Fundraising

13 fundraising tips

Summary: 13 fundraising tips to help you raise your sponsorship money!

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We’ve put these tips together to help you make your fundraising as successful and fun as possible.

Sponsor forms are just one way you can raise money to support our work with blind and partially sighted people. Here are a few ideas that could increase the amount you raise and also make your fundraising lots of fun for everyone involved.

1. Always get your friends and family to write their sponsorship amount on the sponsorship form first – they tend to be the most generous and they set the standard for everyone who sees the form after them.

2. Ask people to give you the money straight away – this will save a lot of time after the event. If necessary, give people a piece of paper promising to return the money if you don’t complete the event. Also, always carry change with you – that way, people can’t claim not to have the right money on them!

3. Please read the Gift Aid it note on the sponsor form. If your sponsor is eligible ask them to tick the Gift Aid it box on the form and include their full name and home address. This allows us to claim Gift Aid, which will increase the value of the donation by 28 per cent at no extra cost to your sponsor.

4. Send an article and photo to your staff newspaper or newsletter. Make sure you’ve included details of how to sponsor you.

5. Approach your work colleagues, your employer and any local companies you might have links with, for donations or to ask them to run a fundraising event on your behalf.

6. Fax or email a sponsorship form to suppliers and clients, asking them to sponsor you.

7. If your employer is a member of a matched giving scheme, ask them to match the amount you have raised.

8. Ask family and friends to collect sponsorship on your behalf. Give them a copy of the sponsorship form and these fundraising tips.

9. Organise a fun event for friends or colleagues such as a treasure hunt, Trivial Pursuit, cheese and wine, ten-pin bowling or going horse racing.

10. Take unwanted items to a car boot sale – you can also ask friends, family and colleagues if they have unwanted goods they can contribute.

11. Hold a cake sale where you sell slices for £1 each.

12. Organise a “guess the baby” competition – collect baby photos from friends or colleagues and charge £2 to match names to faces. Give a prize to the person who gets most right.

13. Organise a sweepstake on a major sporting event such as the Grand National.

If there’s any element of fundraising that you’re not sure about, please call us first so that we can give you all the advice you need to make your fundraising successful, legal and fun.

If you need any help or advice on any of these areas of fundraising, don’t hesitate to call fundraising enquiries on 0845 345 0054. You can also email us at fundraising@rnib.org.uk

Every day another 100 people will start to lose their sight. Your support helps us rebuild lives devastated by sight loss.

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Content author: fundraising@rnib.org.uk

Last updated: 20/11/2008 11:13