Inspiration

There are always new and exciting ways to fundraise or to add a twist to an old favourite. Check out these fantastic fundraisers for inspiration.

Check out CLDF’s A to Z of fundraising for some inspiration!

A

  • Art exhibition/sale
  • Auction
  • Abseiling
  • Afternoon tea
  • Arm wrestling
  • Assault course
  • Athletics

B

  • Bring & buy
  • BBQ
  • Badminton tournament
  • Bake sale (a prize for the best & ugliest cake!)
  • Baked bean bath
  • Ball
  • Barn dance
  • Bad tie day
  • Balloon race
  • Battle of the bands
  • Beat the goalie
  • Big Yellow Friday
  • Bouncy castle
  • Book sale
  • Bristol half marathon
  • Bingo night

C

  • Car boot sale
  • Cooking competition
  • Coffee and cake morning
  • Company matched funding
  • Cabaret night
  • Caption competition
  • Car wash
  • Chess tournament
  • Craft fair
  • Cricket match
  • Cake sale
  • Christmas caroling
  • Chariot race
  • Collection tins
  • Concert
  • Chester marathon
  • Celebrity book signing
  • Chocolate feast day
  • Cocktail party
  • Casino night
  • Chili eating competition
  • Crazy hair day
  • Cycle

D

  • Dress down day
  • Disco
  • Dinner party
  • Dance competition
  • Darts tournament
  • Drawing competition

E

  • Easter egg hunt
  • Easyfundraising
  • Expedition
  • Edinburgh marathon
  • Egg and spoon race
  • Egg painting
  • eBay auction
  • Escape rooms (diy!)

F

  • Fashion show
  • Family fun day
  • Fancy dress competition
  • Facebook fundraiser
  • Fete/fair
  • Fun run
  • Flower show & stall
  • Face painting
  • Film night

G

  • Golf day
  • Garden party
  • Guest speaker
  • Great Run events
  • Guess how many…..in the jar games

H

  • Horse racing
  • Halloween party
  • Honesty box
  • Hook-a-duck
  • Hairdressing day
  • Hike

I

  • International food fair
  • In lieu of presents
  • Ice skating show

J

  • Jazz night
  • Jumble sale
  • Jail break
  • Jogging
  • Jewelry making
  • John o’Groats to Land’s end cycle or hike
  • Jelly eating competition
  • Juggling competition
  • JustGiving page

K

  • Karaoke
  • King for the day

 

L

  • Line dancing 
  • Luncheons
  • Left hand day
  • Loch Ness marathon
  • London Marathon
  • London 10k

M

  • Matched donations
  • Murder mystery night
  • Market stall
  • Mile of pennies
  • Mountain biking challenge
  • Mini-Olympics
  • Masquerade balls
  • Mountain climbing

N

  • Name that tune
  • New Years resolutions
  • New Years Eve party
  • Netball tournament
  • New York City marathon

O

  • Opera evening
  • Open day
  • Obstacle course

P

  • Party
  • Painting competition
  • Pantomime
  • Puppet show
  • Plant sale
  • Pram race
  • Paintballing
  • Pancake competition
  • Plant a tree
  • Playstation tournament
  • Picnic
  • Play your cards right

Q

  • Quiz night
  • Quit an unhealthy habit like smoking or drinking

R

  • Raffle
  • Races
  • Relay race
  • Recipe sale
  • Refreshments
  • Reunions
  • Robin Hood full/half marathon

S

  • Sponsored activities
  • Shave
  • Street party
  • Shoe shine service
  • Silent auction
  • Silly outfit day
  • Scrabble night
  • Snooker night
  • Sports day
  • Swap shop
  • Swimathon
  • School concert

T

  • Treasure hunt
  • Tennis tournament
  • Ten pin bowling
  • Three legged race
  • Tug of war
  • Tombola
  • Toy sale
  • Talent competition
  • Tarot card readings

U

  • University challenge
  • Underwater hunt

V

  • Valentines day hosting/party
  • Variety show
  • Vehicle cleaning
  • Volleyball competition

W

  • Wheelbarrow race
  • Wellie throw
  • Wine tasting
  • Word search competition
  • Walks
  • Walk to work week
  • Waxing
  • Wedding favors – take a look at CLDF’s pin badges for this

X

  • Xmas activities

Y

  • Yoga sessions or retreat

Z

  • Zodiac evening
  • Zoo trip

Take a look at CLDF’s blogs for even more ideas!

Another great way for you, your friends, family and community to get involved is to set up your own fund

The fundraising team will be with you every step of the way to offer top tips and friendly advice. Contact us at fundraising@childliverdisease.org or on 0121 212 6022,  or view our fundraising toolkit HERE.