Event Ideas

There are many different ways you can organise an event and the Fundraising team at Hospice are here to help you every step of the way, ensuring that whatever you decide to do is a great success!

If you’re stuck for ideas, why not get your creative juices flowing by taking a look at our Fundraising ideas.  Whatever your interests there are plenty of events you can plan around the activities you love and also raise money at the same time.

A

• All day event - ask your local pub or sports club if they can arrange a 24-hour sponsored event such as darts, squash or bridge
• Auction of promises - try to get people to donate a gift, the promise of their time or use of their belongings. You can even ask people to donate themselves as ’slaves for the day’!
• Aerobics - if you enjoy keeping fit - or want to start - why not get people to sponsor you over a certain time?

B

• Bring a pound into work - simply ask your colleagues to each bring a pound into work in aid of Jersey Hospice Care
• Barbeque - hold a Hospice barbecue and charge people to come to your party
• Book sale - dig out all those old books and have a book sale at home or at work

C

• Car boot sale - get all those unwanted items stashed in the back of cupboards or in your loft and sell them at a car boot sale
• Coffee morning - get all friends together and have a coffee morning, it’s a great way to catch up on all the gossip!
• Competition - hold a competition at work, at home or at a club
• Charge for favours - every time someone asks if you would do a favour, charge him or her

D

• Dinner dance - have a band, good food, organise a raffle and/or an auction
• Dry cornflakes - set up a line of people and bet who will finish their bowl first
• Disco - organise a disco or 70’s night - with fancy dress!
• Dress down day - ideal if you work in an office environment where your colleagues might be keen for an opportunity to work in jeans

E

• Easter egg hunt/party
• Egg rolling competition

F

• Fancy dress car wash. Ask everyone in your street if you can wash their car - dressing up in a zany outfit makes it more fun
• Football tournament
• Film show

G

• Golf match - Organise a charity golf day

H

• Halloween ball - sell tickets to a fancy dress ball or party

I

• Ice skating - get people to sponsor you for how many times you can go around the ring without falling over!
• Ice cream - how much ice cream can you eat in a minute? Ask people to sponsor you and find out

J

• Jumble sale - people love a good rummage and it’s always a good fundraiser

K

• Karaoke evening - Ask a local pub to host a Karaoke night for you and charge people to get in or take part

L

• Lunch money - ask all your colleagues to bring in sandwiches for their lunch and donate the money they saved to Jersey Hospice Care
• Lunchtime quiz - stimulate the mind before heading back for the afternoon slog. Get together teams and charge to take part

M

• Match the pet to the owner competition - ask your colleagues to bring in one photo of themselves and one of their pet. Charge people £1 a time to match up all the photographs
• Murder mystery evening
• Masked ball - everyone wears a mask of his or her choice. Have a competition to guess who’s who

N

• Night in - Stay in on a Saturday night and donate to Hospice the money you save
• No Smoking  - get people to sponsor you for giving up cigarettes
• No drinking - revitalise your body and give up the bottle for a few weeks - ask people to sponsor you

O

• Open Day - if you have a colourful garden, let all those garden lovers come and admire, at a price

P

• Photography competition - invite your friends to get their baby photos out and pay £1.00 a go to ’guess the baby’

Q

• Quiz Nights - always a favourite whether it is at home at work, in a club or in your local. Charge people to take part
• Question of sport - all you sports fanatics, make up your own questions and test your friends’ knowledge

R

• Race night - hold a race night in aid of Jersey Hospice Care.

S

• Shocking sock/tie day - those who take part are asked to donate £1, those who don’t pay a forfeit of £2
• Snack attack - everyone gets peckish in the middle of the morning, so hold a cake or biscuit sale
• Sweepstake - run a sweepstake on how many times your boss gets a cup a tea or how may times your colleague leaves their desk during the day. £1.00 to have a go.
• Sponsored events - bike ride, walk, silence, swim, slim, headshave...
• Swap Shop - you may not like filing or doing those chores around the house. Ask your friends to pool the things they hate doing and get everyone to bid for the ones they would like to do.

T

• Treasure hunt - a challenge event for people, and a fun way to raise big money
• Theme days/nights - jazz up the winter months and hold a themed event
• Tombola - get some raffle tickets and persuade your friends and colleagues to donate prizes

U

• Underwear party - charge guests to come wearing it over their clothes (or not if they are brave!)

V

• Variety show - round up your talented friends and tread the boards, charging for admission

W

• Wine Tasting - invite an ’expert’ or local wine dealer to bring along a few cases of wine and donate some of the proceeds to Hospice
• Weight of the cake - Get people to guess the weight of the cake and win the cake if they are right.

X

• X-Files Party
• Xmas hampers - make up and sell your own Christmas hampers

Y

• Yanky Doodle BBQ
• Yorkshire pudding - Aunt Bessie makes the best, see how many you can eat. Get your friends to run a sweepstake.

Z

• Zombie Party
• Zodiac evening - Invite a guest astrologer for a star studded fundraiser. Charge for entry and horoscopes.

Good luck!