competition

rugby competition hockey match rounders competition yacht or boat race

At school

Fashion show summer fete disco jumble sale harvest festival play pantomime

non-uniform day sponsored skip sponsored fun run joke or story telling marathon sponsored class silence talent show

At work

Mufti day sweepstakes book sale cake/sandwich sale sponsored leg wax Great Daffodil Appeal collections sponsored slim

sponsored no chocolate sponsored no caffeine swear box late for meeting box payroll giving Back to the Shop Floor

What your money buys

£60 pays for three hours of home nursing care.

£300 pays for 15 hours of home nursing care.

£500 pays for three full nursing shifts in a patient’s home.

For more information please contact the Great Ideas team.