fundraising... any ideas??

[murphytherot]

Hello, i am looking for a way to raise money for Cancer Research and I was hoping for any fundraising ideas. I have done varies sponsored runs and walks but i wanted something a bit different that people would stop and think 'wow thats good, i'll donate for that'. I did think of a tandem skydive but i cant afford that as its nearly �200 just to take part!! It has to be within limits of course, and fairly cheap if poss?? Any idea's would be appreciated! Thanks x

[scoobysoo]

Try the Cancer Research UK website, as there are loads of ideas for fundraising. There's one idea I liked, where you invite people to your house for a dinner party, you charge them and the money is donated. There are special invites explaining what it's all about on the website.
If you have any free time, you could always volunteer at a shop or event.

[umm]

i do not give money to cancer research any more since i found out that they use 90% of donations in administration,i find this totally ridiculous.i realise that a charity organisation needs to have some money spent on administering the takings but 90% is extreme,
i understand that 10% is better than nothing but not enough,if they spent more on research maybe they could have come up with a cure or at least a reason for people contracting cancer,,i speak from experience having been told at the age of 21 that i had cancer,,

[mickeymiller]

First of all, congrats on getting your fundraising started! Raising support for a worthy cause can be super rewarding. But obviously, if you're not an official non-profit, it can be really tricky finding a good way to build support for your cause.

One route you might want to consider: setting up a homepage for your group on a fundraising website. Having a group homepage online makes organizing and fundraising infinitely easier ... And though the majority of fundraising sites require you have official non-profit status, many good ones only require that you are a group - and will give you plenty of the tools you need.

For example, one good site is Meet Up (www.meetup.com), who allow you to fundraise directly to your account, and register a group without having an official non-profit status - and they cover groups around the world, while giving you some tools to do event management. But the tools they offer are a little limited outside of fundraising.

Another good option would be Empowered.org (www.empowered.org), a platform that also helps small groups fundraise and organize (regardless of non-profit status). They also work for international groups - and offer a fair amount of useful tools, like the ability to organize your group or to create volunteer activities and fundraising campaigns for more targeted ways to raise support.

Or you could always try to send up your own PayPal account to link to you directly to help you fundraise, but this is a little trickier and a bit inflexible.

Good luck getting started moving forward! Hope that helped.