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A-Z of fundraising ideas

Looking for some simple ways to raise money? From bake sales to sponsored silences, these ideas are sure to help make it easy to fundraise at work, school or in your community.

Explore some of our favourite fundraising ideas to make raising money as easy as ABC!

A
  • Afternoon tea
  • Antiques fair
  • Arts and crafts stall
  • Auction

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B
  • BBQ
  • Battle of the Bands
  • Book sale
  • Bingo
  • Bring and buy
  • Bake sale

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C

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E
  • Egg and spoon race
  • Eighties night
  • Easter egg hunt
  • Exhibition
  • Expert talk

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F
  • Fashion show
  • Football tournament
  • Fancy dress
  • Film night

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H
  • Head-shaving
  • Hair braiding

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I
  • International food night
  • Italian evening

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J
  • Jazz night
  • Jewellery-making
  • Jumble sale

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K
  • Karaoke night
  • Kite-flying day
  • Knitting marathon

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L
  • Late night walk
  • Line dancing
  • Lottery - play the Age UK Weekly Lottery and every entry will help fund our work for older people (plus you could win a top cash prize!)

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M
  • Masquerade ball
  • Murder mystery
  • Marathon-themed evening
  • Mile of coins

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N
  • Non-uniform day
  • Netball tournament
  • Nearly-new sale

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O
  • Obstacle course
  • Odd jobs for donations
  • Old clothes sale

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P
  • Pancake flip
  • Plant sale
  • Pot luck dinner
  • Pub games night

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Q

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R
  • Race night
  • Recipe book sale
  • Raffle - play the Age UK raffle and every ticket will help fund our work for older people (plus you could win a top prize!)
  • Rounders tournament
  • Rugby sweepstake

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S
  • School sports day
  • Scrabble tournament
  • Skydiving
  • Swear box
  • Sponsored silence

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U
  • Under the sea party
  • Uniform for teachers

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W
  • 'Who’s the baby?' photo quiz
  • Wine tasting
  • Word search

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X
  • X-Factor party
  • Xmas fayre

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Y
  • Yoga marathon

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Z
  • Zumbathon

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