Fundraising ideas
There are loads of ways that you can raise money for Tommy's research. Here are just a few to inspire you!
Fundraising in different places
At work
Skills auction: Offer your skills and services to the highest bidder. You could offer to get your colleague's lunch, jazz up their powerpoint presentations or recycle their unwanted paper.Email-free day: Have an email-free day at work. Everyone pays a fee to take part, and pays a fine if they break the rules.
Who’s the baby?: Ask everyone to bring in a photo of themselves as a baby, then charge people £2 to guess the identities, with a prize for the winner.
At school
Non uniform day: Ditch the school uniform and pay a small amount to go to school in casual clothes for a day. Dress-down days are simple but effective ways of raising funds, especially if you decide to ask everyone to dress according to a theme.
Sponsored Mini Marathon: Ask the children to run/walk a specific distance and collect sponsorship money – it’s a great way to keep fit and raise money for a good cause.
Pupils v teachers: Hold a quiz morning where pupils pit their knowledge against their teachers. You can choose any subject to quiz people on.
At home
Sell something: You can do something useful with unwanted items you have at home – sell them and donate the proceeds to Tommy’s! You could organise a car boot sale or use the internet.
Let’s do lunch: Host a lunch for your friends and ask them for donations – around the same amount of money they would have spent if they had dined out at a restaurant
With others
If you’re a member of a group or club form a committee of helpers and organise a really big event.
• Organise a sponsored walk.
• Have a golf day.
• Hold a ball or charity dinner.
• Organise a concert.
What next?
If you'd like to find out more about fundraising for us, please contact Lia on 020 7398 3400 or email us at lfyles@tommys.org.
Or, why not create an online fundraising page to make collecting donations that bit simpler.
A-Z of fundraising
A
Abseil, aerobathon, art show, auction
B
Bad hair day, ball, bag packing, bike ride, birthday celebrations, bring ‘n’ buy
C
Carol singing, car boot sale, car washing, celidh, coffee morning, craft sale
D
Dinner party, disco, dog walking
E
Easter egg hunt, egg and spoon race, eighties night
F
Fashion show, face painting, festival, film night, football competition, fun run
G
Garden party, golf tournament, guessing games, garage sale
H
Head-shave, human fruit machine, hundred metres of coins
I
It’s a knockout, international food evening
J
Jumble sale, job swap, juggling contest
K
Knobbly knees contest, karaoke, knit-a-thon
L
Lock up your boss, leg waxing, line dance
M
Musical event, murder mystery evening
N
Non uniform day
O
Open garden party, obstacle races
P
Parachuting, picnic, pramathon
Q
Quiz night
R
Race night, raffle, run, recipe book
S
Sponsored activity (silence, swim, bike ride, walk), silent auction, strawberry tea
T
Tombola, treasure hunt, talent contest
U
Unwanted goods sale
V
Valentines ball, vintage car rally
W
Wellie throwing, window cleaning, wine tasting
X
Xmas party, xmas shopping car parking
Y
Yo-yo competition, yellow themed night
Z
Zany accessories day
In this section
Fundraising ideas
Fundraising FAQs
Fundraising tips
Sending the money in
Publicising your event