If you are thinking about hosting your own fundraiser, or perhaps considering a joint fundraiser with friends or colleagues, we have lots of creative, low-cost, high-impact fundraising ideas to help us to put books into the hands of children who need them most.
Check out the list of ideas below or get in touch with fundraising@childrensbookproject.co.uk for more advice and support. Lots of them can be book-themed, but they definitely don’t need to be. Key is that you have fun and can use the event to capture your supporters’ imaginations.
Once you have an idea, set up a Justgiving page to allow supporters to donate to your event.
A
- Auction (live or silent)
- (host an) Afternoon tea
- Art sale (local artists, students, or themed work)
B
- Bake sale
- Birthday giving
- Book swap or sale
C
- Car wash
- Cycling
- Charity concert
D
- Dance-a-thon
- Dog show / dog walk fundraiser
E
- Eco challenge (sponsored litter pick, tree planting)
- Egg hunt (Easter fundraiser)
F
- Fun run
- Fancy dress day
- Film night
G
- Games night
- Golf day
- Grow a beard
- Guess the… (sweets in a jar, teddy’s name, etc.)
H
- Halloween party
- Hat day (wear a silly hat for a donation)
I
- International food fair
- Indoor games tournament (board games, video games, chess)
J
- Jumble sale
- Jazz night
- Joke a thon
K
- Karaoke contest
- Keepy uppy contest
L
- Loose change collection
- Live music night
M
- Marathon (walking, cycling, reading, etc.)
- Murder mystery dinner
N
- Netball tournament
- Nature trail walk
O
- Open mic night
- Obstacle course challenge
P
- Pub quiz / trivia night
- Plant sale
- Penalty shoot out
Q
- Quiz marathon
- Quick-fire challenges (short fun games, pay to play)
R
- Readathon
- Run
S
- Sports tournament
- Sky dive
- Sponsored silence
T
- Talent show
- Tombola
- Treasure hunt
U
- University Challenge style quiz
- Unplugged day (sponsored no-phone/social media challenge)
V
- Vintage clothing sale
- Valentine’s themed fundraiser
W
- Walkathon
- Winter fair
- Wine Tasting
- World record attempt
X
- X-Factor style talent competition
- Xtreme challenge (sponsored daring activity)
Y
- Yoga class
Z
- Zumba-thon
- Zip Wire Challenge